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Feng vs Ni

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NiWinner
86.2

Ni wins: Longevity

Feng
85.6

Feng wins: Peak, Statistics

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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇺 Ni Xialian
86.2

Ni leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World champion for China in 1983 and still an Olympian in her sixties.

1. Ni Xialian
86.2
2. Feng Tianwei
85.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Titles per season

Career timeline · Titles 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 · Titles per season
1. 🇱🇺 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 day30100365100018253650
🇸🇬 Feng00001440
🇱🇺 Ni00252864

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricFengActiveNiActive
Olympic medals3
World team titles1
World Cup team titles2
Commonwealth golds6
Career-high ranking2
World Championship golds2
European titles3
Olympic Games contested6
European Championship medals8
Professional seasons40
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8896
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8884

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ni86.2
Feng85.6
The people
Feng
Ni

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