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Ryu vs Schlager

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RyuWinner
84.7

Ryu wins: Dominance, Honours

Schlager
84.6

Schlager wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇷 Ryu Seung-min
84.7

Ryu leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic singles champion in Athens 2004 with a penhold attacking game.

1. Ryu Seung-min
84.7
2. Werner Schlager
84.6

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. 🇦🇹 Werner Schlager5 seasons played · career day 3,65145 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇷 Ryu Seung-min5 seasons played · career day 2,55626 titles
-42.2% vs Schlager at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇰🇷 Ryu00002332
🇦🇹 Schlager0000039

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.

MetricRyuRetiredSchlagerRetired
Olympic golds1
Olympic medals3
World Championship medals44
Asian Games golds2
Career-high world ranking13
World Championship golds1
European titles2
Olympic appearances5
Dominance w25%8280
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8086
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ryu84.7
Schlager84.6
The people
Ryu
Schlager

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