Yato v Japaridze

Peceli Yato takes it, 5–2 on categories

Yato wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Japaridze’s case rests on missed tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Yato 99 matches, Japaridze 58 matches.

• Yato has 30 tries (one every 2.6 matches) to Japaridze’s 1 try (one every 33.3 matches).
• Yato averages 24.7 metres a match to Japaridze’s 6.0 — 4.1 times as many.
• Yato averages 1.9 points a match to Japaridze’s 0.2 — 11.9 times as many.
• Best single match: Yato 3 tries, Japaridze 1.
• Yato is in form: 7 tries in the last 6 matches, 1.2 a match (0.4 on average).
• Winners’ edge: Yato’s teams won 52%, Japaridze’s teams won 45% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Yato has 99 matches across 8 seasons, Japaridze 58 in 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (tries, metres, tackles…): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.