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Trueman vs Heyhoe Flint

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Heyhoe FlintWinner
90.2

Heyhoe Flint wins: Honours

Trueman
90.1

Trueman wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Rachael Heyhoe Flint
90.2

Heyhoe Flint leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Captained England to the first Women's World Cup title in 1973 and never lost a Test series.

1. Rachael Heyhoe Flint
90.2
2. Fred Trueman
90.1

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. 🇬🇧 Rachael Heyhoe Flint5 years played · career day 1,826168 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Fred Trueman5 years played · career day 2,92185 runs
-49.4% vs Heyhoe Flint at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Trueman000038119
🇬🇧 Heyhoe Flint002048122392

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.

MetricTruemanRetiredHeyhoe FlintRetired
Test wickets307
First-class wickets2,304
Test bowling average21.6
Five-wicket hauls17
Test matches67
World Cup titles1
Tests played22
Test runs1,594
Test average45.54
Tests as captain without defeat12
Dominance w25%8888
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%9088
Honours w20%8690
Statistics w15%9492

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GOAT Rank · the data
Heyhoe Flint90.2
Trueman90.1
The people
Trueman
Heyhoe Flint

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