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Cho vs Liu Shiwen

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ChoWinner
75.8

Cho wins: Peak, Statistics

Liu Shiwen
75.5

Liu Shiwen wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇷 Cho Dae-seong
75.8

Cho leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship team medallist and Asian Games medallist for South Korea.

1. Cho Dae-seong
75.8
2. Liu Shiwen
75.5

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. 🇰🇷 Cho Dae-seong5 seasons played · career day 2,556319 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Liu Shiwen5 seasons played · career day 3,28731 titles
-90.3% vs Cho at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇰🇷 Cho0000200361
🇨🇳 Liu Shiwen0000031

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.

MetricChoActiveLiu ShiwenRetired
World Championship team medals2
Asian Games medals2
World Tour medals3
Career highest world ranking20
National team seasons9
World Cup singles titles5
World Championship singles titles1
Olympic golds1
World team titles5
Months at No. 138
ITTF Tour titles24
Dominance w25%7072
Peak w20%8480
Longevity w20%7274
Honours w20%7478
Statistics w15%8274

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cho75.8
Liu Shiwen75.5
The people
Cho
Liu Shiwen

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