Bari vs Babar
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Bari wins: Longevity
Babar wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
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Verdict
Bari leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Pakistan's finest wicketkeeper, with 228 Test dismissals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇰 Bari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 96 |
| 🇵🇰 Babar | 0 | 0 | 45 | 97 | 285 | 498 |
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 | BariRetired | BabarActive |
|---|---|---|
| Test dismissals | 228 | — |
| Tests played | 81 | — |
| Dismissals in one innings | 8 | — |
| ODI dismissals | 62 | — |
| First-class dismissals | 787 | — |
| ODI centuries | — | 19 |
| Test centuries | — | 9 |
| T20I runs | — | 4,223 |
| ODI batting average | — | 56 |
| Months as world No. 1 | — | 30 |
| Dominance w25% | 78 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 88 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 90 | 72 |
| Honours w20% | 74 | 78 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 92 |
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