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Blunt vs Appleyard

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BluntWinner
84.4

Blunt wins: Longevity, Honours

Appleyard
84.4

Appleyard wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Roger Blunt
84.4

Blunt leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. One of New Zealand's first Test all-rounders and a triple centurion.

1. Roger Blunt
84.4
2. Bob Appleyard
84.4

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. 🇬🇧 Bob Appleyard5 years played · career day 1,825398 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Roger Blunt5 years played · career day 1,825293 runs
-26.4% vs Appleyard at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Blunt0050104293605
🇬🇧 Appleyard0060158398592

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.

MetricBluntRetiredAppleyardRetired
Test appearances9
Test runs330
First-class runs9,069
First-class wickets236708
Highest score338
Wickets in debut season200
First-class average15
Test wickets31
Tests lost0
Dominance w25%8086
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8470
Honours w20%8280
Statistics w15%8894

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GOAT Rank · the data
Blunt84.4
Appleyard84.4
The people
Blunt
Appleyard

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