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Baum vs Cho

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ChoWinner
75.8

Cho wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Baum
75.4

Baum wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇷 Cho Dae-seong
75.8

Cho leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship team medallist and Asian Games medallist for South Korea.

1. Cho Dae-seong
75.8
2. Patrick Baum
75.4

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. 🇰🇷 Cho Dae-seong5 seasons played · career day 2,556319 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Patrick Baum5 seasons played · career day 1,825256 titles
-19.7% vs Cho at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Baum004289256542
🇰🇷 Cho0000200361

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.

MetricBaumRetiredChoActive
European team titles2
World Championship team medals12
Olympic appearances1
Career world ranking best22
Bundesliga seasons15
Asian Games medals2
World Tour medals3
Career highest world ranking20
National team seasons9
Dominance w25%6870
Peak w20%7984
Longevity w20%8072
Honours w20%7674
Statistics w15%7682

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Cho75.8
Baum75.4
The people
Baum
Cho

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