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Ishikawa vs Wu

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IshikawaWinner
82.6

Ishikawa wins: Longevity

Wu
82.6

Wu wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Kasumi Ishikawa
82.6

Ishikawa leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Three-time Olympic medallist and a nine-time Japanese national champion.

1. Kasumi Ishikawa
82.6
2. Wu Yang
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. 🇨🇳 Wu Yang5 seasons played · career day 1,825363 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Kasumi Ishikawa5 seasons played · career day 1,826354 titles
-2.5% vs Wu at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Ishikawa0052114266720
🇨🇳 Wu0050111363606

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.

MetricIshikawaRetiredWuRetired
Olympic medals3
Japanese national titles9
World Championship medals43
Career high world ranking3
Years at the top level16
World team titles2
Asian Championship titles2
Pro Tour titles4
World ranking peak6
Dominance w25%7680
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%8874
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8084

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ishikawa82.6
Wu82.6
The people
Ishikawa
Wu

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