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Jónyer vs Yang

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JónyerWinner
84.4

Jónyer wins: Longevity

Yang
84.3

Yang wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇭🇺 István Jónyer
84.4

Jónyer leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. World singles champion in 1975 and a world team champion with Hungary in 1979.

1. István Jónyer
84.4
2. Yang Young-ja
84.3

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. 🇰🇷 Yang Young-ja5 seasons played · career day 1,825368 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇺 István Jónyer5 seasons played · career day 1,825359 titles
-2.4% vs Yang at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇭🇺 Jónyer0055119359721
🇰🇷 Yang0050112368545

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.

MetricJónyerRetiredYangRetired
World Championship singles titles1
World team titles1
World Championship medals94
European titles3
Years at the top level15
Olympic gold medals1
World doubles titles1
Asian Games titles2
National titles3
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8070
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%8286

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Jónyer84.4
Yang84.3
The people
Jónyer
Yang

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