GGOATRANK
AthletesTeams

Ni vs Flisberg

Shareable comparison — send this exact matchup to anyone.

GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
NiWinner
82.6

Ni wins: Longevity

Flisberg
82.5

Flisberg wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Candidates
Locked to Table Tennis

Shareable URL · /compare/ni-xia-lian-vs-tage-flisberg

Time range

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

Category radar

Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇺 Ni Xia Lian
82.6

Ni leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. World team champion for China in 1983 and still an Olympian four decades later.

1. Ni Xia Lian
82.6
2. Tage Flisberg
82.5

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 Xia Lian5 seasons played · career day 1,825386 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Tage Flisberg5 seasons played · career day 1,825307 titles
-20.5% vs Ni at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇱🇺 Ni0080172386626
🇸🇪 Flisberg004598307648

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.

MetricNiActiveFlisbergRetired
World team titles1
European titles2
Olympic Games contested5
European medals6
Years at the top level42
World Championship medals4
World team medals3
Swedish titles5
Nordic titles4
Seasons at the top9
Dominance w25%7478
Peak w20%8488
Longevity w20%9882
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%7884

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ni82.6
Flisberg82.5
The people
Ni
Flisberg

Loading votes

Create a free account to vote and comment.

Sign in to vote

What do you think?

0 comments

Make your case for Ni vs Flisberg. The scoring is published in full — if you can point at the pillar or the weight you disagree with, we read it. Read the methodology paper.

More debates

Browse the rivalry hub →