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Guo Y. vs Cai

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
Guo Y.Winner
86.5

Guo Y. wins: Dominance, Peak

Cai
86.3

Cai wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Guo Yuehua
86.5

Guo Y. leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Back-to-back world singles champion in 1981 and 1983 and a World Cup winner.

1. Guo Yuehua
86.5
2. Cai Zhenhua
86.3

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. 🇨🇳 Guo Yuehua5 seasons played · career day 1,825408 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Cai Zhenhua5 seasons played · career day 1,825368 titles
-9.8% vs Guo Y. at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Guo Y.0062136408740
🇨🇳 Cai0050112368653

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.

MetricGuo Y.RetiredCaiRetired
World Championship singles titles2
World Cup titles2
World team titles34
World Championship medals88
Years at the top level9
World doubles titles2
World Cup medals2
Asian Championship titles3
Dominance w25%9086
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%6876
Honours w20%9090
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Guo Y.86.5
Cai86.3
The people
Guo Y.
Cai

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