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Kyung-ja vs Ma Long

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Ma LongWinner
97.3

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

Kyung-ja
30.6

Kyung-ja wins: no category outright

🌍 Cho Kyung-ja🇨🇳 Ma Long
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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Ma Long
97.3

Ma Long leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Back-to-back Olympic singles golds and the most titled player in history.

1. Ma Long
97.3
2. Cho Kyung-ja
30.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Titles per season

GOAT pace tracker

Through age 21 · Titles 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 Kyung-ja — 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.

MetricKyung-jaRetiredMa 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%30.599
Peak w20%32.599
Longevity w20%28.592
Honours w20%31.599
Statistics w15%29.597
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GOAT Rank · the data
Ma Long97.3
Kyung-ja30.6
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