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Hirano vs Zhuang

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ZhuangWinner
84.2

Zhuang wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Hirano
81.4

Hirano wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Zhuang Zedong
84.2

Zhuang leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three straight world singles titles and the face of ping-pong diplomacy.

1. Zhuang Zedong
84.2
2. Miu Hirano
81.4

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. 🇯🇵 Miu Hirano5 seasons played · career day 2,55559 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Zhuang Zedong5 seasons played · career day 2,5568 titles
-86.4% vs Hirano at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Hirano00004382
🇨🇳 Zhuang0000510

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.

MetricHiranoActiveZhuangRetired
Asian Championship golds1
World Cup titles1
Olympic medals1
World Championship medals37
Career-high world ranking5
World singles titles3
World team titles3
Consecutive world finals3
Chinese national titles4
Dominance w25%7888
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%7670
Honours w20%8286
Statistics w15%8284

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Zhuang84.2
Hirano81.4
The people
Hirano
Zhuang

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