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Éloi vs Lin S.

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
ÉloiWinner
82.8

Éloi wins: Longevity

Lin S.
82.7

Lin S. wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Damien Éloi
82.8

Éloi leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. World team bronze medallist and a five-time Olympian for France.

1. Damien Éloi
82.8
2. Lin Shidong
82.7

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. 🇨🇳 Lin Shidong4 seasons played · career day 1,460330 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Damien Éloi5 seasons played · career day 1,825265 titles
-19.7% vs Lin S. at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Éloi004594265547
🇨🇳 Lin S.0062142330330

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.

MetricÉloiRetiredLin S.Active
World Championship medals1
European team medals5
Olympic appearances5
French titles4
World ranking peak17
World Championship singles titles1
WTT Grand Smash titles3
Weeks at world number one60
World Cup titles1
Seasons on the pro tour4
Dominance w25%7686
Peak w20%8694
Longevity w20%9262
Honours w20%7884
Statistics w15%8488

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GOAT Rank · the data
Éloi82.8
Lin S.82.7
The people
Éloi
Lin S.

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