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Chen vs Ni

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NiWinner
86.2

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

Chen
21.7

Chen wins: no category outright

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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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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.

ChenInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Ni Xialian
86.2
2. Wang Chen
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. 🇨🇳 Wang Chen0 seasons played0 titles
-100.0% vs Ni at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Chen000000
🇱🇺 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.

MetricChenActiveNiActive
Medal of Honour1
Asian champion1
national champion1
Asian Games champion1
World Championship golds2
European titles3
Olympic Games contested6
European Championship medals8
Professional seasons40
Dominance w25%21.680
Peak w20%23.688
Longevity w20%19.696
Honours w20%22.684
Statistics w15%20.684

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ni86.2
Chen21.7
The people
Chen
Ni

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