Is pushing volatile while belt wrestling is steady?

Conclusion

Tournament-win variation was 2.14 wins for pushing-style rikishi and 2.05 for belt wrestlers. The clearer difference was average performance: belt wrestlers averaged 7.48 wins, compared with 7.24 for pushing-style rikishi.

Methodology

Period

2000 Hatsu Basho～2026 Natsu Basho

Sample

WinWinning techniques 30 bouts or more, push type / four type rikishi with 15 bouts completion 8Basho or more

Sample size

Pushing style 58 people, Belt wrestling 86 people

blur

Default deviation of Bashowins is push 2.14, four 2.05

average

Push 7.24 wins, four 7.48 wins. The difference is +0.24 wins

How to read this

Descriptive statistics per rikishi. We did not adjust for differences in era or Banzuke configuration.