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Bowes vs Ali

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BowesWinner
84.7

Bowes wins: Dominance, Statistics

Ali
84.7

Ali wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Bill Bowes
84.7

Bowes leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Yorkshire spearhead with 1,639 first-class wickets at under 17 apiece.

1. Bill Bowes
84.7
2. Moeen Ali
84.7

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. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Moeen Ali5 years played · career day 1,825336 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Bill Bowes5 years played · career day 1,826295 runs
-12.2% vs Ali at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Bowes004597222645
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali004094336614

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.

MetricBowesRetiredAliRetired
First-class wickets1,639
First-class average16
Test wickets68204
County championships won7
Seasons with 100 wickets9
Test runs3,094
World Cup titles1
T20 World Cup titles1
Test centuries5
Dominance w25%8278
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8284
Honours w20%8086
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bowes84.7
Ali84.7
The people
Bowes
Ali

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