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Abe vs Zhang Jike

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AbeWinner
77.6

Abe wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

Zhang Jike
77.0

Zhang Jike wins: Dominance, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Tazuko Abe
77.6

Abe leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship doubles medallist during Japan's golden era.

1. Tazuko Abe
77.6
2. Zhang Jike
77.0

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. 🇨🇳 Zhang Jike5 seasons played · career day 4,38234 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Tazuko Abe5 seasons played · career day 2,19127 titles
-20.6% vs Zhang Jike at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Abe00092244
🇨🇳 Zhang Jike0000010

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.

MetricAbeRetiredZhang JikeRetired
World Championship golds1
World Championship medals3
Team world titles1
National titles2
Seasons at international level8
Olympic golds2
World Championship singles titles2
World Cup titles2
World team titles4
Grand Slams completed1
ITTF Tour titles9
Dominance w25%7476
Peak w20%8684
Longevity w20%6870
Honours w20%8079
Statistics w15%8276

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GOAT Rank · the data
Abe77.6
Zhang Jike77.0
The people
Abe
Zhang Jike

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