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Sciver-Brunt vs Close

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Sciver-BruntWinner
85.4

Sciver-Brunt wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Close
85.4

Close wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Nat Sciver-Brunt
85.4

Sciver-Brunt leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World Cup winner in 2017 and twice ICC women's cricketer of the year.

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt
85.4
2. Brian Close
85.4

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. 🇬🇧 Nat Sciver-Brunt5 years played · career day 1,825316 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Brian Close5 years played · career day 1,825255 runs
-19.3% vs Sciver-Brunt at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Sciver-Brunt004092316652
🇬🇧 Close004593255513

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.

MetricSciver-BruntActiveCloseRetired
World Cup titles1
ICC Cricketer of the Year awards2
ODI centuries9
ODI runs4,000
International wickets150
First-class runs34,994
First-class wickets1,171
First-class catches813
Tests played22
Seasons in first-class cricket37
Dominance w25%8478
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%8296
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sciver-Brunt85.4
Close85.4
The people
Sciver-Brunt
Close

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