Watson v Nevins

Liz Watson takes it, 13–1 on categories

Watson wins on goal assists — the feeder of the two. Nevins’s case rests on penalties, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Super Netball career: Watson 135 games, Nevins 43 games.

• Watson averages 23.4 goal assists a game to Nevins’ 13.6 (72% more).
• Watson averages 0.8 gains a game to Nevins’ 0.3 — 2.8 times as many.
• Watson has 58 intercepts (one every 2.3 games) to Nevins’ 8 intercepts (one every 5.3 games).
• Best single game: Watson 40 goal assists, Nevins 32.
• Watson has cooled: 126 goal assists in the last 10 games, 12.6 a game (23.4 on average).
• Winners’ edge: Watson’s teams won 59%, Nevins’s team won 40% of the games they played.
• Longevity: Watson has 135 games across 9 seasons, Nevins 43 in 3 — the averages matter more than the totals here.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.