Who is better, Ismail or Abbas?
Shabnim Ismail leads with a GOAT score of 88.0 against 88.0 for Zaheer Abbas — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Ismail vs Abbas
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently scores Shabnim Ismail and Zaheer Abbas level at 88.0.
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IsmailWinner
88.0Ismail wins: no category outright
Abbas
88.0Abbas wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Shabnim Ismail
88.0
Ismail leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Shabnim Ismail
2. Zaheer Abbas
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through year 5 · Form index per season1. 🇵🇰 Zaheer Abbas5 years played · career day 1,825263 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Shabnim Ismail5 years played · career day 1,82588 runs
-66.5% vs Abbas at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 Ismail | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 88 | 216 |
| 🇵🇰 Abbas | 0 | 0 | 40 | 86 | 263 | 588 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | IsmailRetired | AbbasRetired |
|---|---|---|
| ODI wickets | 191 | — |
| T20I wickets | 97 | — |
| Fastest recorded delivery (km/h) | 132.1 | — |
| ODI matches | 127 | — |
| Career best ODI bowling ranking | 1 | — |
| Test runs | — | 5,062 |
| Test centuries | — | 12 |
| First-class centuries | — | 108 |
| Test double centuries | — | 4 |
| ODI runs | — | 2,572 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 86 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 82 | 82 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 94 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Ismail88.0
Abbas88.0
FAQ
Where does Abbas beat Ismail?
Abbas does not lead any of the five categories; Ismail is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Ismail vs Abbas score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Ismail: 88.0, Abbas: 88.0.
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