Who is better, Sørum or Zhu?
Zhu Ting leads with a GOAT score of 88.6 against 88.4 for Christian Sørum — a gap of 0.2 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Sørum vs Zhu
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Zhu Ting above Christian Sørum: 88.6 vs 88.4. Zhu Ting leads on Dominance, Statistics. Christian Sørum leads on Longevity, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
ZhuWinner
88.6Zhu wins: Dominance, Statistics
Sørum
88.4Sørum wins: Longevity, Honours
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Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Zhu Ting
88.6
Zhu leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Zhu Ting
2. Christian Sørum
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 Sørum — 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 | SørumActive | ZhuActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 2 | — |
| World Championship titles | 1 | — |
| European titles | 4 | — |
| World Tour titles | 30 | — |
| World Tour Finals titles | 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% | 90 | 93 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 78 | 76 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 92 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Zhu88.6
Sørum88.4
FAQ
Where does Sørum beat Zhu?
Sørum scores higher on honours, longevity. Zhu leads on dominance, statistics.
How is the Sørum vs Zhu score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Sørum: 88.4, Zhu: 88.6.
What do you think?
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