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Diaconu vs Zhang Jike

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DiaconuWinner
77.0

Diaconu wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Zhang Jike
77.0

Zhang Jike wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇴 Adina Diaconu
77.0

Diaconu leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. European team champion with Romania and a junior world number one.

1. Adina Diaconu
77.0
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. 🇷🇴 Adina Diaconu5 seasons played · career day 2,55528 titles
-17.6% vs Zhang Jike at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇴 Diaconu00001343
🇨🇳 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.

MetricDiaconuActiveZhang JikeRetired
European team golds2
European medals4
World junior titles1
Olympic appearances2
WTT titles2
Olympic golds2
World Championship singles titles2
World Cup titles2
World team titles4
Grand Slams completed1
ITTF Tour titles9
Dominance w25%7076
Peak w20%8684
Longevity w20%7470
Honours w20%7679
Statistics w15%8276

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GOAT Rank · the data
Diaconu77.0
Zhang Jike77.0
The people
Diaconu
Zhang Jike

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