Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 8 | |
| 1986 | 5 | |
| 1987 | 3 | |
| 1988 | 4 | |
| 1989 | 6 | |
| 1990 | 9 | |
| 1991 | 12 | |
| 1992 | 16 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
- ITTF Museum
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Chen Zhibin ranks #26 in Table Tennis
Chen Zhibin ranks 26th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 2055th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 70, Honours 82, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Table Tennis reference universe of 296 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1983–1992 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1992, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship golds 2, world championship medals 4, asian championship titles 2, world cup medals 1.
Immediately ahead sits Tiago Apolónia on 80.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Zhang Yining on 80.4. 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 Zhibin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Chen stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1992. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Chen comparisons
Chen Zhibin — frequently asked
- Is Chen Zhibin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Chen Zhibin ranks 26th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 80.5, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Chen Zhibin's GOAT Score?
- 80.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Chen Zhibin rank all time?
- 2055th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 26th within Table Tennis.
- Chen Zhibin vs Tiago Apolónia: who ranks higher?
- Tiago Apolónia, on 80.6 against Chen Zhibin's 80.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.