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Schutt vs Jayasuriya

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JayasuriyaWinner
89.3

Jayasuriya wins: Peak, Longevity

Schutt
89.2

Schutt wins: Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇰 Sanath Jayasuriya
89.3

Jayasuriya leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Redefined ODI openings and won the 1996 World Cup with Sri Lanka.

1. Sanath Jayasuriya
89.3
2. Megan Schutt
89.2

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. 🇱🇰 Sanath Jayasuriya5 years played · career day 2,555205 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Megan Schutt5 years played · career day 2,191108 runs
-47.3% vs Jayasuriya at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Schutt0001252202
🇱🇰 Jayasuriya0000105317

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.

MetricSchuttActiveJayasuriyaRetired
World Cup titles21
T20 World Cup titles3
ODI wickets150323
T20I wickets140
ODI hat-tricks1
ODI runs13,430
Test runs6,973
Fastest ODI fifty (balls)17
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8490
Honours w20%9286
Statistics w15%9492

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GOAT Rank · the data
Jayasuriya89.3
Schutt89.2
The people
Schutt
Jayasuriya

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