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Hyun vs Li Xiaoxia

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HyunWinner
79.2

Hyun wins: Dominance, Peak

Li Xiaoxia
78.3

Li Xiaoxia wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇷 Hyun Jung-hwa
79.2

Hyun leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. World team champion in 1991 with the unified Korean team.

1. Hyun Jung-hwa
79.2
2. Li Xiaoxia
78.3

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. 🇨🇳 Li Xiaoxia5 seasons played · career day 4,38230 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇷 Hyun Jung-hwa5 seasons played · career day 2,19111 titles
-63.3% vs Li Xiaoxia at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇰🇷 Hyun0001920
🇨🇳 Li Xiaoxia000009

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.

MetricHyunRetiredLi XiaoxiaRetired
World team titles14
Olympic medals2
Asian Games golds2
World Championship medals6
World Cup medals2
Olympic golds2
World Championship singles titles2
World Cup titles1
Grand Slams completed1
Months at No. 112
Dominance w25%7876
Peak w20%8684
Longevity w20%7474
Honours w20%8080
Statistics w15%7878

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Hyun79.2
Li Xiaoxia78.3
The people
Hyun
Li Xiaoxia

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