Cleary v Cleary

Nathan Cleary takes it, 10–5 on categories

Nathan wins on run metres — the metre eater of the two. Ivan’s case rests on line breaks, but it isn’t enough to swing it. NRL career: Nathan 217 games, Ivan 185 games.

• Nathan averages 95.1 run metres a game to Ivan’s 45.2 — 2.1 times as many.
• Nathan averages 0.8 try assists a game to Ivan’s 0.1 — 11.4 times as many.
• Nathan averages 2.3 tackle breaks a game to Ivan’s 0.
• Best single game: Nathan 242 run metres, Ivan 155.
• Winners’ edge: Nathan’s team won 71%, Ivan’s teams won 60% of the games they played.
• Not every stat was recorded for every game (run metres, try assists, line breaks…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
• Different eras: the game, the rules and the stat-keeping have all changed between their careers.

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