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Perry vs Jayawardene

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JayawardeneWinner
88.3

Jayawardene wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Perry
88.2

Perry wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇰 Mahela Jayawardene
88.3

Jayawardene leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. 11,814 Test runs and a highest score of 374 for Sri Lanka.

1. Mahela Jayawardene
88.3
2. Ellyse Perry
88.2

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. 🇱🇰 Mahela Jayawardene5 years played · career day 2,556238 runs
-5.6% vs Perry at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Perry000085314
🇱🇰 Jayawardene0000135356

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.

MetricPerryActiveJayawardeneRetired
World Cup titles7
International wickets300
International runs7,000
Test double centuries1
ICC Cricketer of the Year2
Ashes series wins6
Test runs11,814
Test centuries34
ODI runs12,650
Highest Test score374
World T20 titles1
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8890
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%9094

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GOAT Rank · the data
Jayawardene88.3
Perry88.2
The people
Perry
Jayawardene

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