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Zhuang vs Hirano

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ZhuangWinner
84.2

Zhuang wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Hirano
81.4

Hirano wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Zhuang Zedong
84.2

Zhuang leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Three straight world singles titles and the face of ping-pong diplomacy.

1. Zhuang Zedong
84.2
2. Miu Hirano
81.4

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. 🇯🇵 Miu Hirano5 seasons played · career day 2,55559 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇳 Zhuang Zedong5 seasons played · career day 2,5568 titles
-86.4% vs Hirano at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Zhuang0000510
🇯🇵 Hirano00004382

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.

MetricZhuangRetiredHiranoActive
World singles titles3
World team titles3
World Championship medals73
Consecutive world finals3
Chinese national titles4
Asian Championship golds1
World Cup titles1
Olympic medals1
Career-high world ranking5
Dominance w25%8878
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7076
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%8482

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Zhuang84.2
Hirano81.4
The people
Zhuang
Hirano

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