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Boll vs Ma Long

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
Ma LongWinner
97.3

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

Boll
21.6

Boll wins: no category outright

🇩🇪 Timo Boll🇨🇳 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. Timo Boll
21.6

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 Boll — 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.

MetricBollRetiredMa LongActive
Silbernes Lorbeerblatt1—
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%21.999
Peak w20%23.999
Longevity w20%17.592
Honours w20%25.399
Statistics w15%18.597
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GOAT Rank · the data
Ma Long97.3
Boll21.6
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