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Carrington vs Chen

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ChenWinner
78.1

Chen wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Carrington
77.7

Carrington wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇹🇼 Chen Szu-yu
78.1

Chen leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Asian Games medallist and a long-serving Chinese Taipei number one.

1. Chen Szu-yu
78.1
2. Jack Carrington
77.7

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. 🇹🇼 Chen Szu-yu5 seasons played · career day 2,55624 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Jack Carrington5 seasons played · career day 2,55616 titles
-33.3% vs Chen at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Carrington0000922
🇹🇼 Chen0000737

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.

MetricCarringtonRetiredChenActive
World Championship appearances67
England caps70
English national medals4
Coaching books written8
Career span in years21
Asian Games medals2
Olympic appearances3
World Tour medals5
Career-high world ranking15
Dominance w25%6870
Peak w20%8486
Longevity w20%8682
Honours w20%7272
Statistics w15%8284

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Chen78.1
Carrington77.7
The people
Carrington
Chen

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