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Athapaththu vs Matthews

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MatthewsWinner
87.6

Matthews wins: Dominance, Honours

Athapaththu
87.5

Athapaththu wins: Peak, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴 Hayley Matthews
87.6

Matthews leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Player of the match in the 2016 T20 World Cup final and the world's leading T20 all-rounder.

1. Hayley Matthews
87.6
2. Chamari Athapaththu
87.5

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. 🏴 Hayley Matthews5 years played · career day 1,825178 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇱🇰 Chamari Athapaththu5 years played · career day 2,190170 runs
-4.5% vs Matthews at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇱🇰 Athapaththu00022124342
🏴 Matthews002252178400

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.

MetricAthapaththuActiveMatthewsActive
ODI runs3,500
T20I runs3,0003,000
Highest ODI score195
Asia Cup titles1
Career best ODI ranking2
T20 World Cup titles1
T20I wickets120
ODI centuries6
Career best T20I ranking1
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9694
Longevity w20%8680
Honours w20%8086
Statistics w15%9494

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GOAT Rank · the data
Matthews87.6
Athapaththu87.5
The people
Athapaththu
Matthews

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