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Ranatunga vs Clark

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RanatungaWinner
87.9

Ranatunga wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Clark
87.6

Clark wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇰 Arjuna Ranatunga
87.9

Ranatunga leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Captained Sri Lanka to the 1996 World Cup title.

1. Arjuna Ranatunga
87.9
2. Belinda Clark
87.6

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. 🇱🇰 Arjuna Ranatunga5 years played · career day 1,825164 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Belinda Clark5 years played · career day 1,82520 runs
-87.8% vs Ranatunga at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇱🇰 Ranatunga002250164372
🇦🇺 Clark00252042

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.

MetricRanatungaRetiredClarkRetired
World Cup titles12
ODI runs7,4564,844
Test runs5,105
ODI matches269
Tests as captain56
ODI average47.49
Highest ODI score229
Australia caps133
Dominance w25%8288
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%9082
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ranatunga87.9
Clark87.6
The people
Ranatunga
Clark

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