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Pietersen vs Bakewell

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PietersenWinner
88.4

Pietersen wins: Peak

Bakewell
88.4

Bakewell wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Kevin Pietersen
88.4

Pietersen leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. England's 2005 Ashes hero and a T20 World Cup-winning player of the tournament.

1. Kevin Pietersen
88.4
2. Enid Bakewell
88.4

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. 🇬🇧 Enid Bakewell5 years played · career day 2,556296 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Kevin Pietersen5 years played · career day 3,286248 runs
-16.2% vs Bakewell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Pietersen000056248
🇬🇧 Bakewell0000170398

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.

MetricPietersenRetiredBakewellRetired
Test runs8,1811,078
Test centuries234
T20 World Cup titles1
Ashes series won3
Test average47.2859.88
World Cup titles1
Test wickets50
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9694
Longevity w20%8282
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9494

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GOAT Rank · the data
Pietersen88.4
Bakewell88.4
The people
Pietersen
Bakewell

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