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Bratanov vs Boll

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BratanovWinner
74.0

Bratanov wins: Peak, Statistics

Boll
72.6

Boll wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇬 Martin Bratanov
74.0

Bratanov leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Bulgaria's leading player of the 2000s and a European league professional.

1. Martin Bratanov
74.0
2. Timo Boll
72.6

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Titles per season
1. 🇧🇬 Martin Bratanov5 seasons played · career day 3,287665 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Timo Boll5 seasons played · career day 3,65224 titles
-96.4% vs Bratanov at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇬 Bratanov00000665
🇩🇪 Boll0000018

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.

MetricBratanovRetiredBollRetired
National titles8
European Championship appearances8
Olympic Games1
Career highest world ranking60
Professional seasons20
European Championship titles20
World Cup titles1
Olympic medals3
ITTF Tour titles20
Months at No. 112
German titles12
Dominance w25%6466
Peak w20%7874
Longevity w20%8686
Honours w20%6668
Statistics w15%8070

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Bratanov74.0
Boll72.6
The people
Bratanov
Boll

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