Bell vs Afridi
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Bell wins: Honours
Afridi wins: Peak, Longevity
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Verdict
Bell leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Five-time Ashes winner with 22 Test centuries.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Bell | 0 | 0 | 45 | 95 | 279 | 601 |
| 🇵🇰 Afridi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 148 | 314 |
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 | AfridiRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test runs | 7,727 | — |
| Test centuries | 22 | — |
| Ashes series won | 5 | — |
| One-day international runs | 5,416 | — |
| Tests played | 118 | — |
| ODI wickets | — | 395 |
| ODI runs | — | 8,064 |
| T20 World Cup titles | — | 1 |
| Fastest ODI century (balls) | — | 37 |
| ODI sixes | — | 351 |
| Dominance w25% | 80 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 92 |
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