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Armstrong vs Langer

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ArmstrongWinner
87.1

Armstrong wins: Dominance, Peak

Langer
87.1

Langer wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Warwick Armstrong
87.1

Armstrong leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Led Australia to eight straight Ashes wins after the First World War.

1. Warwick Armstrong
87.1
2. Justin Langer
87.1

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. 🇦🇺 Warwick Armstrong5 years played · career day 1,825218 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Justin Langer5 years played · career day 2,556180 runs
-17.4% vs Armstrong at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Armstrong003574218472
🇦🇺 Langer0000102272

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.

MetricArmstrongRetiredLangerRetired
Test runs2,8637,696
Test wickets87
Consecutive Test wins as captain8
Tests played50105
Test centuries623
Test average45.27
Ashes series won4
Dominance w25%8682
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8688
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8892

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GOAT Rank · the data
Armstrong87.1
Langer87.1
The people
Armstrong
Langer

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