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Arakida vs Butko

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ButkoWinner
81.9

Butko wins: Longevity, Statistics

Arakida
81.6

Arakida wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Aleksandr Butko
81.9

Butko leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. World League champion and a European Championship winner with Russia.

1. Aleksandr Butko
81.9
2. Yuko Arakida
81.6

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. 🇯🇵 Yuko Arakida5 seasons played · career day 2,19135 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Butko5 seasons played · career day 2,55629 titles
-17.1% vs Arakida at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Arakida00041840
🇷🇺 Butko00001444

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.

MetricArakidaRetiredButkoActive
Olympic golds1
World Championship golds1
World Cup medals1
Japan caps120
Hall of Fame inductions1
World League titles3
European Championship titles1
World Cup titles1
Champions League titles1
Russia caps200
Dominance w25%8476
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%6284
Honours w20%8678
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Butko81.9
Arakida81.6
The people
Arakida
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