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Cao vs Boros

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CaoWinner
84.1

Cao wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Boros
84.1

Boros wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Cao Yanhua
84.1

Cao leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Back-to-back world singles champion in 1983 and 1985.

1. Cao Yanhua
84.1
2. István Boros
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. 🇭🇺 István Boros5 seasons played · career day 1,825375 titles
-9.9% vs Cao at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Cao0064142326660
🇭🇺 Boros0055120375699

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.

MetricCaoRetiredBorosRetired
World Championship singles titles2
World Championship team titles4
World Cup titles1
Asian Championship titles3
World Championship medals8
World Championship gold medals1
European Championship medals2
Hungarian titles3
World Championship appearances4
Swaythling Cup titles1
Dominance w25%8680
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7080
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%8486

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Cao84.1
Boros84.1
The people
Cao
Boros

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