Who is better, Sawa or Fujioka?
Homare Sawa leads with a cross-sport score of 85.9 against 84.1 for Naoko Fujioka — a gap of 1.8 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Sawa vs Fujioka
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Homare Sawa above Naoko Fujioka: 85.9 vs 84.1. Homare Sawa leads on Longevity. Naoko Fujioka leads on Statistics, Peak, Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
SawaWinner
85.9Sawa wins: Longevity
Fujioka
84.1Fujioka wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
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Category radar
Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇯🇵 Homare Sawa
85.9
85.9 in-sport × 1.00 Global participation & competition depth
Sawa leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Homare Sawadepth ×1.00
2. Naoko Fujiokadepth ×0.96
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · season output1. 🇯🇵 Naoko Fujioka5 seasons played · career day 1,825372 output
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Homare Sawa5 seasons played · career day 2,55628 output
-92.5% vs Fujioka at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Sawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 36 |
| 🇯🇵 Fujioka | 0 | 0 | 60 | 128 | 372 | 732 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | SawaRetired | FujiokaActive |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 83 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 85 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 92 |
| International goals | 83 | — |
| International caps | 205 | — |
| World Cups | 1 | — |
| World Cup Golden Ball | 1 | — |
| FIFA World Player awards | 1 | — |
| Asian Player of the Year | 1 | — |
| Weight divisions held titles in | — | 5 |
| World titles won | — | 5 |
| Professional wins | — | 20 |
| Title fights | — | 18 |
| Professional years | — | 16 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Sawa85.9
Fujioka84.1
FAQ
Where does Fujioka beat Sawa?
Fujioka scores higher on peak, dominance, honours, statistics. Sawa leads on longevity.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Sawa 1.00 (football) and Fujioka 0.96 (boxing). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
What do you think?
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