A right-handed batter and off break bowler, Taylor was selected as the 2011 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year – the first West Indian to receive the accolade.

[8][10] Although her mother and some of her siblings were track and field athletes at secondary school, Taylor is the only member of her family to play cricket seriously.

[12] After leaving Eltham High School, Taylor worked on completing her Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams at a private institution.

[8] Taylor first appeared for the West Indies during their 2008 tour of Europe,[7] during which she granted her side their maiden Twenty20 victory on her debut.

[16] During the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, she was the West Indies best performer, leading the team in both runs scored and wickets taken.

[20] She was the standout performer in the following season's 2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge, scoring 390 runs in five matches at an average of 97.50.

[34][35] In January 2020, she was named as the captain of West Indies' squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.

[43] On 7 July 2021, in the opening WODI against Pakistan, Taylor scored her first century in almost eight years,[44] leading the West Indies to a five wicket win.

[45] In October 2021, she was named as the captain of the West Indies team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.

[46] In February 2022, she was named as the captain of the West Indies team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.

[62] At a reception held on 6 April 2016 to celebrate Taylor's return to Jamaica after captaining the West Indies to victory in the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20, the Minister of Sports, Olivia Grange, announced that the cricket ground at Eltham High School would be renamed the Stafanie Taylor Oval.

[60] On 1 November 2017, Grange presided over a ground-breaking ceremony at the school for the construction of the oval, and the unveiling of a sign in Taylor's honour.