Who is better, Sawa or Bonhof?
Rainer Bonhof leads with a GOAT score of 86.0 against 85.9 for Homare Sawa — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Sawa vs Bonhof
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Rainer Bonhof above Homare Sawa: 86.0 vs 85.9. Rainer Bonhof leads on Honours, Dominance, Statistics. Homare Sawa leads on Longevity, Peak.
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BonhofWinner
86.0Bonhof wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics
Sawa
85.9Sawa wins: Peak, Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Rainer Bonhof
86.0
Bonhof leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Rainer Bonhof
2. Homare Sawa
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇩🇪 Rainer Bonhof13 goals
4 seasons by age 21 · 3.3 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Sawa — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | SawaRetired | BonhofRetired |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Bundesliga titles | — | 4 |
| UEFA Cup titles | — | 1 |
| World Cup titles | — | 1 |
| European Cup titles | — | 2 |
| Career league goals | — | 67 |
| Dominance w25% | 83 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 86 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 78 |
| Honours w20% | 85 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 85 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Bonhof86.0
Sawa85.9
FAQ
Where does Sawa beat Bonhof?
Sawa scores higher on peak, longevity. Bonhof leads on dominance, honours, statistics.
How is the Sawa vs Bonhof score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Sawa: 85.9, Bonhof: 86.0.
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