National style

National scoring patterns differ measurably across 73,099 senior IJF contests. This page identifies the techniques each country scores with disproportionately often, rather than simply listing its most common scores, which are much the same everywhere.

A figure of 2.0 means a country scores with that technique twice as often, as a share of its own scoring, as senior judo does overall. Every one is printed with the count behind it, because a large ratio on a small count is the easiest misleading number in this whole dataset.

No competitor is named or profiled anywhere here. The country is recorded on the scoring event itself, so this needs no athlete data at all, and none is stored. 28 countries have enough scores to appear.

JPN

2,796 scores recorded

Techniques JPN scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Ashi-guruma	3.3×	59 scores
Kami-shiho-gatame	2.4×	28 scores
Kuzure-kesa-gatame	2.1×	83 scores

FRA

2,553 scores recorded

Techniques FRA scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
O-soto-otoshi	2.0×	41 scores
Sasae-tsurikomi-ashi	1.6×	29 scores
Juji-gatame	1.5×	91 scores

RUS

2,082 scores recorded

Techniques RUS scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Ko-uchi-gari	1.6×	142 scores
Juji-gatame	1.5×	75 scores
Soto-makikomi	1.4×	56 scores

GER

1,487 scores recorded

Techniques GER scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Harai-makikomi	2.1×	35 scores
Okuri-eri-jime	2.1×	46 scores
Kesa-gatame	1.7×	28 scores

GEO

1,468 scores recorded

Techniques GEO scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
De-ashi-harai	1.7×	25 scores
Soto-makikomi	1.7×	46 scores
Uki-otoshi	1.6×	38 scores

AZE

1,417 scores recorded

Techniques AZE scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Kata-guruma	2.3×	87 scores
Hikikomi-gaeshi	1.6×	50 scores
Uki-otoshi	1.6×	36 scores

ITA

1,393 scores recorded

Techniques ITA scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
De-ashi-harai	2.0×	27 scores
Tai-otoshi	1.8×	39 scores
Seoi-nage	1.7×	178 scores

UZB

1,311 scores recorded

Techniques UZB scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Harai-makikomi	2.6×	38 scores
Ura-nage	2.1×	63 scores
Sode-tsurikomi-goshi	1.8×	48 scores

BRA

1,308 scores recorded

Techniques BRA scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Ashi-guruma	3.8×	32 scores
Uki-otoshi	1.6×	33 scores
Seoi-nage	1.4×	133 scores

NED

1,185 scores recorded

Techniques NED scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Seoi-otoshi	1.9×	46 scores
Ippon-seoi-nage	1.7×	41 scores
Okuri-eri-jime	1.7×	30 scores

KAZ

1,150 scores recorded

Techniques KAZ scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Ura-nage	1.7×	45 scores
Kata-guruma	1.6×	50 scores
Okuri-eri-jime	1.6×	27 scores

ESP

1,135 scores recorded

Techniques ESP scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Ko-uchi-makikomi	3.4×	54 scores
Yoko-shiho-gatame	1.9×	140 scores
Kuzure-kesa-gatame	1.6×	26 scores

ISR

1,133 scores recorded

Techniques ISR scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Sode-tsurikomi-goshi	2.5×	56 scores
Ko-uchi-makikomi	1.7×	27 scores
Kuzure-kesa-gatame	1.7×	27 scores

MGL

999 scores recorded

Techniques MGL scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Tomoe-nage	1.8×	34 scores
Ko-soto-gake	1.7×	63 scores
Sumi-otoshi	1.7×	70 scores

UKR

982 scores recorded

Techniques UKR scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Harai-makikomi	2.8×	31 scores
Ko-soto-gake	2.0×	73 scores
Juji-gatame	1.8×	42 scores

KOR

939 scores recorded

Techniques KOR scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Seoi-nage	2.7×	184 scores
Sode-tsurikomi-goshi	1.6×	30 scores
Kata-guruma	1.5×	38 scores

HUN

801 scores recorded

Techniques HUN scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Ko-uchi-gari	1.7×	57 scores
Ippon-seoi-nage	1.6×	25 scores
Seoi-otoshi	1.5×	25 scores

TUR

697 scores recorded

Techniques TUR scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Soto-makikomi	2.8×	37 scores
Ura-nage	1.7×	27 scores
Sumi-otoshi	1.4×	41 scores

POL

637 scores recorded

Techniques POL scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Ippon-seoi-nage	3.5×	44 scores
Juji-gatame	3.5×	54 scores
Tomoe-nage	2.4×	29 scores

GBR

629 scores recorded

Techniques GBR scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Kuzure-kami-shiho-gatame	2.4×	33 scores
Juji-gatame	2.0×	30 scores
Kata-guruma	2.0×	35 scores

AUT

617 scores recorded

Techniques AUT scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Ura-nage	3.7×	52 scores
Hikikomi-gaeshi	2.0×	27 scores
O-uchi-gari	1.0×	40 scores

TJK

601 scores recorded

Techniques TJK scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Hikikomi-gaeshi	2.2×	29 scores
Sumi-gaeshi	2.2×	32 scores
Uchi-mata	1.0×	41 scores

SRB

590 scores recorded

Techniques SRB scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Hikikomi-gaeshi	2.8×	35 scores
Kata-guruma	1.7×	27 scores
Ko-uchi-gari	1.3×	32 scores

CRO

566 scores recorded

Techniques CRO scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
O-soto-gari	1.5×	26 scores
O-uchi-gari	1.4×	52 scores
Uchi-mata	1.2×	43 scores

POR

559 scores recorded

Techniques POR scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Seoi-nage	2.7×	113 scores
Sode-tsurikomi-goshi	2.2×	25 scores
Kata-guruma	2.0×	31 scores

CAN

555 scores recorded

Techniques CAN scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
O-soto-gari	2.7×	45 scores
Seoi-nage	1.5×	62 scores
Uchi-mata	1.2×	42 scores

CHN

528 scores recorded

Techniques CHN scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Soto-makikomi	2.9×	29 scores
Yoko-shiho-gatame	1.6×	56 scores
Ko-soto-gake	1.5×	30 scores

BEL

520 scores recorded

Techniques BEL scores with most disproportionately, against the global mix
Technique	Times the global rate	Scores
Juji-gatame	2.2×	28 scores
Seoi-nage	1.1×	42 scores
Uchi-mata	1.0×	34 scores

How to read it, and how not to

These are not the techniques a country scores with most. Almost every country's most frequent techniques are the same handful that lead everywhere, which is why a raw ranking would say nothing. These are the techniques where a country departs furthest from the sport's own habits.

A signature is not a prescription either. It says what has been landing at the top level for the athletes a federation has sent, over six years of results. It does not say the technique suits you, and it certainly does not say a country teaches nothing else.

Senior IJF competition, 2020 to 2026. A country needs 500 scores to appear and a technique needs 25 before any ratio is calculated, so a country you expect to see may be absent for want of data rather than want of style.