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Ekholm vs He Z.

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
EkholmWinner
82.8

Ekholm wins: Longevity, Statistics

He Z.
82.8

He Z. wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Matilda Ekholm
82.8

Ekholm leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. European doubles champion and a long-serving Swedish number one.

1. Matilda Ekholm
82.8
2. He Zhili
82.8

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. 🇨🇳 He Zhili5 seasons played · career day 1,825398 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Matilda Ekholm5 seasons played · career day 1,825261 titles
-34.4% vs He Z. at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Ekholm004594261533
🇨🇳 He Z.0058128398714

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.

MetricEkholmRetiredHe Z.Retired
European Championship titles2
European medals4
Swedish titles9
Olympic appearances2
World ranking peak16
World Championship singles titles1
World team titles2
Asian Games golds1
World Championship medals4
Years at the top level12
Dominance w25%7682
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%8874
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8482

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ekholm82.8
He Z.82.8
The people
Ekholm
He Z.

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