Who is better, Chang or Son?
Chang Jung-koo leads with a cross-sport score of 84.3 against 80.7 for Son Heung-min — a gap of 3.6 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Chang vs Son
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Chang Jung-koo above Son Heung-min: 84.3 vs 80.7. Chang Jung-koo leads on Honours, Statistics, Dominance. Son Heung-min leads on Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
ChangWinner
84.3Chang wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Son
80.7Son wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇰🇷 Chang Jung-koo
84.3
87.8 in-sport × 0.96 Global participation & competition depth
Chang leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Chang Jung-koodepth ×0.96
2. Son Heung-mindepth ×1.00
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · season output
1. 🇰🇷 Son Heung-min21 output
4 seasons by age 21 · 5.3 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Chang — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | ChangRetired | SonActive |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 88 | 82 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 88 |
| Longevity w20% | 78 | 85 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 65 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 84 |
| Title defences | 15 | — |
| Career wins | 38 | — |
| Knockouts | 17 | — |
| World title reigns | 2 | — |
| Career losses | 4 | — |
| Premier League goals | — | 127 |
| South Korea caps | — | 129 |
| South Korea goals | — | 50 |
| Asian Games gold medals | — | 1 |
| Europa League titles | — | 1 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Chang84.3
Son80.7
FAQ
Where does Son beat Chang?
Son scores higher on longevity. Chang leads on peak, dominance, honours, statistics.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Chang 0.96 (boxing) and Son 1.00 (football). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
What do you think?
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