by Daniela Trinks, Korea correspondent for the E-Journal
First Half of 2022 Stats
A statistical summary of the results of the first half of this year was announced. Shin Jinseo was crowned Korea’s number one Go player as he topped several categories: the most wins, the highest winning percentage, the most consecutive wins, and the highest gross income. The only category he didn’t top was the number of games played. The breakdown of the stats is as follows:
Most wins
Shin Jinseo led this category with 49 wins, followed by Kang Dongyoon (43 wins). Placed third were Park Jeonghwan 9p, and Kim Eunji 3p (15-year-old female player) with 40 wins each.
Table: Top 10 players with most number of wins (as of June 2022).
Highest winning rate
Shin Jinseo 9p produced an impressive winning rate of nearly 90%, followed by Shim Jaeik 5p (85.7%) and Kim Myunghoon 9p (76.3%). Only players who played at least 18 games were included in this table. The only female player on the list is Kim Chaeyoung 7p whose winning rate of 70% earned her a joint 9th place.
Table: Top 10 winning rates of players with at least 18 games played (as of June 2022).
Winning streak
The list of the longest winning streak is topped by Shin Jinseo with 18 wins, followed by senior player Yoo Changhyuk 9p (17) and Kang Dongyoon 9p (16).
Table. Top 5 players with longest winning streak (as of June 2022).
Top earners
Not surprisingly, Shin Jinseo 9p also earned the highest prize money, which was more than USD 600,000 in the first half of this year. Second-placed Park Jeonghwan earned USD 250,000, which is less than half of Shin’s total sum. The top female player, Choi Jeong, earned USD 80,000, ranking her 7th on the list of top earners.
Table. Top 10 players with highest prize money (as of June 2022).
Most games played
The list of most games was topped by Won Seongjin 9p with 60 games, followed by Kim Eunji 3p with 59 games, and Kang Dongyoon with 58 games. Shin Jinseo 9p ranked fourth on the list because he was seeded in most of the tournaments and therefore did not play the qualifiers.
Table. Top 10 players who played most games in 2022 (as of June 2022).
Monthly Korean ranking
The table below shows the top ten players in Korea by month. There was no change in the top 3 ranks throughout the six months with Shin Jinseo, Park Jeonghwan, and Byun Sangil ranking 1-3 respectively.
Table. Top 10 players in the Korean ranking list from January to June 2022.
Title winners
The table below lists the title winners of Korean and international Go tournaments. Both Shin Jinseo and Park Jeonghwan won two competitions each. The last column shows the result of the title match.
Table. Title winners of Korean and international Go tournaments as of June 2022. All except the indicated players are from South Korea.
