Who is better, Ding or Fan?
Ding Ning leads with a GOAT score of 89.7 against 88.5 for Fan Zhendong — a gap of 1.2 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Ding vs Fan
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Ding Ning above Fan Zhendong: 89.7 vs 88.5. Ding Ning leads on Longevity. Fan Zhendong leads on Statistics, Peak.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
DingWinner
89.7Ding wins: Longevity
Fan
88.5Fan wins: Peak, Statistics
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Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Ding Ning
89.7
Ding leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Ding Ning
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. 🇨🇳 Ding Ning33 titles
4 seasons by age 21 · 8.3 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
2. 🇨🇳 Fan Zhendong22 titles
5 seasons by age 21 · 4.4 per season
Fan is -33.3% behind Ding'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.
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Ding89.7
Fan88.5
FAQ
Where does Fan beat Ding?
Fan scores higher on peak, statistics. Ding leads on longevity.
How is the Ding vs Fan score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Ding: 89.7, Fan: 88.5.
What do you think?
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