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Grubba vs Ma Long

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Ma LongWinner
97.3

Ma Long wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Grubba
24.6

Grubba wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Ma Long
97.3

Ma Long leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Back-to-back Olympic singles golds and the most titled player in history.

GrubbaInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Ma Long
97.3
2. Andrzej Grubba
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

Through age 21 · Titles per season
1. 🇨🇳 Ma Long7 titles
2 seasons by age 21 · 3.5 per season

Setting the pace at age 21

No verified birth date for Grubba — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricGrubbaRetiredMa LongActive
Polish Sportspersonality of the Year1
Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta1
ETTU Hall of Fame1
Gold Medal "For Outstanding Sport Achievements"1
Olympic golds6
World singles titles3
World Cup titles3
Olympic medals6
Months at world No. 164
Grand Slam completed1
Dominance w25%24.599
Peak w20%26.599
Longevity w20%22.592
Honours w20%25.599
Statistics w15%23.597

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ma Long97.3
Grubba24.6
The people
Grubba
Ma Long

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