Gul vs Barnett
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Gul wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Barnett wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Gul leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Yorker specialist who led the T20 World Cup wicket charts twice.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇰 Gul | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 100 | 285 |
| 🏴 Barnett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 900 | 4,700 | 10,750 |
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 | GulRetired | BarnettRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test wickets | 163 | — |
| ODI wickets | 179 | — |
| T20 international wickets | 85 | — |
| T20 World Cup titles | 1 | — |
| International career years | 14 | — |
| First-class runs | — | 28,593 |
| First-class centuries | — | 61 |
| Tests played | — | 4 |
| Seasons played | — | 26 |
| List A runs | — | 12,016 |
| Dominance w25% | 74 | 72 |
| Peak w20% | 88 | 84 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 94 |
| Honours w20% | 76 | 66 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 92 |
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