Bench Bouts		Updated thru
How 'benchy" is Bench Sumo?		Nagoya 25			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	26609	129675	20.52%		Natsu 00	390	79	20.3%
This basho	146	810	18.02%		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	12285	14.664%	68		Haru 01	570	112	19.6%
2nd Bench	6752	8.060%	31		Natsu 01	630	103	16.3%
3rd Bench	3508	4.187%	22		Nagoya 01	600	106	17.7%
4th Bench	1643	1.961%	10		Aki 01	735	147	20.0%
5th Bench	573	0.684%	7		Kyushu 01	720	166	23.1%
Positioning of team					Hatsu 02	795	123	15.5%
1st 2-pointer	354	0.423%	2		Haru 02	765	160	20.9%
1st 3-pointer	267	0.319%	1		Natsu 02	795	174	21.9%
4-pointer	65	0.078%	1		Nagoya 02	750	142	18.9%
Rank of winning rikishi					Aki 02	780	157	20.1%
Lowest winning rikishi	708	0.845%	1		Kyushu 02	840	115	13.7%
2nd Lowest winning rikishi	229	0.273%	1		Hatsu 03	930	149	16.0%
3rd Lowest winning rikishi	78	0.093%	1		Haru 03	1005	163	16.2%
4th Lowest winning rikishi	28	0.033%			Natsu 03	1080	231	21.4%
5th Lowest winning rikishi	14	0.017%	1		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Old Rule3A (no longer active) Youngest winning rikishi	3	0.004%			Natsu 04	1170	245	20.9%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	90	0.107%			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	146 Tiebreakers	18.00% Tiebreakers			Aki 05	1260	321	25.5%
	(90th)	(tied for 104th 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 6	27			Kyushu 06	1230	251	20.4%
		Ranked 66th			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	5250				Natsu 07	1230	396	32.2%
This basho	34				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	1				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	948				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	12				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%