Who is better, Chen or Wang?
Wang Tao leads with a GOAT score of 87.4 against 87.0 for Chen Jing — a gap of 0.4 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Wang Tao above Chen Jing: 87.4 vs 87.0. Wang Tao leads on Dominance, Honours, Statistics. Chen Jing leads on Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
WangWinner
87.4Wang wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics
Chen
87.0Chen wins: Longevity
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Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Wang Tao
87.4
Wang leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Wang Tao
2. Chen Jing
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. 🇨🇳 Wang Tao5 seasons played · career day 1,825344 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇹🇼 Chen Jing5 seasons played · career day 2,19015 titles
-95.6% vs Wang at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇹🇼 Chen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 39 |
| 🇨🇳 Wang | 0 | 0 | 50 | 109 | 344 | 658 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | ChenRetired | WangRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 1 | — |
| Olympic medals | 3 | — |
| World Championship golds | 2 | — |
| World Cup medals | 2 | — |
| Career highest world ranking | 1 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 1 |
| World doubles titles | — | 3 |
| World team titles | — | 4 |
| World Cup titles | — | 1 |
| World singles finals | — | 2 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 78 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 90 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Wang87.4
Chen87.0
FAQ
Where does Chen beat Wang?
Chen scores higher on longevity. Wang leads on dominance, honours, statistics.
How is the Chen vs Wang score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Chen: 87.0, Wang: 87.4.
What do you think?
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