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Shirai vs Bernardi

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ShiraiWinner
82.4

Shirai wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Bernardi
82.4

Bernardi wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Takako Shirai
82.4

Shirai leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic champion with Japan in Montreal 1976 and a world champion in 1974.

1. Takako Shirai
82.4
2. Lorenzo Bernardi
82.4

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. 🇯🇵 Takako Shirai5 seasons played · career day 1,825396 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Bernardi5 seasons played · career day 2,92135 titles
-91.2% vs Shirai at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Shirai0060132396662
🇮🇹 Bernardi00001243

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.

MetricShiraiRetiredBernardiRetired
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship titles13
World Cup titles1
Olympic medals21
Years with the national team8
World League titles6
European Championship titles3
Italian league titles6
Player of the Century1
Dominance w25%8280
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%7082
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8280

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GOAT Rank · the data
Shirai82.4
Bernardi82.4
The people
Shirai
Bernardi

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