Who is better, Nascimento or Zhu?
André Nascimento leads with a GOAT score of 88.7 against 88.6 for Zhu Ting — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Nascimento vs Zhu
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks André Nascimento above Zhu Ting: 88.7 vs 88.6. André Nascimento leads on Longevity, Honours. Zhu Ting leads on Dominance, Statistics, Peak.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
NascimentoWinner
88.7Nascimento wins: Longevity, Honours
Zhu
88.6Zhu wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 André Nascimento
88.7
Nascimento leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. André Nascimento
2. Zhu Ting
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
Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇨🇳 Zhu Ting20 titles
2 seasons by age 21 · 10 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Nascimento — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | NascimentoRetired | ZhuActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 1 | — |
| World Championship gold medals | 2 | — |
| World League titles | 6 | — |
| World Cup titles | 1 | — |
| Olympic appearances | 3 | — |
| Olympic gold | — | 1 |
| World Championship gold | — | 1 |
| MVP awards | — | 9 |
| Champions League titles | — | 3 |
| World Cup golds | — | 2 |
| Seasons at elite level | — | 12 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 93 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 86 | 76 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 92 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Nascimento88.7
Zhu88.6
FAQ
Where does Zhu beat Nascimento?
Zhu scores higher on peak, dominance, statistics. Nascimento leads on honours, longevity.
How is the Nascimento vs Zhu score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Nascimento: 88.7, Zhu: 88.6.
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