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Fan vs Chen

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FanWinner
78.8

Fan wins: Dominance, Honours

Chen
78.7

Chen wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Fan Yunwei
78.8

Fan leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship doubles medallist and an ITTF Pro Tour winner for China.

1. Fan Yunwei
78.8
2. Chen Chien-an
78.7

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. 🇨🇳 Fan Yunwei5 seasons played · career day 1,825316 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇹🇼 Chen Chien-an5 seasons played · career day 2,55623 titles
-92.7% vs Fan at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Fan0050107316645
🇹🇼 Chen0000731

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.

MetricFanRetiredChenActive
World Championship medals2
ITTF Pro Tour titles3
Asian Championship medals2
Career world ranking best6
National team seasons8
World doubles titles1
Asian Games medals2
World junior titles2
Career-high ranking10
Olympic Games contested2
Dominance w25%7672
Peak w20%8588
Longevity w20%7678
Honours w20%7876
Statistics w15%8082

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Fan78.8
Chen78.7
The people
Fan
Chen

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