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Wang Liqin vs Zhang Yining

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
Zhang YiningWinner
80.4

Zhang Yining wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Wang Liqin
79.2

Wang Liqin wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Zhang Yining
80.4

Zhang Yining leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Four Olympic golds and the highest win rate of the modern women's game.

1. Zhang Yining
80.4
2. Wang Liqin
79.2

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. 🇨🇳 Zhang Yining5 seasons played · career day 3,28638 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Wang Liqin5 seasons played · career day 3,65125 titles
-34.2% vs Zhang Yining at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Wang Liqin0000020
🇨🇳 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.

MetricWang LiqinRetiredZhang YiningRetired
World Championship singles titles32
World Cup titles1
Olympic golds14
World team titles74
Months at No. 12564
ITTF Tour titles2120
World Cup singles titles4
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%8286
Longevity w20%7872
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%7880

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Zhang Yining80.4
Wang Liqin79.2
The people
Wang Liqin
Zhang Yining

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