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Sthalekar vs Jayawardene

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SthalekarWinner
88.3

Sthalekar wins: Honours

Jayawardene
88.3

Jayawardene wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Lisa Sthalekar
88.3

Sthalekar leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. First woman to complete the ODI double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets.

1. Lisa Sthalekar
88.3
2. Mahela Jayawardene
88.3

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. 🇱🇰 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 day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Sthalekar001842144310
🇱🇰 Jayawardene0000135356

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.

MetricSthalekarRetiredJayawardeneRetired
World Cup titles2
T20 World Cup titles2
ODI wickets146
ODI runs2,72812,650
ODI matches125
Test runs11,814
Test centuries34
Highest Test score374
World T20 titles1
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8490
Honours w20%9084
Statistics w15%9494

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sthalekar88.3
Jayawardene88.3
The people
Sthalekar
Jayawardene

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