Who is better, Chen or Zhuang?
Chen Longcan leads with a GOAT score of 84.3 against 84.2 for Zhuang Zedong — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Chen vs Zhuang
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Chen Longcan above Zhuang Zedong: 84.3 vs 84.2. Chen Longcan leads on Longevity, Honours, Statistics. Zhuang Zedong leads on Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
ChenWinner
84.3Chen wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Zhuang
84.2Zhuang wins: Dominance
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Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Chen Longcan
84.3
Chen leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Chen Longcan
2. Zhuang Zedong
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. 🇨🇳 Chen Longcan5 seasons played · career day 1,826368 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Zhuang Zedong5 seasons played · career day 2,5568 titles
-97.8% vs Chen at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 Chen | 0 | 0 | 50 | 112 | 271 | 535 |
| 🇨🇳 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 | ChenRetired | ZhuangRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 1 | — |
| World team titles | 2 | 3 |
| World doubles titles | 1 | — |
| World Cup medals | 1 | — |
| Asian titles | 2 | — |
| World singles titles | — | 3 |
| World Championship medals | — | 7 |
| Consecutive world finals | — | 3 |
| Chinese national titles | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 72 | 70 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 86 | 84 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Chen84.3
Zhuang84.2
FAQ
Where does Zhuang beat Chen?
Zhuang scores higher on dominance. Chen leads on honours, statistics, longevity.
How is the Chen vs Zhuang score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Chen: 84.3, Zhuang: 84.2.
What do you think?
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