Who is better, Shin or Abe?
Tazuko Abe leads with a GOAT score of 77.6 against 77.4 for Shin Yu-bin — a gap of 0.2 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Shin vs Abe
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Tazuko Abe above Shin Yu-bin: 77.6 vs 77.4. Tazuko Abe leads on Longevity, Statistics. Shin Yu-bin leads on Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
AbeWinner
77.6Abe wins: Longevity, Statistics
Shin
77.4Shin wins: Dominance
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Tazuko Abe
77.6
Abe leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Tazuko Abe
2. Shin Yu-bin
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season1. 🇰🇷 Shin Yu-bin5 seasons played · career day 1,825392 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Tazuko Abe5 seasons played · career day 2,19127 titles
-93.1% vs Shin at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇷 Shin | 0 | 0 | 58 | 128 | 392 | 570 |
| 🇯🇵 Abe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 44 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | ShinActive | AbeRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic medals | 2 | — |
| World Championship medals | 2 | 3 |
| WTT titles | 3 | — |
| Asian Championship medals | 3 | — |
| Career high world ranking | 4 | — |
| World Championship golds | — | 1 |
| Team world titles | — | 1 |
| National titles | — | 2 |
| Seasons at international level | — | 8 |
| Dominance w25% | 76 | 74 |
| Peak w20% | 86 | 86 |
| Longevity w20% | 66 | 68 |
| Honours w20% | 80 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 80 | 82 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Abe77.6
Shin77.4
FAQ
Where does Shin beat Abe?
Shin scores higher on dominance. Abe leads on statistics, longevity.
How is the Shin vs Abe score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Shin: 77.4, Abe: 77.6.
What do you think?
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