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Ogimura vs Appelgren

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
OgimuraWinner
76.9

Ogimura wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Appelgren
74.2

Appelgren wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Ichiro Ogimura
76.9

Ogimura leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Twice world singles champion and later the sport's reforming president.

1. Ichiro Ogimura
76.9
2. Mikael Appelgren
74.2

Category breakdown

Season form · Titles per season

Career timeline · Titles per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Titles per season
1. 🇸🇪 Mikael Appelgren5 seasons played · career day 2,92126 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Ichiro Ogimura5 seasons played · career day 2,92123 titles
-11.5% vs Appelgren at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Ogimura0000827
🇸🇪 Appelgren0000931

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricOgimuraRetiredAppelgrenRetired
World Championship singles titles2
World Championship titles (all)12
World team titles52
Asian titles4
Japanese titles6
Hall of Fame inductions1
European Championship singles titles3
World Cup titles1
European team titles6
World Championship medals8
Years at top level19
Dominance w25%7668
Peak w20%8478
Longevity w20%7082
Honours w20%8072
Statistics w15%7472

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ogimura76.9
Appelgren74.2
The people
Ogimura
Appelgren

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