Who is better, Cheng or Ogimura?
Ichiro Ogimura leads with a GOAT score of 76.9 against 76.8 for Cheng I-ching — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Cheng vs Ogimura
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Ichiro Ogimura above Cheng I-ching: 76.9 vs 76.8. Ichiro Ogimura leads on Honours, Dominance, Peak. Cheng I-ching leads on Longevity, Statistics.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
OgimuraWinner
76.9Ogimura wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Cheng
76.8Cheng wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Ichiro Ogimura
76.9
Ogimura leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Ichiro Ogimura
2. Cheng I-ching
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. 🇹🇼 Cheng I-ching5 seasons played · career day 1,826328 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Ichiro Ogimura5 seasons played · career day 2,92123 titles
-93.0% vs Cheng at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇹🇼 Cheng | 0 | 0 | 52 | 112 | 252 | 660 |
| 🇯🇵 Ogimura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | ChengActive | OgimuraRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic medals | 1 | — |
| World Tour titles | 5 | — |
| Asian Games medals | 3 | — |
| Best world ranking | 5 | — |
| Olympic Games contested | 4 | — |
| World Championship singles titles | — | 2 |
| World Championship titles (all) | — | 12 |
| World team titles | — | 5 |
| Asian titles | — | 4 |
| Japanese titles | — | 6 |
| Hall of Fame inductions | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 70 | 76 |
| Peak w20% | 82 | 84 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 70 |
| Honours w20% | 72 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 78 | 74 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Ogimura76.9
Cheng76.8
FAQ
Where does Cheng beat Ogimura?
Cheng scores higher on statistics, longevity. Ogimura leads on peak, dominance, honours.
How is the Cheng vs Ogimura score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Cheng: 76.8, Ogimura: 76.9.
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