In total, Safarov won 4 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals at the World Masters and Grand Prix during his judo career.

At the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he defeated Beslan Mudranov of Russia, Nicolas Kossora of the United States and Tommy Arshansky of Israel to advance to the quarterfinals.

Orkhan Safarov, who was injured in front of a strong opponent, left the tatami defeated and won a silver medal at the first European Games.

[6] Stepping towards the final with confidence, Orkhan Safarov faced a strong Brazilian judoka, London Olympics bronze medalist Felipe Kitadai in the quarterfinals.

Despite Orkhan Safarov's good fight, 20 seconds before the end, Yeldos Smetov took the lead with a strong trick and a va-zari score.

The judge's award of three shido penalty points to the Kazakh judoka did not change anything, and Orkhan Safarov lost and continued the fight for the bronze medal.