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Heyhoe Flint vs Richards

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Heyhoe FlintWinner
90.2

Heyhoe Flint wins: Peak, Statistics

Richards
90.2

Richards wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Rachael Heyhoe Flint
90.2

Heyhoe Flint leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Captained England to the first Women's World Cup title in 1973 and never lost a Test series.

1. Rachael Heyhoe Flint
90.2
2. Viv Richards
90.2

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. 🏴 Viv Richards5 years played · career day 3,286316 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Rachael Heyhoe Flint5 years played · career day 1,826168 runs
-46.8% vs Richards at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Heyhoe Flint002048122392
🏴 Richards000055316

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.

MetricHeyhoe FlintRetiredRichardsRetired
World Cup titles1
Tests played22
Test runs1,5948,540
Test average45.5450.23
Tests as captain without defeat12
Test centuries24
World Cups2
ODI runs6,721
Wisden Cricketer of the Century1
Dominance w25%8890
Peak w20%9493
Longevity w20%8888
Honours w20%9090
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Heyhoe Flint90.2
Richards90.2
The people
Heyhoe Flint
Richards

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