Ryan Bender vs 🏏 Sam Konstas

Year-by-year, aligned by age (as at the 1 September cutoff) — see where Ryan sits against Sam at the same age.

Both figures count imported matches only — a player with just rep matches imported will show lower volumes than one with a full career on file. Treat totals as indicative of level reached, not a like-for-like volume race.

Ryan Bender career · imported matches

BAT Working on Basics

1,357 runs
18.83 avg · 93.33 SR
93 inns

BOWL ~61

79 wkts
2.82 econ · 14.39 avg

FIELD 37

49 ct · 0 st
7 run outs

Sam Konstas career · imported matches

BAT 77

15,884 runs
43.01 avg · 70.39 SR
460 inns

BOWL

228 wkts
3.09 econ · 17.11 avg

FIELD 60

203 ct · 1 st
43 run outs

At age 18: Ryan Bender made 5 runs (HS 3); Sam made 1,115 (HS 152) at First-class / Sheffield Shield level .

🧤 Fielding

Age	Ryan Bender	Sam Konstas	Callout
6	—	1 ct · 2 ro
7	—	6 ct · 1 ro
8	—	9 ct · 4 ro
9	0 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 3 ro	15 dismissals behind Sam's pace
10	8 ct · 1 ro	11 ct · 10 ro	12 dismissals behind Sam's pace
11	12 ct · 1 ro	13 ct · 4 ro	4 dismissals behind Sam's pace
12	10 ct · 2 ro	20 ct · 2 ro	10 dismissals behind Sam's pace
13	10 ct · 2 ro	13 ct · 6 ro	7 dismissals behind Sam's pace
14	7 ct · 0 ro	23 ct · 2 ro	18 dismissals behind Sam's pace
15	1 ct · 0 ro	19 ct · 4 ro	22 dismissals behind Sam's pace
16	—	21 ct · 2 ro
17	0 ct · 0 ro	13 ct · 0 ro	13 dismissals behind Sam's pace
18	1 ct · 0 ro	15 ct · 0 ro	14 dismissals behind Sam's pace
19	—	21 ct · 2 ro
20	—	2 ct · 0 ro

🎯 Bowling

Age	Ryan Bender — Wkts	Sam Konstas — Wkts	Callout
6	—	7
7	—	22
8	—	27
9	4	20	16 wkts behind Sam's pace
10	10	20	10 wkts behind Sam's pace
11	5	27	22 wkts behind Sam's pace
12	10	37	27 wkts behind Sam's pace
13	22	35	13 wkts behind Sam's pace
14	20	29	9 wkts behind Sam's pace
15	2	1	+1 wkts vs Sam at this age
16	—	2
17	5	—	+5 wkts vs Sam at this age
18	1	—	+1 wkts vs Sam at this age
19	—	1
20	—	—

🏏 Batting

Age	Ryan Bender		Sam Konstas		Callout
	Runs (HS)	Level reached	Runs (HS)	Level reached
6	—	—	152 (30)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ryan Bender
7	—	—	327 (50)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ryan Bender
8	—	—	838 (116)	Representative cricket	Sam was active at Representative cricket; no record for Ryan Bender
9	61 (15)	Representative cricket	647 (66)	Representative cricket	586 runs behind Sam's pace
10	196 (43)	Representative cricket	685 (83)	State age championships	489 runs behind Sam's pace
11	182 (31)	Representative cricket	1,171 (100)	State age championships	989 runs behind Sam's pace
12	258 (34)	Representative cricket	962 (89)	Representative cricket	704 runs behind Sam's pace
13	318 (68)	U14 district rep (Moore Shield)	1,806 (159)	U15 district rep (Weblin Shield)	1,488 runs behind Sam's pace
14	272 (161)	Representative cricket	1,822 (206)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	1,550 runs behind Sam's pace
15	4 (3)	Representative cricket	2,075 (202)	AW Green Shield (U16 district rep)	2,071 runs behind Sam's pace
16	—	—	1,715 (117)	State 2nd XI	Sam was active at State 2nd XI; no record for Ryan Bender
17	61 (44)	Premier Cricket — lower grade	1,019 (150)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	958 runs behind Sam's pace
18	5 (3)	Glenn Rowlands Shield	1,115 (152)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	1,110 runs behind Sam's pace
19	—	—	1,066 (116)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ryan Bender
20	—	—	371 (151)	First-class / Sheffield Shield	Sam was active at First-class / Sheffield Shield; no record for Ryan Bender

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