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Zhu vs Persson

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
ZhuWinner
80.6

Zhu wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Persson
77.0

Persson wins: Longevity

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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. Jörgen Persson
77.0

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. 🇸🇪 Jörgen Persson5 seasons played · career day 3,28623 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Zhu Yuling5 seasons played · career day 2,92118 titles
-21.7% vs Persson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Zhu0000521
🇸🇪 Persson0000323

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.

MetricZhuActivePerssonRetired
World Cup titles11
World Championship golds3
World No. 1 ranking1
World Tour titles12
Asian Games golds2
World Championship singles titles1
World team titles4
European Championship titles3
Olympic appearances7
Years at top level29
Dominance w25%8070
Peak w20%8880
Longevity w20%7288
Honours w20%8074
Statistics w15%8474

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Zhu80.6
Persson77.0
The people
Zhu
Persson

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