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Devine vs Laker

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DevineWinner
89.6

Devine wins: Longevity, Honours

Laker
89.6

Laker wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Sophie Devine
89.6

Devine leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Captained New Zealand to the 2024 T20 World Cup title and holds the fastest T20I century.

1. Sophie Devine
89.6
2. Jim Laker
89.6

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. 🇳🇿 Sophie Devine5 years played · career day 2,190136 runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Jim Laker5 years played · career day 2,55686 runs
-36.8% vs Devine at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Devine00018100268
🇬🇧 Laker000042146

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.

MetricDevineActiveLakerRetired
T20 World Cup titles1
Fastest women's T20I century (balls)36
T20I runs3,500
ODI runs4,000
International seasons19
Wickets in the 1956 Old Trafford Test19
Test wickets193
Test bowling average21.24
First-class wickets1,944
Ashes series won4
Dominance w25%8688
Peak w20%96100
Longevity w20%8882
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%9496

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GOAT Rank · the data
Devine89.6
Laker89.6
The people
Devine
Laker

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