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Burls vs Ma Long

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Ma LongWinner
97.3

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

Burls
31.9

Burls wins: no category outright

🌍 Frank Burls🇨🇳 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. Frank Burls
31.9

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 Burls — 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.

MetricBurlsRetiredMa 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%31.999
Peak w20%33.999
Longevity w20%29.992
Honours w20%32.999
Statistics w15%30.997
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