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Chen vs Ryu

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ChenWinner
85.1

Chen wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

Ryu
84.7

Ryu wins: Peak, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Chen Qi
85.1

Chen leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Double Olympic gold medallist in doubles and team events for China.

1. Chen Qi
85.1
2. Ryu Seung-min
84.7

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 Qi5 seasons played · career day 2,19127 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇷 Ryu Seung-min5 seasons played · career day 2,55626 titles
-3.7% vs Chen at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Chen00032142
🇰🇷 Ryu00002332

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.

MetricChenRetiredRyuRetired
Olympic golds21
World team titles4
World doubles titles3
World Cup medals2
Asian titles3
Olympic medals3
World Championship medals4
Asian Games golds2
Career-high world ranking1
Dominance w25%8482
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%7880
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%8684

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Chen85.1
Ryu84.7
The people
Chen
Ryu

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