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Sutcliffe vs Hayden
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SutcliffeWinner
90.8Sutcliffe wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics
Hayden
90.4Hayden wins: Honours
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Herbert Sutcliffe
90.8
Sutcliffe leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Herbert Sutcliffe
2. Matthew Hayden
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 year1. 🇬🇧 Herbert Sutcliffe5 years played · career day 3,652322 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Matthew Hayden5 years played · career day 2,921167 runs
-48.1% vs Sutcliffe at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Sutcliffe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
| 🇦🇺 Hayden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 219 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Sutcliffe90.8
Hayden90.4
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