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Bergeret vs Zhang Yining

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
Zhang YiningWinner
80.4

Zhang Yining wins: Dominance, Honours

Bergeret
80.2

Bergeret wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Zhang Yining
80.4

Zhang Yining leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Four Olympic golds and the highest win rate of the modern women's game.

1. Zhang Yining
80.4
2. Claude Bergeret
80.2

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 Yining5 seasons played · career day 3,28638 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Claude Bergeret5 seasons played · career day 2,55621 titles
-44.7% vs Zhang Yining at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Bergeret0000930
🇨🇳 Zhang Yining0000638

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.

MetricBergeretRetiredZhang YiningRetired
World titles1
European medals3
French national titles9
World Championship appearances7
Career span in years15
Olympic golds4
World Championship singles titles2
World Cup singles titles4
World team titles4
Months at No. 164
ITTF Tour titles20
Dominance w25%7280
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%8072
Honours w20%7884
Statistics w15%8480

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Zhang Yining80.4
Bergeret80.2
The people
Bergeret
Zhang Yining

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