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Blundell vs Brookes

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BrookesWinner
83.1

Brookes wins: Longevity, Statistics

Blundell
83.0

Blundell wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Dennis Brookes
83.1

Brookes leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Northamptonshire's record run-scorer with 28,980 first-class runs.

1. Dennis Brookes
83.1
2. Tom Blundell
83.0

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. 🇳🇿 Tom Blundell5 years played · career day 1,825285 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Dennis Brookes5 years played · career day 1,825258 runs
-9.5% vs Blundell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Blundell004596285621
🇬🇧 Brookes004593258526

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.

MetricBlundellActiveBrookesRetired
World Test Championship titles1
Test centuries5
Test runs2,200
Test dismissals150
Tests played551
First-class runs28,980
First-class centuries71
Seasons played25
Highest score257
Dominance w25%7876
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%7892
Honours w20%8472
Statistics w15%9094

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GOAT Rank · the data
Brookes83.1
Blundell83.0
The people
Blundell
Brookes

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