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Hadlee vs Gilchrist

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HadleeWinner
87.0

Hadlee wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Gilchrist
86.5

Gilchrist wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Richard Hadlee
87.0

Hadlee leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The first bowler to 400 Test wickets, at an average of 22.29.

1. Richard Hadlee
87.0
2. Adam Gilchrist
86.5

Category breakdown

Season form · Centuries per year

Career timeline · Centuries per year

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Centuries per year
1. 🇦🇺 Adam Gilchrist5 years played · career day 4,382285 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Richard Hadlee5 years played · career day 2,19191 runs
-68.1% vs Gilchrist at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Hadlee000837173
🇦🇺 Gilchrist00000108

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 years are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricHadleeRetiredGilchristRetired
Test wickets431
Bowling average22.29
Five-wicket hauls36
Test runs3,1245,570
Test matches86
World Cups3
ODI runs9,619
Test dismissals416
Test strike rate81.95
Test centuries17
Dominance w25%8884
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8282
Honours w20%8288
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hadlee87.0
Gilchrist86.5
The people
Hadlee
Gilchrist

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