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Bell vs Gilchrist

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BellWinner
86.6

Bell wins: Longevity, Statistics

Gilchrist
86.5

Gilchrist wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Ian Bell
86.6

Bell leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Five-time Ashes winner with 22 Test centuries.

1. Ian Bell
86.6
2. Adam Gilchrist
86.5

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. 🇦🇺 Adam Gilchrist5 years played · career day 4,382285 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Ian Bell5 years played · career day 1,825279 runs
-2.1% vs Gilchrist at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Bell004595279601
🇦🇺 Gilchrist00000108

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.

MetricBellRetiredGilchristRetired
Test runs7,7275,570
Test centuries2217
Ashes series won5
One-day international runs5,416
Tests played118
World Cups3
ODI runs9,619
Test dismissals416
Test strike rate81.95
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8882
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bell86.6
Gilchrist86.5
The people
Bell
Gilchrist

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