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Taylor vs Marshall

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TaylorWinner
89.6

Taylor wins: Longevity, Honours

Marshall
89.5

Marshall wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Sarah Taylor
89.6

Taylor leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Widely regarded as the finest wicketkeeper in women's cricket history.

1. Sarah Taylor
89.6
2. Malcolm Marshall
89.5

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. 🇬🇧 Sarah Taylor5 years played · career day 1,825188 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇧 Malcolm Marshall5 years played · career day 2,19074 runs
-60.6% vs Taylor at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Taylor002658188408
🇧🇧 Marshall000341224

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.

MetricTaylorRetiredMarshallRetired
World Cup titles2
T20 World Cup titles1
ODI dismissals135
ODI runs4,056
ODI centuries7
Test wickets376
Test matches81
Test bowling average20.94
Five-wicket hauls22
ODI wickets157
Dominance w25%8692
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%8682
Honours w20%9086
Statistics w15%9494

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Taylor89.6
Marshall89.5
The people
Taylor
Marshall

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