Who is better, Ai or Pan?
Ai Yanhan leads with a GOAT score of 82.9 against 82.8 for Pan Zhanle — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Ai vs Pan
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Ai Yanhan above Pan Zhanle: 82.9 vs 82.8. Ai Yanhan leads on Longevity, Honours. Pan Zhanle leads on Dominance, Peak, Statistics.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
AiWinner
82.9Ai wins: Longevity, Honours
Pan
82.8Pan wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Ai Yanhan
82.9
Ai leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Ai Yanhan
2. Pan Zhanle
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season1. 🇨🇳 Ai Yanhan5 seasons played · career day 1,825358 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Pan Zhanle5 seasons played · career day 1,82513 major golds
-96.4% vs Ai at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 Ai | 0 | 0 | 50 | 111 | 358 | 708 |
| 🇨🇳 Pan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | AiActive | PanActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic medals | 1 | — |
| Asian Games gold medals | 2 | — |
| World Championship medals | 2 | — |
| National titles | 8 | — |
| Olympic appearances | 2 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 2 |
| World records | — | 2 |
| World Championship golds | — | 1 |
| Asian Games golds | — | 3 |
| 100 m freestyle world record | — | 46.4 |
| Dominance w25% | 80 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 88 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 78 | 62 |
| Honours w20% | 84 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 86 | 88 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Ai82.9
Pan82.8
FAQ
Where does Pan beat Ai?
Pan scores higher on peak, dominance, statistics. Ai leads on honours, longevity.
How is the Ai vs Pan score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Ai: 82.9, Pan: 82.8.
What do you think?
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