Anwar vs Appleyard
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Appleyard wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics
Anwar wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Appleyard leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Took 200 wickets in his first full season and never lost a Test he played.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇰 Anwar | 0 | 0 | 40 | 87 | 271 | 617 |
| 🇬🇧 Appleyard | 0 | 0 | 60 | 158 | 398 | 592 |
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 | AnwarRetired | AppleyardRetired |
|---|---|---|
| ODI runs | 8,824 | — |
| ODI centuries | 20 | — |
| Highest ODI score | 194 | — |
| Test runs | 4,052 | — |
| Test centuries | 11 | — |
| Wickets in debut season | — | 200 |
| First-class wickets | — | 708 |
| First-class average | — | 15 |
| Test wickets | — | 31 |
| Tests lost | — | 0 |
| Dominance w25% | 82 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 78 | 70 |
| Honours w20% | 78 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 94 |
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