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Bardsley vs Davidson

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BardsleyWinner
85.3

Bardsley wins: Longevity

Davidson
85.3

Davidson wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Warren Bardsley
85.3

Bardsley leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. First batter to score two centuries in the same Test match.

1. Warren Bardsley
85.3
2. Alan Davidson
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. 🇦🇺 Warren Bardsley5 years played · career day 1,825275 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Alan Davidson5 years played · career day 1,825264 runs
-4.0% vs Bardsley at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Bardsley004595275582
🇦🇺 Davidson003579264604

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.

MetricBardsleyRetiredDavidsonRetired
Test runs2,4691,328
Test centuries6
First-class runs17,025
First-class centuries53
Test average40
Test wickets186
Bowling average21
Five-wicket hauls14
Tests played44
Dominance w25%8286
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8874
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8892

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bardsley85.3
Davidson85.3
The people
Bardsley
Davidson

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