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Harimoto vs Ito

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ItoWinner
67.3

Ito wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Harimoto
62.5

Harimoto wins: no category outright

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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Mima Ito
67.3

Ito leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic mixed doubles champion in Tokyo and a three-medal Games for Japan.

1. Mima Ito
67.3
2. Tomokazu Harimoto
62.5

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. 🇯🇵 Mima Ito5 seasons played · career day 2,19014 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Tomokazu Harimoto5 seasons played · career day 2,1919 titles
-35.7% vs Ito at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Harimoto0002714
🇯🇵 Ito00021122

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.

MetricHarimotoActiveItoActive
World Tour titles88
Olympic medals14
World Championship medals33
Best world ranking32
Asian Championship medals4
Olympic golds1
Dominance w25%6266
Peak w20%7478
Longevity w20%5256
Honours w20%5866
Statistics w15%6872

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ito67.3
Harimoto62.5
The people
Harimoto
Ito

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