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Barnes vs Zhang

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BarnesWinner
83.6

Barnes wins: Honours

Zhang
83.6

Zhang wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Pinkie Barnes
83.6

Barnes leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship medallist and an English international for two decades.

1. Pinkie Barnes
83.6
2. Lily Zhang
83.6

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. 🇬🇧 Pinkie Barnes5 seasons played · career day 1,825336 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Lily Zhang5 seasons played · career day 1,825292 titles
-13.1% vs Barnes at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Barnes0050109336686
🇺🇸 Zhang0050104292601

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.

MetricBarnesRetiredZhangActive
World Championship medals3
English titles4
World Championship appearances87
Corbillon Cup appearances6
Seasons on the national team18
Pan American gold medals2
Olympic appearances4
United States titles5
World Tour medals2
Dominance w25%7878
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%8486
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8686

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Barnes83.6
Zhang83.6
The people
Barnes
Zhang

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