Who is better, Ding or Wang?
Ding Ning leads with a GOAT score of 89.7 against 87.4 for Wang Tao — a gap of 2.3 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Ding vs Wang
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Ding Ning above Wang Tao: 89.7 vs 87.4. Ding Ning leads on Dominance, Longevity. Wang Tao leads on Peak.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
DingWinner
89.7Ding wins: Dominance, Longevity
Wang
87.4Wang wins: Peak
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Ding Ning
89.7
Ding leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Ding Ning
2. Wang Tao
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
No verified birth date for Wang — 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 | DingRetired | WangRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 3 | — |
| World singles titles | 3 | — |
| World Cup titles | 2 | 1 |
| Career Grand Slam | 1 | — |
| Years at No. 1 | 4 | — |
| Seasons at elite level | 15 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 1 |
| World doubles titles | — | 3 |
| World team titles | — | 4 |
| World singles finals | — | 2 |
| Dominance w25% | 92 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 78 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 90 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Ding89.7
Wang87.4
FAQ
Where does Wang beat Ding?
Wang scores higher on peak. Ding leads on dominance, longevity.
How is the Ding vs Wang score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Ding: 89.7, Wang: 87.4.
What do you think?
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