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Hammond vs Fitzsimmons

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Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
HammondWinner
90.3

Hammond wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Fitzsimmons
88.0

Fitzsimmons wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Cross-sport GOAT score
🇬🇧 Wally Hammond
87.4

93.0 in-sport × 0.94 Global participation & competition depth

Hammond leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.

1. Wally Hammonddepth ×0.94
87.4
2. Bob Fitzsimmonsdepth ×0.96
86.5

Category breakdown

Season form · season output

Career timeline · season output

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · season output
1. 🇬🇧 Wally Hammond5 seasons played · career day 4,382340 output
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Bob Fitzsimmons5 seasons played · career day 4,38219 output
-94.4% vs Hammond at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.

MetricHammondRetiredFitzsimmonsRetired
Dominance w25%9290
Peak w20%9694
Longevity w20%9288
Honours w20%9090
Statistics w15%9688
Test runs7,249
Test batting average58.45
First-class centuries167
Test centuries22
Test wickets83
World titles in divisions3
Professional wins68
Career knockouts59
Professional bouts92
Career span in years31

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Hammond90.3
Fitzsimmons88.0
The people
Hammond
Fitzsimmons

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