Who is better, Kong Linghui or Bratanov?
Martin Bratanov leads with a GOAT score of 74.0 against 73.8 for Kong Linghui — a gap of 0.2 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Kong Linghui vs Bratanov
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GOAT Rank currently ranks Martin Bratanov above Kong Linghui: 74.0 vs 73.8. Martin Bratanov leads on Longevity, Statistics. Kong Linghui leads on Honours, Dominance.
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BratanovWinner
74.0Bratanov wins: Longevity, Statistics
Kong Linghui
73.8Kong Linghui wins: Dominance, Honours
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇬 Martin Bratanov
74.0
Bratanov leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Martin Bratanov
2. Kong Linghui
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. 🇧🇬 Martin Bratanov5 seasons played · career day 3,287665 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Kong Linghui5 seasons played · career day 2,92123 titles
-96.5% vs Bratanov at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 Kong Linghui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
| 🇧🇬 Bratanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 665 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | Kong LinghuiRetired | BratanovRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 2 | — |
| World Championship titles | 3 | — |
| World Cup titles | 1 | — |
| Grand Slams completed | 1 | — |
| World team titles | 3 | — |
| ITTF Tour titles | 12 | — |
| National titles | — | 8 |
| European Championship appearances | — | 8 |
| Olympic Games | — | 1 |
| Career highest world ranking | — | 60 |
| Professional seasons | — | 20 |
| Dominance w25% | 72 | 64 |
| Peak w20% | 78 | 78 |
| Longevity w20% | 70 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 76 | 66 |
| Statistics w15% | 73 | 80 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Bratanov74.0
Kong Linghui73.8
The people
Kong Linghui
Bratanov
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Where does Kong Linghui beat Bratanov?
Kong Linghui scores higher on dominance, honours. Bratanov leads on statistics, longevity.
How is the Kong Linghui vs Bratanov score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Kong Linghui: 73.8, Bratanov: 74.0.
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