Who is better, Cao or Zhuang?
Zhuang Zedong leads with a GOAT score of 84.2 against 84.1 for Cao Yanhua — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Cao vs Zhuang
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Zhuang Zedong above Cao Yanhua: 84.2 vs 84.1. Zhuang Zedong leads on Dominance. Cao Yanhua leads on Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
ZhuangWinner
84.2Zhuang wins: Dominance
Cao
84.1Cao wins: Honours
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Zhuang Zedong
84.2
Zhuang leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Zhuang Zedong
2. Cao Yanhua
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season1. 🇨🇳 Cao Yanhua5 seasons played · career day 1,826416 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Zhuang Zedong5 seasons played · career day 2,5568 titles
-98.1% vs Cao at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 Cao | 0 | 0 | 64 | 142 | 326 | 660 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhuang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | CaoRetired | ZhuangRetired |
|---|---|---|
| World Championship singles titles | 2 | — |
| World Championship team titles | 4 | — |
| World Cup titles | 1 | — |
| Asian Championship titles | 3 | — |
| World Championship medals | 8 | 7 |
| World singles titles | — | 3 |
| World team titles | — | 3 |
| Consecutive world finals | — | 3 |
| Chinese national titles | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 70 | 70 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 84 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Zhuang84.2
Cao84.1
FAQ
Where does Cao beat Zhuang?
Cao scores higher on honours. Zhuang leads on dominance.
How is the Cao vs Zhuang score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Cao: 84.1, Zhuang: 84.2.
What do you think?
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