Who is better, Sun or Zhang?
Sun Wen leads with a cross-sport score of 88.9 against 82.5 for Zhang Yufei — a gap of 6.4 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Sun vs Zhang
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Sun Wen above Zhang Yufei: 88.9 vs 82.5. Sun Wen leads on Statistics, Dominance, Peak.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
SunWinner
88.9Sun wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Zhang
82.5Zhang wins: no category outright
Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇨🇳 Sun Wen
88.9
88.9 in-sport × 1.00 Global participation & competition depth
Sun leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Sun Wendepth ×1.00
2. Zhang Yufeidepth ×0.97
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · season output1. 🇨🇳 Zhang Yufei5 seasons played · career day 1,825346 output
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Sun Wen5 seasons played · career day 1,825303 output
-12.4% vs Zhang at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 Sun | 0 | 0 | 50 | 105 | 303 | 642 |
| 🇨🇳 Zhang | 0 | 0 | 52 | 114 | 346 | 708 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | SunRetired | ZhangActive |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 82 |
| Peak w20% | 96 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 80 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 86 |
| World Cup Golden Ball awards | 1 | — |
| World Cup Golden Boot awards | 1 | — |
| Olympic silver medals | 1 | — |
| China goals | 106 | — |
| Asian Cup titles | 4 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 2 |
| Olympic medals | — | 10 |
| World Championship titles | — | 2 |
| Asian Games golds | — | 10 |
| Olympic records | — | 1 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Sun88.9
Zhang82.5
FAQ
Where does Zhang beat Sun?
Zhang does not lead any of the five categories; Sun is ahead or level on all of them.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Sun 1.00 (football) and Zhang 0.97 (swimming). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
What do you think?
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