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Kreanga vs Ni

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NiWinner
86.2

Ni wins: Longevity, Honours

Kreanga
85.6

Kreanga wins: Peak, Statistics

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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. Kalinikos Kreanga
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. 🇬🇷 Kalinikos Kreanga5 seasons played · career day 1,825267 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇱🇺 Ni Xialian5 seasons played · career day 1,82528 titles
-89.5% vs Kreanga at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇷 Kreanga004594267555
🇱🇺 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.

MetricKreangaRetiredNiActive
European Championship medals48
World ranking peak5
European Top 12 titles1
Greek titles10
Seasons in the world top twenty12
World Championship golds2
European titles3
Olympic Games contested6
Professional seasons40
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%9296
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8884

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ni86.2
Kreanga85.6
The people
Kreanga
Ni

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