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Chen Meng vs Samsonov

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
Chen MengWinner
78.3

Chen Meng wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Samsonov
74.5

Samsonov wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Chen Meng
78.3

Chen Meng leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Back-to-back Olympic singles golds in Tokyo and Paris.

1. Chen Meng
78.3
2. Vladimir Samsonov
74.5

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. 🇨🇳 Chen Meng5 seasons played · career day 4,38230 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇾 Vladimir Samsonov5 seasons played · career day 3,28623 titles
-23.3% vs Chen Meng at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Chen Meng000009
🇧🇾 Samsonov0000323

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.

MetricChen MengActiveSamsonovRetired
Olympic golds3
World Championship titles3
World Cup titles23
World team titles3
Months at No. 130
WTT titles20
European Championship singles titles3
World Championship medals2
Olympic appearances6
Best world ranking1
Years at top level30
Dominance w25%7666
Peak w20%8678
Longevity w20%7290
Honours w20%8068
Statistics w15%7872

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GOAT Rank · the data
Chen Meng78.3
Samsonov74.5
The people
Chen Meng
Samsonov

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