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Honda vs Gross

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GrossWinner
90.3

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

Honda
80.5

Honda wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Michael Gross
90.3

Gross leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. The Albatross won three Olympic golds and 13 world titles across two strokes.

HondaInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Michael Gross
90.3
2. Tomoru Honda
Pending verification

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇩🇪 Michael Gross5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Tomoru Honda0 seasons played0 major golds
-100.0% vs Gross at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Honda000000
🇩🇪 Gross00691222

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.

MetricHondaActiveGrossRetired
Olympic medals16
World Championship medals2
Japanese titles5
Asian Games medals2
National records set1
Olympic gold medals3
World Championship titles5
European titles13
World records set12
Dominance w25%7890
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%7284
Honours w20%8092
Statistics w15%8492

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Gross90.3
Honda80.5
The people
Honda
Gross

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