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Wolvaardt vs Edwards

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EdwardsWinner
87.0

Edwards wins: Longevity, Honours

Wolvaardt
86.8

Wolvaardt wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlotte Edwards
87.0

Edwards leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. England captain who won a World Cup, a T20 World Cup and the Ashes.

1. Charlotte Edwards
87.0
2. Laura Wolvaardt
86.8

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. 🇿🇦 Laura Wolvaardt5 years played · career day 1,826226 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlotte Edwards5 years played · career day 2,19122 runs
-90.3% vs Wolvaardt at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Wolvaardt003272170472
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Edwards00031240

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.

MetricWolvaardtActiveEdwardsRetired
World Cup finals reached3
ODI runs4,000
ODI centuries8
ODI average46
Career best ODI ranking2
World Cup titles1
T20 World Cup titles1
International runs10,273
International centuries9
England caps309
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%7890
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%9488

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GOAT Rank · the data
Edwards87.0
Wolvaardt86.8
The people
Wolvaardt
Edwards

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