Anderson vs Kohli
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Anderson wins: Longevity
Kohli wins: Dominance, Peak
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Verdict
Anderson leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
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
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Anderson — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | AndersonRetired | KohliActive |
|---|---|---|
| Test wickets | 704 | — |
| Tests played | 188 | — |
| Five-wicket hauls | 32 | — |
| ODI wickets | 269 | — |
| Bowling average | 26 | — |
| Test batting average | — | 46.85 |
| International centuries | — | 82 |
| ODI runs | — | 14,181 |
| Test runs | — | 9,230 |
| World Cups | — | 2 |
| ODI average | — | 57.7 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 95 |
| Longevity w20% | 98 | 84 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 96 | 96 |
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