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Afridi vs Gilchrist

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AfridiWinner
86.6

Afridi wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Gilchrist
86.5

Gilchrist wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇰 Shahid Afridi
86.6

Afridi leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Struck the then fastest ODI century in 37 balls and took 395 ODI wickets.

1. Shahid Afridi
86.6
2. Adam Gilchrist
86.5

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. 🇦🇺 Adam Gilchrist5 years played · career day 4,382285 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇰 Shahid Afridi5 years played · career day 2,191190 runs
-33.3% vs Gilchrist at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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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.

MetricAfridiRetiredGilchristRetired
ODI wickets395
ODI runs8,0649,619
T20 World Cup titles1
Fastest ODI century (balls)37
ODI sixes351
World Cups3
Test runs5,570
Test dismissals416
Test strike rate81.95
Test centuries17
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%9082
Honours w20%8088
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Afridi86.6
Gilchrist86.5
The people
Afridi
Gilchrist

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