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Harimoto vs Karlsson

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KarlssonWinner
70.1

Karlsson wins: Longevity, Honours

Harimoto
62.5

Harimoto wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Peter Karlsson
70.1

Karlsson leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. World team champion and European singles champion in 2002.

1. Peter Karlsson
70.1
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. 🇸🇪 Peter Karlsson5 seasons played · career day 3,28720 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Tomokazu Harimoto5 seasons played · career day 2,1919 titles
-55.0% vs Karlsson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Harimoto0002714
🇸🇪 Karlsson0000020

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.

MetricHarimotoActiveKarlssonRetired
World Tour titles8
Olympic medals1
World Championship medals35
Best world ranking3
Asian Championship medals4
European Championship singles titles1
World team titles2
European team titles4
Olympic appearances4
Years at top level25
Dominance w25%6262
Peak w20%7474
Longevity w20%5282
Honours w20%5866
Statistics w15%6868

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Karlsson70.1
Harimoto62.5
The people
Harimoto
Karlsson

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