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Ma Lin vs Kreanga
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Ma LinWinner
86.4Ma Lin wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Kreanga
85.6Kreanga wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Ma Lin
86.4
Ma Lin leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Ma Lin
2. Kalinikos Kreanga
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 season1. 🇬🇷 Kalinikos Kreanga5 seasons played · career day 1,825267 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Ma Lin5 seasons played · career day 2,19016 titles
-94.0% vs Kreanga at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 Ma Lin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 29 |
| 🇬🇷 Kreanga | 0 | 0 | 45 | 94 | 267 | 555 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | Ma LinRetired | KreangaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 3 | — |
| World Cup titles | 4 | — |
| World Championship team golds | 5 | — |
| Olympic singles titles | 1 | — |
| Career ranking weeks at No. 1 | 30 | — |
| European Championship medals | — | 4 |
| World ranking peak | — | 5 |
| European Top 12 titles | — | 1 |
| Greek titles | — | 10 |
| Seasons in the world top twenty | — | 12 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 80 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 86 | 88 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Ma Lin86.4
Kreanga85.6
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