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Bailey vs Alley

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BaileyWinner
85.3

Bailey wins: Honours

Alley
85.3

Alley wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Trevor Bailey
85.3

Bailey leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Barnacle whose defiance saved Ashes Tests in 1953.

1. Trevor Bailey
85.3
2. Bill Alley
85.3

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. 🇬🇧 Trevor Bailey5 years played · career day 1,825277 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Bill Alley5 years played · career day 1,825256 runs
-7.6% vs Bailey at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Bailey004595277593
🇦🇺 Alley004593256518

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.

MetricBaileyRetiredAlleyRetired
Test runs2,290
Test wickets132
First-class runs28,64119,612
First-class wickets2,082768
Tests played61
Runs in the 1961 season3,019
First-class centuries31
Seasons played23
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%8890
Honours w20%8474
Statistics w15%9294

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bailey85.3
Alley85.3
The people
Bailey
Alley

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