Who is better, Deng or Jeon?
Deng Yaping leads with a GOAT score of 91.4 against 83.6 for Jeon Ji-hee — a gap of 7.8 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Deng vs Jeon
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Deng Yaping above Jeon Ji-hee: 91.4 vs 83.6. Deng Yaping leads on Dominance, Honours, Peak. Jeon Ji-hee leads on Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
DengWinner
91.4Deng wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Jeon
83.6Jeon wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Deng Yaping
91.4
Deng leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
Jeon — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
1. Deng Yaping
2. Jeon Ji-hee
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
No verified birth date for Jeon — 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 | DengRetired | JeonActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 4 | — |
| World titles | 18 | — |
| Years at No. 1 | 8 | — |
| World Cup titles | 2 | — |
| Singles world titles | 3 | — |
| Seasons at elite level | 10 | — |
| Olympic medals | — | 1 |
| World Championship medals | — | 2 |
| Asian Games medals | — | 3 |
| WTT titles | — | 4 |
| World ranking peak | — | 6 |
| Dominance w25% | 97 | 78 |
| Peak w20% | 97 | 88 |
| Longevity w20% | 74 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 94 | 82 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 86 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Deng91.4
Jeon83.6
FAQ
Where does Jeon beat Deng?
Jeon scores higher on longevity. Deng leads on peak, dominance, honours, statistics.
How is the Deng vs Jeon score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Deng: 91.4, Jeon: 83.6.
What do you think?
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