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Freitas vs Chen

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FreitasWinner
78.9

Freitas wins: Longevity, Honours

Chen
78.7

Chen wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇹 Marcos Freitas
78.9

Freitas leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. European team champion with Portugal in 2014 and a long-time world top-20 player.

1. Marcos Freitas
78.9
2. Chen Chien-an
78.7

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. 🇵🇹 Marcos Freitas5 seasons played · career day 1,825314 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇹🇼 Chen Chien-an5 seasons played · career day 2,55623 titles
-92.7% vs Freitas at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇹 Freitas0048104314668
🇹🇼 Chen0000731

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.

MetricFreitasActiveChenActive
European team titles2
European medals3
Career high world ranking8
World Tour titles2
Years at the top level20
World doubles titles1
Asian Games medals2
World junior titles2
Career-high ranking10
Olympic Games contested2
Dominance w25%7272
Peak w20%8488
Longevity w20%8478
Honours w20%7876
Statistics w15%7882

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Freitas78.9
Chen78.7
The people
Freitas
Chen

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