Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 50 | |
| 1985 | 62 | |
| 1986 | 74 | |
| 1987 | 85 | |
| 1988 | 97 | |
| 1989 | 76 | |
| 1990 | 56 | |
| 1991 | 35 |
Data sources
- ITTF official records
- World Table Tennis rankings
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Chen Longcan ranks #33 in Table Tennis
Chen Longcan ranks 33rd among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3396th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 72, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 1984–1991 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1988, 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 olympic gold medals 1, world team titles 2, world doubles titles 1, world cup medals 1.
Immediately ahead sits István Jónyer on 84.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Yang Young-ja on 84.3. 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.
Chen Longcan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Chen stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1988. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Chen comparisons
Chen Longcan — frequently asked
- Is Chen Longcan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Chen Longcan ranks 33rd in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Chen Longcan's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Chen Longcan rank all time?
- 3396th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 33rd within Table Tennis.
- Chen Longcan vs István Jónyer: who ranks higher?
- István Jónyer, on 84.4 against Chen Longcan's 84.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.