Who is better, Deng or Fan?
Deng Yaping leads with a GOAT score of 91.4 against 88.5 for Fan Zhendong — a gap of 2.9 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Deng vs Fan
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Deng Yaping above Fan Zhendong: 91.4 vs 88.5. Deng Yaping leads on Dominance, Honours, Peak.
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DengWinner
91.4Deng wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours
Fan
88.5Fan wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Deng Yaping
91.4
Deng leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Deng Yaping
2. Fan Zhendong
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. 🇨🇳 Deng Yaping57 titles
6 seasons by age 21 · 9.5 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
2. 🇨🇳 Fan Zhendong22 titles
5 seasons by age 21 · 4.4 per season
Fan is -61.4% behind Deng's pace at age 21
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 | DengRetired | FanActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 4 | 3 |
| World titles | 18 | — |
| Years at No. 1 | 8 | — |
| World Cup titles | 2 | 3 |
| Singles world titles | 3 | — |
| Seasons at elite level | 10 | — |
| World singles titles | — | 2 |
| Olympic medals | — | 4 |
| Months at world No. 1 | — | 55 |
| Grand Slam completed | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 97 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 97 | 95 |
| Longevity w20% | 74 | 72 |
| Honours w20% | 94 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 94 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Deng91.4
Fan88.5
FAQ
Where does Fan beat Deng?
Fan does not lead any of the five categories; Deng is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Deng vs Fan score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Deng: 91.4, Fan: 88.5.
What do you think?
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