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Deng vs Ma Long
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Verdict
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🇨🇳 Ma Long
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Ma Long leads on 5 of 5 weighted categories. Back-to-back Olympic singles golds and the most titled player in history.
1. Ma Long
2. Deng Yaping
Category breakdown
Season form · Titles per season
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · Titles per season1. 🇨🇳 Deng Yaping5 seasons played47 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Ma Long5 seasons played23 titles
-51.1% vs Deng at the same stage
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.
| Metric | DengRetired | Ma LongActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 4 | 6 |
| 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 | — | 3 |
| Olympic medals | — | 6 |
| Months at world No. 1 | — | 64 |
| Grand Slam completed | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 97 | 99 |
| Peak w20% | 97 | 99 |
| Longevity w20% | 74 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 94 | 99 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 97 |