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Rosskopf vs Tong

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RosskopfWinner
83.1

Rosskopf wins: Longevity

Tong
83.0

Tong wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Jörg Rosskopf
83.1

Rosskopf leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. World doubles champion in 1989, World Cup winner in 1998 and an Olympic medallist.

1. Jörg Rosskopf
83.1
2. Tong Ling
83.0

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. 🇨🇳 Tong Ling5 seasons played · career day 1,825372 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Jörg Rosskopf5 seasons played · career day 1,825366 titles
-1.6% vs Tong at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Rosskopf0050112366710
🇨🇳 Tong0050116372471

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.

MetricRosskopfRetiredTongRetired
World Championship titles1
World Cup titles11
Olympic medals1
European titles2
Years at the top level19
World team titles2
Asian Championship titles2
World Championship medals4
National titles2
Dominance w25%7882
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%8670
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8086

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Rosskopf83.1
Tong83.0
The people
Rosskopf
Tong

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