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Watanabe vs Aoki

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WatanabeWinner
78.8

Watanabe wins: Longevity, Statistics

Aoki
78.7

Aoki wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Ippei Watanabe
78.8

Watanabe leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. First man under 2:07 in the 200 m breaststroke with a world record in 2017.

1. Ippei Watanabe
78.8
2. Mayumi Aoki
78.7

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

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇯🇵 Ippei Watanabe5 seasons played · career day 1,825387 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Mayumi Aoki5 seasons played · career day 1,825379 major golds
-2.1% vs Watanabe at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Watanabe0055123387699
🇯🇵 Aoki0055121379571

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.

MetricWatanabeActiveAokiRetired
World records11
World Championship medals1
Asian Games golds12
Japanese titles5
Olympic Games contested22
Olympic gold medals1
Japanese national titles8
Dominance w25%7478
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%7262
Honours w20%7882
Statistics w15%8280

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GOAT Rank · the data
Watanabe78.8
Aoki78.7
The people
Watanabe
Aoki

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