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Liang vs Jha

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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
🇨🇳 Liang0055119353715
🇺🇸 Jha0050105303640

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.

MetricLiangActiveJhaActive
Olympic gold medals1
World team titles3
WTT singles titles6
Asian Championship medals4
Seasons on the pro tour10
Pan American medals4
Olympic appearances3
United States titles3
World Championship appearances5
World top-30 ranking peaks1
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%7680
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8286

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

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