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Waugh vs Bradman

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BradmanWinner
96.8

Bradman wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Waugh
92.7

Waugh wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Don Bradman
96.8

Bradman leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Averaged 99.94 in Tests, the most dominant statistic in team sport.

1. Don Bradman
96.8
2. Steve Waugh
92.7

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. 🇦🇺 Don Bradman5 years played · career day 2,191505 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Steve Waugh5 years played · career day 2,55618 runs
-96.4% vs Bradman at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Waugh0000529
🇦🇺 Bradman00066395803

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.

MetricWaughRetiredBradmanRetired
Test runs10,9276,996
Test centuries3229
World Cup titles2
Test wins as captain41
Test matches168
Test batting average99.94
Test double centuries12
Ashes series won as captain4
Dominance w25%92100
Peak w20%92100
Longevity w20%9288
Honours w20%9496
Statistics w15%94100

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bradman96.8
Waugh92.7
The people
Waugh
Bradman

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