Japaridze v Tameifuna

Ben Tameifuna takes it, 5–2 on categories

Tameifuna wins on tries — the try scorer of the two. Japaridze’s case rests on tackles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. Top 14 career: Japaridze 58 matches, Tameifuna 107 matches.

• Tameifuna has 10 tries (one every 11.1 matches) to Japaridze’s 1 try (one every 33.3 matches).
• Tameifuna has 50 points (one every 2.1 matches) to Japaridze’s 5 points (one every 6.3 matches).
• Tameifuna averages 9.8 metres a match to Japaridze’s 6.0 (63% more).
• Winners’ edge: Tameifuna’s teams won 63%, Japaridze’s teams won 45% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Tameifuna has 107 matches across 7 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.