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Bell vs Kapil
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BellWinner
86.6Bell wins: Peak, Statistics
Kapil
86.6Kapil wins: Dominance
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Ian Bell
86.6
Bell leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Five-time Ashes winner with 22 Test centuries.
1. Ian Bell
2. Kapil Dev
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 year1. 🇬🇧 Ian Bell5 years played · career day 1,825279 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇳 Kapil Dev5 years played · career day 3,286215 runs
-22.9% vs Bell at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Bell | 0 | 0 | 45 | 95 | 279 | 601 |
| 🇮🇳 Kapil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 215 |
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.
| Metric | BellRetired | KapilRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test runs | 7,727 | 5,248 |
| Test centuries | 22 | — |
| Ashes series won | 5 | — |
| One-day international runs | 5,416 | — |
| Tests played | 118 | — |
| World Cups | — | 1 |
| Test wickets | — | 434 |
| Five-wicket hauls | — | 23 |
| ODI wickets | — | 253 |
| 175 not out at 1983 World Cup | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 80 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 88 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 88 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Bell86.6
Kapil86.6
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