Clarke vs Ismail
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Clarke wins: Honours
Ismail wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Clarke leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Captained Australia to the 2015 World Cup and scored 8,643 Test runs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Clarke | 0 | 0 | 35 | 78 | 253 | 595 |
| 🇿🇦 Ismail | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 88 | 216 |
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 | ClarkeRetired | IsmailRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test runs | 8,643 | — |
| Test centuries | 28 | — |
| World Cup titles | 1 | — |
| Highest score | 329 | — |
| ODI runs | 7,981 | — |
| ODI wickets | — | 191 |
| T20I wickets | — | 97 |
| Fastest recorded delivery (km/h) | — | 132.1 |
| ODI matches | — | 127 |
| Career best ODI bowling ranking | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 82 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 94 |
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