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Saive vs Mizutani

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SaiveWinner
85.0

Saive wins: Longevity

Mizutani
84.9

Mizutani wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇪 Jean-Michel Saive
85.0

Saive leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. World number one in 1994 and a world championship silver medallist in 1993.

1. Jean-Michel Saive
85.0
2. Jun Mizutani
84.9

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. 🇧🇪 Jean-Michel Saive5 seasons played · career day 1,825320 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Jun Mizutani5 seasons played · career day 3,28665 titles
-79.7% vs Saive at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇪 Saive0048104320690
🇯🇵 Mizutani00002065

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.

MetricSaiveRetiredMizutaniRetired
World Championship medals1
European titles2
Weeks at world number one20
Olympic Games contested7
Years at the top level29
Olympic golds1
Olympic medals3
Japan national titles10
World Tour titles8
Career-high world ranking4
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%9486
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%8286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Saive85.0
Mizutani84.9
The people
Saive
Mizutani

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