Yang vs Cha
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Yang wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Cha wins: Longevity
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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.
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Verdict
Yang leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic doubles champion in 1988 and a world doubles champion.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇷 Yang | 0 | 0 | 50 | 112 | 368 | 545 |
| 🇰🇵 Cha | 0 | 0 | 55 | 120 | 375 | 735 |
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.
| Metric | YangRetired | ChaActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 1 | — |
| World doubles titles | 1 | — |
| Asian Games titles | 2 | — |
| World Championship medals | 4 | 2 |
| National titles | 3 | — |
| World Championship gold medals | — | 1 |
| Asian Championship medals | — | 2 |
| Olympic appearances | — | 1 |
| ITTF tour finals | — | 3 |
| Dominance w25% | 84 | 82 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 70 | 76 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 86 | 86 |
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