Simmons v Brazill

Too close to call — 8–7 on categories

Brazill wins on gains — the ball winner of the two. Simmons’s case rests on goal assists. Super Netball career: Simmons 123 games, Brazill 83 games.

• Simmons averages 15.5 goal assists a game to Brazill’s 2.5 — 6.3 times as many.
• Simmons averages 27.6 feeds a game to Brazill’s 3.9 — 7 times as many.
• Brazill averages 2.2 gains a game to Simmons’ 0.6 — 3.4 times as many.
• Best single game: Simmons 29 goal assists, Brazill 24.
• Simmons has cooled: 98 goal assists in the last 10 games, 9.8 a game (15.5 on average).
• Winners’ edge: Simmons’s teams won 55%, Brazill’s team won 42% of the games they played.
• Longevity: Simmons has 123 games across 9 seasons, Brazill 83 in 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every game (deflections): those averages use only the games that logged them.

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