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Cao vs Cha

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ChaWinner
84.2

Cha wins: Longevity, Statistics

Cao
84.1

Cao wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇵 Cha Hyo-sim
84.2

Cha leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World mixed doubles champion in 2018 with a unified Korean pairing.

1. Cha Hyo-sim
84.2
2. Cao Yanhua
84.1

Category breakdown

Season form · Titles per season

Career timeline · Titles per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Titles per season
1. 🇨🇳 Cao Yanhua5 seasons played · career day 1,826416 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇵 Cha Hyo-sim5 seasons played · career day 1,825375 titles
-9.9% vs Cao at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Cao0064142326660
🇰🇵 Cha0055120375735

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricCaoRetiredChaActive
World Championship singles titles2
World Championship team titles4
World Cup titles1
Asian Championship titles3
World Championship medals82
World Championship gold medals1
Asian Championship medals2
Olympic appearances1
ITTF tour finals3
Dominance w25%8682
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%7076
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%8486

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Cha84.2
Cao84.1
The people
Cao
Cha

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