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Ozaki vs Player

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PlayerWinner
88.0

Player wins: Dominance, Honours

Ozaki
87.5

Ozaki wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Gary Player
88.0

Player leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Career Grand Slam winner with 165 professional victories worldwide.

1. Gary Player
88.0
2. Masashi Ozaki
87.5

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. 🇯🇵 Masashi Ozaki5 seasons played · career day 2,19018 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Gary Player5 seasons played · career day 3,65114 wins
-22.2% vs Ozaki at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Ozaki00021433
🇿🇦 Player0000012

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.

MetricOzakiRetiredPlayerRetired
Japan Golf Tour wins94
Japan money list titles12
Career professional wins113
Top-10 world ranking seasons6
Japan Open titles5
Major titles9
Professional wins165
Masters titles3
Open Championships3
Career Grand Slams1
Senior major titles9
Dominance w25%8285
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%9494
Honours w20%8487
Statistics w15%9286

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Player88.0
Ozaki87.5
The people
Ozaki
Player

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