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Ishikawa vs Ni

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IshikawaWinner
82.6

Ishikawa wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Ni
82.6

Ni wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Kasumi Ishikawa
82.6

Ishikawa leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three-time Olympic medallist and a nine-time Japanese national champion.

1. Kasumi Ishikawa
82.6
2. Ni Xia Lian
82.6

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. 🇱🇺 Ni Xia Lian5 seasons played · career day 1,825386 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Kasumi Ishikawa5 seasons played · career day 1,826354 titles
-8.3% vs Ni at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Ishikawa0052114266720
🇱🇺 Ni0080172386626

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.

MetricIshikawaRetiredNiActive
Olympic medals3
Japanese national titles9
World Championship medals4
Career high world ranking3
Years at the top level1642
World team titles1
European titles2
Olympic Games contested5
European medals6
Dominance w25%7674
Peak w20%8684
Longevity w20%8898
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8078

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ishikawa82.6
Ni82.6
The people
Ishikawa
Ni

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