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Ozaki vs Jones

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OzakiWinner
87.4

Ozaki wins: Longevity

Jones
86.9

Jones wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Jumbo Ozaki
87.4

Ozaki leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Record 94 Japan Golf Tour victories and twelve money list titles.

1. Jumbo Ozaki
87.4
2. Bobby Jones
86.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Wins per season

Career timeline · Wins 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 · Wins per season
1. 🇯🇵 Jumbo Ozaki5 seasons played · career day 1,825392 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Bobby Jones5 seasons played · career day 4,0174 wins
-99.0% vs Ozaki at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Ozaki0070146392722
🇺🇸 Jones000002

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.

MetricOzakiRetiredJonesRetired
Japan Golf Tour wins94
Japan money list titles12
Japan Open titles5
Career professional wins113
Years on tour40
Major titles7
US Open titles4
Open Championships3
US Amateur titles5
Grand Slams1
Major starts31
Dominance w25%8490
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%9474
Honours w20%8288
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ozaki87.4
Jones86.9
The people
Ozaki
Jones

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