Who is better, Cai or Feng?
Cai Zhenhua leads with a GOAT score of 86.3 against 85.6 for Feng Tianwei — a gap of 0.7 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Cai vs Feng
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Cai Zhenhua above Feng Tianwei: 86.3 vs 85.6. Cai Zhenhua leads on Dominance, Honours, Peak. Feng Tianwei leads on Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
CaiWinner
86.3Cai wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Feng
85.6Feng wins: Longevity
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Cai Zhenhua
86.3
Cai leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Cai Zhenhua
2. Feng Tianwei
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. 🇨🇳 Cai Zhenhua5 seasons played · career day 1,825368 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇬 Feng Tianwei5 seasons played · career day 2,55527 titles
-92.7% vs Cai at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 Cai | 0 | 0 | 50 | 112 | 368 | 653 |
| 🇸🇬 Feng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 40 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | CaiRetired | FengActive |
|---|---|---|
| World team titles | 4 | 1 |
| World doubles titles | 2 | — |
| World Cup medals | 2 | — |
| Asian Championship titles | 3 | — |
| World Championship medals | 8 | — |
| Olympic medals | — | 3 |
| World Cup team titles | — | 2 |
| Commonwealth golds | — | 6 |
| Career-high ranking | — | 2 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 76 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 88 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Cai86.3
Feng85.6
FAQ
Where does Feng beat Cai?
Feng scores higher on longevity. Cai leads on peak, dominance, honours.
How is the Cai vs Feng score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Cai: 86.3, Feng: 85.6.
What do you think?
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