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Bengtsson vs Zhuang

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ZhuangWinner
84.2

Zhuang wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Bengtsson
82.8

Bengtsson wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Zhuang Zedong
84.2

Zhuang leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three straight world singles titles and the face of ping-pong diplomacy.

1. Zhuang Zedong
84.2
2. Stellan Bengtsson
82.8

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. 🇸🇪 Stellan Bengtsson5 seasons played · career day 2,19113 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Zhuang Zedong5 seasons played · career day 2,5568 titles
-38.5% vs Bengtsson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Bengtsson0001720
🇨🇳 Zhuang0000510

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.

MetricBengtssonRetiredZhuangRetired
World singles titles13
European titles5
World Championship medals97
Swedish titles10
World team medals5
World team titles3
Consecutive world finals3
Chinese national titles4
Dominance w25%8088
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8270
Honours w20%8286
Statistics w15%8084

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GOAT Rank · the data
Zhuang84.2
Bengtsson82.8
The people
Bengtsson
Zhuang

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