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Yang vs Chen

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YangWinner
84.3

Yang wins: Peak

Chen
84.3

Chen wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇷 Yang Young-ja
84.3

Yang leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic doubles champion in 1988 and a world doubles champion.

1. Yang Young-ja
84.3
2. Chen Longcan
84.3

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. 🇰🇷 Yang Young-ja5 seasons played · career day 1,825368 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Chen Longcan5 seasons played · career day 1,826368 titles
0.0% vs Yang at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇰🇷 Yang0050112368545
🇨🇳 Chen0050112271535

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.

MetricYangRetiredChenRetired
Olympic gold medals11
World doubles titles11
Asian Games titles2
World Championship medals4
National titles3
World team titles2
World Cup medals1
Asian titles2
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%7072
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%8686

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Yang84.3
Chen84.3
The people
Yang
Chen

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