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Burns vs Childs

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BurnsWinner
78.0

Burns wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

Childs
77.8

Childs wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Rory Burns
78.0

Burns leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. County run machine who opened for England in 32 Tests.

1. Rory Burns
78.0
2. John Childs
77.8

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. 🇬🇧 Rory Burns5 years played · career day 1,825282 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 John Childs5 years played · career day 1,825235 runs
-16.7% vs Burns at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Burns004596282608
🇬🇧 Childs002055235505

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.

MetricBurnsActiveChildsRetired
Test runs1,789
Test centuries2
First-class runs14,000
First-class centuries30
Tests played322
First-class wickets1,108
County Championship titles2
Career years22
Age on England debut36
Dominance w25%7266
Peak w20%8484
Longevity w20%8092
Honours w20%7066
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Burns78.0
Childs77.8
The people
Burns
Childs

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