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Schalk vs Byon

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ByonWinner
80.1

Byon wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Schalk
80.0

Schalk wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇷 Byon Kyung-ja
80.1

Byon leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic bronze medallist with South Korea in 1976.

1. Byon Kyung-ja
80.1
2. Chaim Schalk
80.0

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. 🇰🇷 Byon Kyung-ja5 seasons played · career day 1,826358 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Chaim Schalk5 seasons played · career day 1,825322 titles
-10.1% vs Byon at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Schalk0052110322669
🇰🇷 Byon0052114267620

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.

MetricSchalkActiveByonRetired
Pan American gold medals1
AVP titles3
World Tour medals4
Olympic appearances21
Seasons on tour15
Olympic medals1
Asian Championship medals2
Asian Games medals1
National team years9
Dominance w25%7476
Peak w20%8486
Longevity w20%8474
Honours w20%7884
Statistics w15%8282

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Byon80.1
Schalk80.0
The people
Schalk
Byon

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