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Matthews vs Holding

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MatthewsWinner
87.6

Matthews wins: Longevity, Statistics

Holding
87.5

Holding wins: Dominance, Honours

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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. Michael Holding
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. 🇯🇲 Michael Holding5 years played · career day 2,921104 runs
-41.6% vs Matthews at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴 Matthews002252178400
🇯🇲 Holding000010122

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.

MetricMatthewsActiveHoldingRetired
T20 World Cup titles1
T20I runs3,000
T20I wickets120
ODI centuries6
Career best T20I ranking1
Test wickets249
Tests played60
Best innings figures8
World Cup titles1
Test bowling average23.68
Dominance w25%8688
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%8078
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9490

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GOAT Rank · the data
Matthews87.6
Holding87.5
The people
Matthews
Holding

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