Bench Bouts Updated thru 
How 'benchy" is Bench Sumo? Haru 26 Bench Bouts by Basho
Basho Total Matches Bench Matches % of Bouts
 Only 9 days (of Bench Sumo’s 1200+ days) have ended without a bench match Aki 99 135 18 13.3%
The last day without a bench match was Day 1 of Kyushu 00 (~9 years?!) Kyushu 99 240 49 20.4%
Hatsu 00 270 40 14.8%
Decided on the Bench Total Bouts % of all Haru 00 376 62 16.5%
Overall 27200 132660 20.50% Natsu 00 390 79 20.3%
This basho 113 750 15.07% Nagoya 00 420 58 13.8%
Aki 00 450 76 16.9%
Tiebreaker Method No of TBs % of all This Basho Kyushu 00 450 73 16.2%
Decided on Bench Hatsu 01 540 108 20.0%
1st Bench 12567 15.001% 54 Haru 01 570 112 19.6%
2nd Bench 6891 8.226% 31 Natsu 01 630 103 16.3%
3rd Bench 3592 4.288% 13 Nagoya 01 600 106 17.7%
4th Bench 1681 2.007% 6 Aki 01 735 147 20.0%
5th Bench  588 0.702% 2 Kyushu 01 720 166 23.1%
Positioning of team Hatsu 02 795 123 15.5%
1st 2-pointer 358 0.427% 1 Haru 02 765 160 20.9%
1st 3-pointer 270 0.322% 2 Natsu 02 795 174 21.9%
4-pointer 66 0.079% 1 Nagoya 02 750 142 18.9%
Rank of winning rikishi Aki 02 780 157 20.1%
Lowest winning rikishi 718 0.857% 1 Kyushu 02 840 115 13.7%
2nd Lowest winning rikishi 230 0.275% 1 Hatsu 03 930 149 16.0%
3rd Lowest winning rikishi 86 0.103%   Haru 03 1005 163 16.2%
4th Lowest winning rikishi 30 0.036%   Natsu 03 1080 231 21.4%
5th Lowest winning rikishi 14 0.017%   Nagoya 03 885 136 15.4%
6th Lowest winning rikishi 8 0.010%   Aki 03 975 173 17.7%
7th Lowest winning rikishi  3 0.004%   Kyushu 03 1080 206 19.1%
8th Lowest winning rikishi  1 0.001%   Hatsu 04 1110 214 19.3%
9th Lowest winning rikishi  0 0.000%   Haru 04 1215 244 20.1%
Old Rule3A (no longer active)
Youngest winning rikishi		 3 0.004%   Natsu 04 1170 245 20.9%
Higher Ranked Rikishi (a.k.a., the Doitsuyama Rule) Nagoya 04 1080 232 21.5%
Doitsuyama Rule 94 0.112% 1 Aki 04 1170 212 18.1%
Kyushu 04 1260 328 26.0%
Misc. Bench Stats Hatsu 05 1275 270 21.2%
Benchiest basho Haru 05 1365 274 20.1%
by Quantity Natsu 07 396 Natsu 05 1230 318 25.9%
By Percentage Haru 12 32.7% (of 975 bouts) Nagoya 05 1125 235 20.9%
This basho 113 Tiebreakers 15.10% Tiebreakers Aki 05 1260 321 25.5%
(127th) (tied for 141th best) Kyushu 05 1290 273 21.2%
Least Benchiest basho Hatsu 06 1305 271 20.8%
by Quantity Aki 99 19 Haru 06 1275 370 29.0%
By Percentage Aki 99 13.3% (of 135 bouts) Natsu 06 1260 208 16.5%
Benchiest Day Nagoya 06 1110 328 29.5%
All-time Aki 05 58 Aki 06 1245 279 22.4%
This basho Day 12 12 Kyushu 06 1230 251 20.4%
Ranked 844th Hatsu 07 1215 242 19.9%
 Bench Sumoers who have lost in a bench match by scoring 14 tech pts Haru 07 1245 283 22.7%
All-time 5336 Natsu 07 1230 396 32.2%
This basho 3 Nagoya 07 1140 231 20.3%
 Bench Sumoers who have WON on the bench with 0 tech pts Aki 07 1125 212 18.8%
All-time 34 Kyushu 07 1200 261 21.8%
Worst basho (all-time) Kyushu 11 - 7 matches Hatsu 08 1170 188 16.1%
That’s more than all the previous bashos combined!!! Haru 08 1185 246 20.8%
This basho 0 Natsu 08 1140 218 19.1%
 Bench Sumoers who have LOST on the bench with 0 tech pts Nagoya 08 1020 163 16.0%
All-time 977 Aki 08 1035 193 18.6%
Worst basho (all-time) Hatsu 18 - 30 Matches Kyushu 08 1125 268 23.8%
Hatsu 18 usurped Kyushu 11, which had 29
0-losers on a single day!		 Hatsu 09 1170 232 19.8%
Haru 09 1125 187 16.6%
This basho 24 Natsu 09 1095 242 22.1%
Nagoya 09 1095 274 25.0%
Aki 09 1170 267 22.8%
Kyushu 09 1110 253 22.8%
Hatsu 10 1140 299 26.2%
Haru 10 1200 360 30.0%
Natsu 10 1035 224 21.6%
Nagoya 10 855 195 22.8%
Aki 10 1005 228 22.7%
Kyushu 10 1065 299 28.1%
Hatsu 11 1080 263 24.4%
Natsu 11 510 107 21.0%
Nagoya 11 720 172 23.9%
Aki 11 930 194 20.9%
Kyushu 11 945 239 25.3%
Hatsu 12 945 217 23.0%
Haru 12 975 319 32.7%
Natsu 12 960 170 17.7%
Nagoya 12 870 172 19.8%
Aki 12 915 248 27.1%
Kyushu 12 765 142 18.6%
Hatsu 13 765 172 22.5%
Haru 13 795 152 19.1%
Natsu 13 765 195 25.5%
Nagoya 13 705 177 25.1%
Aki 13 675 166 24.6%
Kyushu 13 735 178 24.2%
Hatsu 14 750 198 26.4%
Haru 14 720 151 21.0%
Natsu 14 750 196 26.1%
Nagoya 14 660 160 24.2%
Aki 14 765 151 19.7%
Kyushu 14 720 141 19.6%
Hatsu 15 735 174 23.7%
Haru 15 735 172 23.4%
Natsu 15 675 199 29.5%
Nagoya 15 660 147 22.3%
Aki 15 675 128 19.0%
Kyushu 15 645 132 20.5%
Hatsu 16 690 126 18.3%
Haru 16 735 166 22.6%
Natsu 16 675 152 22.5%
Nagoya 16 600 143 23.8%
Aki 16 675 139 20.6%
Kyushu 16 705 125 17.7%
Hatsu 17 660 146 22.1%
Haru 17 660 98 14.8%
Natsu 17 660 111 16.8%
Nagoya 17 645 144 22.3%
Aki 17 600 105 17.5%
Kyushu 17 675 128 19.0%
Hatsu 18 675 107 15.9%
Haru 18 690 107 15.5%
Natsu 18 705 115 16.3%
Nagoya 18 630 105 16.7%
Aki 18 675 120 17.8%
Kyushu 18 705 112 15.9%
Hatsu 19 675 123 18.2%
Haru 19 690 155 22.5%
Natsu 19 705 132 18.7%
Nagoya 19 615 114 18.5%
Aki 19 705 80 11.3%
Kyushu 19 735 132 18.0%
Hatsu 20 735 108 14.7%
Haru 20 720 134 18.6%
Nagoya 20 675 140 20.7%
Aki 20 720 115 16.0%
Kyushu 20 765 103 13.5%
Hatsu 21 750 105 14.0%
Haru 21 810 116 14.3%
Natsu 21 810 119 14.7%
Nagoya 21 735 191 26.0%
Aki 21 795 154 19.4%
Kyushu 21 810 196 24.2%
Hatsu 22 750 161 21.5%
Haru 22 735 134 18.2%
Natsu 22 705 119 16.9%
Nagoya 22 735 151 20.5%
Aki 22 690 83 12.0%
Kyushu 22 705 119 16.9%
Hatsu 23 735 113 15.4%
Haru 23 750 95 12.7%
Natsu 23 735 171 23.3%
Nagoya 23 720 122 16.9%
Aki 23 765 101 13.2%
Kyushu 23 720 106 14.7%
Hatsu 24 735 190 25.9%
Haru 24 765 119 15.6%
Natsu 24 765 99 12.9%
Nagoya 24 780 179 22.9%
Aki 24 795 170 21.4%
Kyushu 24 765 129 16.9%
Hatsu 25 810 111 13.7%
Haru 25 765 135 17.6%
Natsu 25 810 198 24.4%
Nagoya 25 810 146 18.0%
Aki 25 765 154 20.1%
Kyushu 25 735 162 22.0%
Hatsu 26 735 162 22.0%
Haru 26 750 113 15.1%