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Stokes vs Babar

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StokesWinner
84.2

Stokes wins: Longevity, Honours

Babar
83.2

Babar wins: Dominance, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Stokes
84.2

Stokes leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won England a World Cup final and Headingley 2019 almost alone.

1. Ben Stokes
84.2
2. Babar Azam
83.2

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. 🇵🇰 Babar Azam5 years played · career day 1,825285 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Stokes5 years played · career day 2,921270 runs
-5.3% vs Babar at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stokes000095330
🇵🇰 Babar004597285498

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.

MetricStokesActiveBabarActive
World Cups1
World T20 titles1
Test runs6,500
Test wickets200
ICC Cricketer of the Year1
Test centuries139
ODI centuries19
T20I runs4,223
ODI batting average56
Months as world No. 130
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7872
Honours w20%8478
Statistics w15%8692

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GOAT Rank · the data
Stokes84.2
Babar83.2
The people
Stokes
Babar

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