Ma Long vs Deng
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Ma Long wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Deng wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Ma Long leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
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
Setting the pace at age 21
Ma Long is -87.7% behind Deng's pace at age 21
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | Ma LongActive | DengRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 6 | 4 |
| World singles titles | 3 | — |
| World Cup titles | 3 | 2 |
| Olympic medals | 6 | — |
| Months at world No. 1 | 64 | — |
| Grand Slam completed | 1 | — |
| World titles | — | 18 |
| Years at No. 1 | — | 8 |
| Singles world titles | — | 3 |
| Seasons at elite level | — | 10 |
| Dominance w25% | 99 | 97 |
| Peak w20% | 99 | 97 |
| Longevity w20% | 92 | 74 |
| Honours w20% | 99 | 94 |
| Statistics w15% | 97 | 94 |
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