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Bedser vs Mushtaq

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BedserWinner
85.8

Bedser wins: Dominance, Peak

Mushtaq
85.8

Mushtaq wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alec Bedser
85.8

Bedser leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Took 236 Test wickets in only 51 matches as England's post-war spearhead.

1. Alec Bedser
85.8
2. Mushtaq Ahmed
85.8

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Centuries per year
1. 🇵🇰 Mushtaq Ahmed5 years played · career day 1,825286 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alec Bedser5 years played · career day 1,825264 runs
-7.7% vs Mushtaq at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bedser003579264615
🇵🇰 Mushtaq004596286626

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.

MetricBedserRetiredMushtaqRetired
Test wickets236185
Tests played51
Five-wicket hauls15
Bowling average24
First-class wickets1,9241,407
World Cup titles1
One-day international wickets161
Ten-wicket Test matches3
Dominance w25%8680
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%7886
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bedser85.8
Mushtaq85.8
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