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Demachi vs Reckermann

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DemachiWinner
84.3

Demachi wins: Honours

Reckermann
84.3

Reckermann wins: Peak, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Yutaka Demachi
84.3

Demachi leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic champion with Japan in Munich in 1972.

1. Yutaka Demachi
84.3
2. Jonas Reckermann
84.3

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. 🇯🇵 Yutaka Demachi5 seasons played · career day 1,826373 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Jonas Reckermann5 seasons played · career day 1,8258 titles
-97.9% vs Demachi at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Demachi0055120279639
🇩🇪 Reckermann0012819

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.

MetricDemachiRetiredReckermannRetired
Olympic gold medals11
World Cup medals1
Asian Championship gold medals1
Japanese league titles5
National team years9
World Championship titles1
European titles3
World Tour titles10
German titles5
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%7680
Honours w20%9084
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Demachi84.3
Reckermann84.3
The people
Demachi
Reckermann

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