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Perry vs Walsh

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PerryWinner
88.2

Perry wins: Dominance, Honours

Walsh
88.0

Walsh wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Ellyse Perry
88.2

Perry leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Seven World Cup titles and the best all-round record in women's cricket.

1. Ellyse Perry
88.2
2. Courtney Walsh
88.0

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. 🇦🇺 Ellyse Perry5 years played · career day 2,921252 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇲 Courtney Walsh5 years played · career day 2,921119 runs
-52.8% vs Perry at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Perry000085314
🇯🇲 Walsh000030157

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.

MetricPerryActiveWalshRetired
World Cup titles7
International wickets300
International runs7,000
Test double centuries1
ICC Cricketer of the Year2
Ashes series wins6
Test wickets519
Tests played132
ODI wickets227
Five-wicket hauls22
Test bowling average24.44
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8892
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%9092

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GOAT Rank · the data
Perry88.2
Walsh88.0
The people
Perry
Walsh

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