Who is better, Feng or Ni?
Ni Xialian leads with a GOAT score of 86.2 against 85.6 for Feng Tianwei — a gap of 0.6 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Feng vs Ni
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Ni Xialian above Feng Tianwei: 86.2 vs 85.6. Ni Xialian leads on Longevity. Feng Tianwei leads on Statistics, Peak.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
NiWinner
86.2Ni wins: Longevity
Feng
85.6Feng wins: Peak, Statistics
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Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇺 Ni Xialian
86.2
Ni leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Ni Xialian
2. Feng Tianwei
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
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · Form index per season1. 🇱🇺 Ni Xialian5 seasons played · career day 1,82528 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇬 Feng Tianwei5 seasons played · career day 2,55527 titles
-3.6% vs Ni at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇸🇬 Feng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 40 |
| 🇱🇺 Ni | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 64 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | FengActive | NiActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic medals | 3 | — |
| World team titles | 1 | — |
| World Cup team titles | 2 | — |
| Commonwealth golds | 6 | — |
| Career-high ranking | 2 | — |
| World Championship golds | — | 2 |
| European titles | — | 3 |
| Olympic Games contested | — | 6 |
| European Championship medals | — | 8 |
| Professional seasons | — | 40 |
| Dominance w25% | 80 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 88 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 96 |
| Honours w20% | 84 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 84 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Ni86.2
Feng85.6
FAQ
Where does Feng beat Ni?
Feng scores higher on peak, statistics. Ni leads on longevity.
How is the Feng vs Ni score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Feng: 85.6, Ni: 86.2.
What do you think?
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