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Kimura vs Demir

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DemirWinner
80.6

Demir wins: Longevity, Statistics

Kimura
80.3

Kimura wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇹🇷 Neslihan Demir
80.6

Demir leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. European Championship silver medallist with Turkey and a Champions League winner.

1. Neslihan Demir
80.6
2. Saori Kimura
80.3

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. 🇯🇵 Saori Kimura5 seasons played · career day 1,825352 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇹🇷 Neslihan Demir5 seasons played · career day 1,826342 titles
-2.8% vs Kimura at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Kimura0052114352716
🇹🇷 Demir0050110258708

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.

MetricKimuraRetiredDemirRetired
Olympic medals1
World Championship medals1
World Cup medals1
Olympic Games contested3
Years with the national team1415
European Championship medals1
Champions League titles1
Turkish league titles6
Grand Prix medals1
Dominance w25%7676
Peak w20%8686
Longevity w20%8284
Honours w20%8078
Statistics w15%7880

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Demir80.6
Kimura80.3
The people
Kimura
Demir

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