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Calcavecchia vs Okamoto

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CalcavecchiaWinner
84.2

Calcavecchia wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Okamoto
84.0

Okamoto wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Mark Calcavecchia
84.2

Calcavecchia leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won The Open in 1989 in the first four-hole playoff at Troon.

1. Mark Calcavecchia
84.2
2. Ayako Okamoto
84.0

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. 🇯🇵 Ayako Okamoto5 seasons played · career day 4,38210 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Mark Calcavecchia5 seasons played · career day 3,6517 wins
-30.0% vs Okamoto at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Calcavecchia000006
🇯🇵 Okamoto000003

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.

MetricCalcavecchiaActiveOkamotoRetired
Major championships1
PGA Tour wins13
Ryder Cup appearances4
Champions Tour wins1
Seasons on tour40
LPGA wins17
Player of the Year awards1
Japan LPGA wins44
Hall of Fame inductions1
Career professional wins62
Dominance w25%7678
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%9088
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Calcavecchia84.2
Okamoto84.0
The people
Calcavecchia
Okamoto

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