Who is better, Gooch or Lanning?
Graham Gooch leads with a GOAT score of 88.7 against 88.7 for Meg Lanning — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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GOAT Rank currently scores Graham Gooch and Meg Lanning level at 88.7. Graham Gooch leads on Longevity, Statistics, Peak. Meg Lanning leads on Honours, Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Gooch wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics
Lanning wins: Dominance, Honours
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Gooch leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Gooch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 261 |
| 🇦🇺 Lanning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 217 | 472 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | GoochRetired | LanningRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Test runs | 8,900 | — |
| Test centuries | 20 | — |
| Highest Test score | 333 | — |
| ODI runs | 4,290 | — |
| First-class runs | 44,846 | — |
| World Cup titles | — | 7 |
| ODI centuries | — | 15 |
| International runs | — | 8,352 |
| ODI average | — | 53.51 |
| Commonwealth golds | — | 1 |
| Wins as captain | — | 150 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 92 | 82 |
| Honours w20% | 82 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 90 |
Graham Gooch leads with a GOAT score of 88.7 against 88.7 for Meg Lanning — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
Lanning scores higher on dominance, honours. Gooch leads on peak, statistics, longevity.
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Gooch: 88.7, Lanning: 88.7.
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