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Ryu vs Gatien

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RyuWinner
84.7

Ryu wins: Peak, Honours

Gatien
83.9

Gatien wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇷 Ryu Seung-min
84.7

Ryu leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic singles champion in Athens 2004 with a penhold attacking game.

1. Ryu Seung-min
84.7
2. Jean-Philippe Gatien
83.9

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. 🇰🇷 Ryu Seung-min5 seasons played · career day 2,55626 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Jean-Philippe Gatien5 seasons played · career day 2,92125 titles
-3.8% vs Ryu at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇰🇷 Ryu00002332
🇫🇷 Gatien00001426

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.

MetricRyuRetiredGatienRetired
Olympic golds1
Olympic medals31
World Championship medals4
Asian Games golds2
Career-high world ranking11
World Championship golds1
World Cup titles1
European titles2
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8080
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ryu84.7
Gatien83.9
The people
Ryu
Gatien

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