Who is better, Sangakkara or Taylor?
Stafanie Taylor leads with a GOAT score of 87.2 against 87.1 for Kumar Sangakkara — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
AthletesTeams
Sangakkara vs Taylor
Shareable comparison — send this exact matchup to anyone.
Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Stafanie Taylor above Kumar Sangakkara: 87.2 vs 87.1. Stafanie Taylor leads on Honours. Kumar Sangakkara leads on Longevity, Statistics.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
TaylorWinner
87.2Taylor wins: Honours
Sangakkara
87.1Sangakkara wins: Longevity, Statistics
Candidates
Locked to CricketShareable URL · /compare/sangakkara-vs-stafanie-taylor
Time range
Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.
Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇲 Stafanie Taylor
87.2
Taylor leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Stafanie Taylor
2. Kumar Sangakkara
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. 🇱🇰 Kumar Sangakkara5 years played · career day 2,921243 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇲 Stafanie Taylor5 years played · career day 2,191235 runs
-3.3% vs Sangakkara at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇰 Sangakkara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 301 |
| 🇯🇲 Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 125 | 402 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | SangakkaraRetired | TaylorActive |
|---|---|---|
| Test runs | 12,400 | — |
| ODI runs | 14,234 | 5,000 |
| Test centuries | 38 | — |
| Test average | 57.4 | — |
| ICC Cricketer of the Year | 1 | — |
| World T20 titles | 1 | — |
| T20 World Cup titles | — | 1 |
| ODI wickets | — | 150 |
| ICC Cricketer of the Year awards | — | 1 |
| T20I runs | — | 3,500 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 82 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 92 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Taylor87.2
Sangakkara87.1
FAQ
Where does Sangakkara beat Taylor?
Sangakkara scores higher on statistics, longevity. Taylor leads on honours.
How is the Sangakkara vs Taylor score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Sangakkara: 87.1, Taylor: 87.2.
What do you think?
0 commentsMake your case for Sangakkara vs Taylor. The scoring is published in full — if you can point at the pillar or the weight you disagree with, we read it. Read the methodology paper.