World team titles
4
World doubles titles
2
World Cup medals
2
Asian Championship titles
3
World Championship medals
8
Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 50 | |
| 1980 | 62 | |
| 1981 | 74 | |
| 1982 | 85 | |
| 1983 | 97 | |
| 1984 | 87 | |
| 1985 | 76 | |
| 1986 | 66 | |
| 1987 | 56 | |
| 1988 | 45 | |
| 1989 | 35 |
Data sources
- ITTF official records
- World Table Tennis rankings
- Olympedia
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Cai Zhenhua ranks #12 in Table Tennis
Cai Zhenhua ranks #12 in Table Tennis and #3445 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 86.3/100.
The verified career covers 1979–1989 and 11 documented seasons. Peak is 92/100, with Peak the strongest category at 92/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: World team titles 4, World doubles titles 2, World Cup medals 2, Asian Championship titles 3.
Nearest context: ahead Ma Lin (86.4); behind Ni Xialian (86.2). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Cai Zhenhua GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 76/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Cai comparisons
Cai Zhenhua — frequently asked
- Is Cai Zhenhua the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Cai Zhenhua ranks #12 in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 86.3/100, behind Ma Long (97.3).
- What is Cai Zhenhua's GOAT Score?
- 86.3/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%).
- Where does Cai Zhenhua rank all time?
- #3445 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #12 in Table Tennis.
- Cai Zhenhua vs Ma Lin: who ranks higher?
- Ma Lin ranks higher at 86.4 versus Cai Zhenhua at 86.3, a margin of 0.1 points.