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Wang vs Liu Shiwen

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WangWinner
76.0

Wang wins: Longevity, Statistics

Liu Shiwen
75.5

Liu Shiwen wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Wang Chen
76.0

Wang leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Pan American champion who represented the United States at two Olympic Games.

1. Wang Chen
76.0
2. Liu Shiwen
75.5

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. 🇺🇸 Wang Chen5 seasons played · career day 1,825260 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Liu Shiwen5 seasons played · career day 3,28731 titles
-88.1% vs Wang at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Wang004492260540
🇨🇳 Liu Shiwen0000031

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.

MetricWangRetiredLiu ShiwenRetired
Pan American Games golds2
Olympic appearances2
US national titles4
Career world ranking best22
North American titles3
World Cup singles titles5
World Championship singles titles1
Olympic golds1
World team titles5
Months at No. 138
ITTF Tour titles24
Dominance w25%7072
Peak w20%8080
Longevity w20%8074
Honours w20%7478
Statistics w15%7874

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Wang76.0
Liu Shiwen75.5
The people
Wang
Liu Shiwen

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