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Jong-hui vs Ma Long

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GOAT Rank currently ranks Ma Long above Cho Jong-hui: 97.3 vs 26.9. Ma Long leads on Dominance, Honours, Statistics.

How the GOAT Score is calculated →
GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
Ma LongWinner
97.3

Ma Long wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Jong-hui
26.9

Jong-hui wins: no category outright

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Category radar

Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Ma Long
97.3

Ma Long leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.

Jong-hui — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Ma Long
97.3
2. Cho Jong-hui
Pending verification

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. 🇨🇳 Ma Long7 titles
2 seasons by age 21 · 3.5 per season

Setting the pace at age 21

No verified birth date for Jong-hui — 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.

MetricJong-huiRetiredMa LongActive
Olympic golds—6
World singles titles—3
World Cup titles—3
Olympic medals—6
Months at world No. 1—64
Grand Slam completed—1
Dominance w25%26.999
Peak w20%28.999
Longevity w20%24.992
Honours w20%27.999
Statistics w15%25.997

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ma Long97.3
Jong-hui26.9
The people
Jong-hui
Ma Long

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FAQ

Who is better, Jong-hui or Ma Long?

Ma Long leads with a GOAT score of 97.3 against 26.9 for Cho Jong-hui — a gap of 70.4 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.

Where does Jong-hui beat Ma Long?

Jong-hui does not lead any of the five categories; Ma Long is ahead or level on all of them.

How is the Jong-hui vs Ma Long score calculated?

Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Jong-hui: 26.9, Ma Long: 97.3.

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