Ekholm vs Waldner
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Waldner wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Ekholm wins: no category outright
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Category radar
Verdict
Waldner leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. “The Mozart of table tennis” — Olympic gold in 1992 and a legend in China.
Ekholm — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
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 22
No verified birth date for Ekholm — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 22, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
Fan vote — data vs the people
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