Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 50 | |
| 1997 | 61 | |
| 1998 | 72 | |
| 1999 | 83 | |
| 2000 | 94 | |
| 2001 | 86 | |
| 2002 | 78 | |
| 2003 | 70 | |
| 2004 | 61 | |
| 2005 | 53 | |
| 2006 | 45 |
Data sources
- ITTF world championship records
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Cheng Hongxia ranks #59 in Table Tennis
Cheng Hongxia ranks 59th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3492nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 76, Honours 84, 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 1996–2006 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, 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 medals 2, ittf pro tour titles 4, chinese national medals 5, world championship appearances 3.
Immediately ahead sits Nicole Struse on 82.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Stellan Bengtsson on 82.8. 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.
Cheng Hongxia GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cheng stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Cheng comparisons
Cheng Hongxia — frequently asked
- Is Cheng Hongxia the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cheng Hongxia ranks 59th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 82.9, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Cheng Hongxia's GOAT Score?
- 82.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cheng Hongxia rank all time?
- 3492nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 59th within Table Tennis.
- Cheng Hongxia vs Nicole Struse: who ranks higher?
- Cheng Hongxia, on 82.9 against Nicole Struse's 82.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.