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Pavlovich vs Ni

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NiWinner
86.2

Ni wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Pavlovich
20.4

Pavlovich wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇺 Ni Xialian
86.2

Ni leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. World champion for China in 1983 and still an Olympian in her sixties.

PavlovichInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Ni Xialian
86.2
2. Viktoria Pavlovich
Pending verification

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. 🇱🇺 Ni Xialian5 seasons played · career day 1,82528 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🌍 Viktoria Pavlovich0 seasons played0 titles
-100.0% vs Ni at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🌍 Pavlovich000000
🇱🇺 Ni00252864

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.

MetricPavlovichRetiredNiActive
World Championship golds2
European titles3
Olympic Games contested6
European Championship medals8
Professional seasons40
Dominance w25%20.380
Peak w20%22.388
Longevity w20%18.396
Honours w20%21.384
Statistics w15%19.384

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ni86.2
Pavlovich20.4
The people
Pavlovich
Ni

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