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Blundell vs Gibbs

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BlundellWinner
83.0

Blundell wins: Honours

Gibbs
83.0

Gibbs wins: Peak, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Tom Blundell
83.0

Blundell leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World Test Championship winner with hundreds on debut at home and away.

1. Tom Blundell
83.0
2. Herschelle Gibbs
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. 🇿🇦 Herschelle Gibbs5 years played · career day 2,191190 runs
-33.3% vs Blundell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Blundell004596285621
🇿🇦 Gibbs0002898318

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.

MetricBlundellActiveGibbsRetired
World Test Championship titles1
Test centuries514
Test runs2,2006,167
Test dismissals150
Tests played55
ODI runs8,094
ODI centuries21
Highest ODI score175
Dominance w25%7878
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%7882
Honours w20%8476
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Blundell83.0
Gibbs83.0
The people
Blundell
Gibbs

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