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Apolónia vs Zhang Yining

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ApolóniaWinner
80.6

Apolónia wins: Longevity, Statistics

Zhang Yining
80.4

Zhang Yining wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇹 Tiago Apolónia
80.6

Apolónia leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. European team champion with Portugal in 2014.

1. Tiago Apolónia
80.6
2. Zhang Yining
80.4

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. 🇵🇹 Tiago Apolónia5 seasons played · career day 2,921298 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Zhang Yining5 seasons played · career day 3,28638 titles
-87.2% vs Apolónia at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇹 Apolónia0000160328
🇨🇳 Zhang Yining0000638

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.

MetricApolóniaActiveZhang YiningRetired
European team titles1
European Championship medals3
Olympic Games4
Career highest world ranking16
Seasons on the pro tour22
Olympic golds4
World Championship singles titles2
World Cup singles titles4
World team titles4
Months at No. 164
ITTF Tour titles20
Dominance w25%7280
Peak w20%8486
Longevity w20%9072
Honours w20%7684
Statistics w15%8480

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Apolónia80.6
Zhang Yining80.4
The people
Apolónia
Zhang Yining

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