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Hasegawa vs Jha

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HasegawaWinner
82.0

Hasegawa wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Jha
82.0

Jha wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Nobuhiko Hasegawa
82.0

Hasegawa leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World singles champion in Stockholm 1967 during Japan's golden era.

1. Nobuhiko Hasegawa
82.0
2. Kanak Jha
82.0

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. 🇯🇵 Nobuhiko Hasegawa5 seasons played · career day 1,825388 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Kanak Jha5 seasons played · career day 1,825303 titles
-21.9% vs Hasegawa at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Hasegawa0058126388702
🇺🇸 Jha0050105303640

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.

MetricHasegawaRetiredJhaActive
World Championship singles titles1
World team titles2
World Championship medals5
Asian Championship titles2
Years at the top level11
Pan American medals4
Olympic appearances3
United States titles3
World Championship appearances5
World top-30 ranking peaks1
Dominance w25%8278
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%7080
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hasegawa82.0
Jha82.0
The people
Hasegawa
Jha

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