Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 82
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 52 | |
| 2009 | 60 | |
| 2010 | 68 | |
| 2011 | 72 | |
| 2012 | 76 | |
| 2013 | 80 | |
| 2014 | 84 | |
| 2015 | 86 | |
| 2016 | 82 | |
| 2017 | 84 | |
| 2018 | 88 | |
| 2019 | 80 | |
| 2020 | 78 | |
| 2021 | 76 | |
| 2022 | 74 | |
| 2023 | 72 | |
| 2024 | 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 Cheng I-ching ranks #150 in Table Tennis
Cheng I-ching ranks 150th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3841st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 82, Longevity 84, Honours 72, Statistics 78. 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 2008–present with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, which sets the Peak component at 82. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic medals 1, world tour titles 5, asian games medals 3, best world ranking 5.
Immediately ahead sits Ichiro Ogimura on 76.9, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Iveta Vacenovská on 76.8. 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 I-ching GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cheng stood above the field while competing. Scored 70/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak82/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 82/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Cheng comparisons
Cheng I-ching — frequently asked
- Is Cheng I-ching the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cheng I-ching ranks 150th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 76.8, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Cheng I-ching's GOAT Score?
- 76.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 82 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cheng I-ching rank all time?
- 3841st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 150th within Table Tennis.
- Cheng I-ching vs Ichiro Ogimura: who ranks higher?
- Ichiro Ogimura, on 76.9 against Cheng I-ching's 76.8 — a margin of 0.1 points.