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Zhang Yining vs Zhu

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ZhuWinner
80.6

Zhu wins: Peak, Statistics

Zhang Yining
80.4

Zhang Yining wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Zhu Yuling
80.6

Zhu leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Former world No. 1 with World Cup and Asian Games singles titles.

1. Zhu Yuling
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. 🇨🇳 Zhang Yining5 seasons played · career day 3,28638 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Zhu Yuling5 seasons played · career day 2,92118 titles
-52.6% vs Zhang Yining at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Zhang Yining0000638
🇨🇳 Zhu0000521

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.

MetricZhang YiningRetiredZhuActive
Olympic golds4
World Championship singles titles2
World Cup singles titles4
World team titles4
Months at No. 164
ITTF Tour titles20
World Cup titles1
World Championship golds3
World No. 1 ranking1
World Tour titles12
Asian Games golds2
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%7272
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8084

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Zhu80.6
Zhang Yining80.4
The people
Zhang Yining
Zhu

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