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Joo vs Schlager

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JooWinner
84.6

Joo wins: Longevity, Honours

Schlager
84.6

Schlager wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇷 Joo Se-hyuk
84.6

Joo leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship silver medallist in 2003, the best modern defensive player.

1. Joo Se-hyuk
84.6
2. Werner Schlager
84.6

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. 🇰🇷 Joo Se-hyuk5 seasons played · career day 1,825320 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇹 Werner Schlager5 seasons played · career day 3,65145 titles
-85.9% vs Joo at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇰🇷 Joo0050107320673
🇦🇹 Schlager0000039

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.

MetricJooRetiredSchlagerRetired
World Championship medals44
Olympic team medals1
Asian Games medals3
Career world ranking best3
ITTF Pro Tour titles4
World Championship golds1
European titles2
Career-high world ranking3
Olympic appearances5
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%8886
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Joo84.6
Schlager84.6
The people
Joo
Schlager

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