Who is better, Lupulesku or Zhang Yining?
Ilija Lupulesku leads with a GOAT score of 80.5 against 80.4 for Zhang Yining — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Lupulesku vs Zhang Yining
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Ilija Lupulesku above Zhang Yining: 80.5 vs 80.4. Ilija Lupulesku leads on Longevity. Zhang Yining leads on Dominance, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
LupuleskuWinner
80.5Lupulesku wins: Longevity
Zhang Yining
80.4Zhang Yining wins: Dominance, Honours
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇸 Ilija Lupulesku
80.5
Lupulesku leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Ilija Lupulesku
2. Zhang Yining
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. 🇷🇸 Ilija Lupulesku5 seasons played · career day 1,825310 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Zhang Yining5 seasons played · career day 3,28638 titles
-87.7% vs Lupulesku at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇷🇸 Lupulesku | 0 | 0 | 48 | 103 | 310 | 655 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhang Yining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | LupuleskuRetired | Zhang YiningRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic medals | 1 | — |
| World Championship medals | 2 | — |
| European Championship medals | 3 | — |
| Olympic appearances | 4 | — |
| Career world ranking best | 8 | — |
| Olympic golds | — | 4 |
| World Championship singles titles | — | 2 |
| World Cup singles titles | — | 4 |
| World team titles | — | 4 |
| Months at No. 1 | — | 64 |
| ITTF Tour titles | — | 20 |
| Dominance w25% | 74 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 86 | 86 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 72 |
| Honours w20% | 80 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 80 | 80 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Lupulesku80.5
Zhang Yining80.4
The people
Lupulesku
Zhang Yining
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Where does Zhang Yining beat Lupulesku?
Zhang Yining scores higher on dominance, honours. Lupulesku leads on longevity.
How is the Lupulesku vs Zhang Yining score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Lupulesku: 80.5, Zhang Yining: 80.4.
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