Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 64 | |
| 1981 | 78 | |
| 1982 | 88 | |
| 1983 | 96 | |
| 1984 | 90 | |
| 1985 | 94 | |
| 1986 | 80 | |
| 1987 | 70 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
- ITTF World Championships records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Cao Yanhua ranks #37 in Table Tennis
Cao Yanhua ranks 37th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3413th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 70, Honours 88, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Table Tennis reference universe of 291 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1980–1987 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1983, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship singles titles 2, world championship team titles 4, world cup titles 1, asian championship titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Cha Hyo-sim on 84.2, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is István Boros on 84.1. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Cao Yanhua GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cao stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1983. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Cao comparisons
Cao Yanhua — frequently asked
- Is Cao Yanhua the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cao Yanhua ranks 37th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.1, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Cao Yanhua's GOAT Score?
- 84.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cao Yanhua rank all time?
- 3413th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 37th within Table Tennis.
- Cao Yanhua vs Cha Hyo-sim: who ranks higher?
- Cha Hyo-sim, on 84.2 against Cao Yanhua's 84.1 — a margin of 0.1 points.