Who is better, Sthalekar or Jayawardene?
Lisa Sthalekar leads with a GOAT score of 88.3 against 88.3 for Mahela Jayawardene — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Sthalekar vs Jayawardene
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently scores Lisa Sthalekar and Mahela Jayawardene level at 88.3. Lisa Sthalekar leads on Honours. Mahela Jayawardene leads on Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
SthalekarWinner
88.3Sthalekar wins: Honours
Jayawardene
88.3Jayawardene wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Lisa Sthalekar
88.3
Sthalekar leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Lisa Sthalekar
2. Mahela Jayawardene
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through year 5 · Form index per season1. 🇱🇰 Mahela Jayawardene5 years played · career day 2,556238 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Lisa Sthalekar5 years played · career day 1,825144 runs
-39.5% vs Jayawardene at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Sthalekar | 0 | 0 | 18 | 42 | 144 | 310 |
| 🇱🇰 Jayawardene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 356 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | SthalekarRetired | JayawardeneRetired |
|---|---|---|
| World Cup titles | 2 | — |
| T20 World Cup titles | 2 | — |
| ODI wickets | 146 | — |
| ODI runs | 2,728 | 12,650 |
| ODI matches | 125 | — |
| Test runs | — | 11,814 |
| Test centuries | — | 34 |
| Highest Test score | — | 374 |
| World T20 titles | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 94 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Sthalekar88.3
Jayawardene88.3
The people
Sthalekar
Jayawardene
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Where does Jayawardene beat Sthalekar?
Jayawardene scores higher on longevity. Sthalekar leads on honours.
How is the Sthalekar vs Jayawardene score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Sthalekar: 88.3, Jayawardene: 88.3.
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