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Ryu vs Mizutani

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
MizutaniWinner
84.9

Mizutani wins: Longevity, Statistics

Ryu
84.7

Ryu wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Jun Mizutani
84.9

Mizutani leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Japan's first Olympic table tennis gold, in mixed doubles at Tokyo 2020.

1. Jun Mizutani
84.9
2. Ryu Seung-min
84.7

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. 🇯🇵 Jun Mizutani5 seasons played · career day 3,28665 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇷 Ryu Seung-min5 seasons played · career day 2,55626 titles
-60.0% vs Mizutani at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇰🇷 Ryu00002332
🇯🇵 Mizutani00002065

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.

MetricRyuRetiredMizutaniRetired
Olympic golds11
Olympic medals33
World Championship medals4
Asian Games golds2
Career-high world ranking14
Japan national titles10
World Tour titles8
Dominance w25%8280
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8086
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Mizutani84.9
Ryu84.7
The people
Ryu
Mizutani

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