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Jha vs Liang

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JhaWinner
82.0

Jha wins: Longevity, Statistics

Liang
81.9

Liang wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Kanak Jha
82.0

Jha leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Youngest American Olympic table tennis player and a Pan American medallist.

1. Kanak Jha
82.0
2. Liang Jingkun
81.9

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. 🇨🇳 Liang Jingkun5 seasons played · career day 1,825353 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Kanak Jha5 seasons played · career day 1,825303 titles
-14.2% vs Liang at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Jha0050105303640
🇨🇳 Liang0055119353715

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.

MetricJhaActiveLiangActive
Pan American medals4
Olympic appearances3
United States titles3
World Championship appearances5
World top-30 ranking peaks1
Olympic gold medals1
World team titles3
WTT singles titles6
Asian Championship medals4
Seasons on the pro tour10
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%8076
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8682

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Jha82.0
Liang81.9
The people
Jha
Liang

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