Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 50 | |
| 1975 | 60 | |
| 1976 | 68 | |
| 1977 | 76 | |
| 1978 | 82 | |
| 1979 | 88 | |
| 1980 | 90 | |
| 1981 | 92 | |
| 1982 | 94 | |
| 1983 | 96 | |
| 1984 | 90 | |
| 1985 | 86 | |
| 1986 | 82 | |
| 1987 | 78 | |
| 1988 | 74 | |
| 1989 | 68 | |
| 1990 | 62 | |
| 1991 | 56 | |
| 1992 | 50 | |
| 1993 | 44 | |
| 1994 | 38 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
- World Table Tennis
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Desmond Douglas ranks #98 in Table Tennis
Desmond Douglas ranks 98th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3656th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 86, Longevity 88, Honours 78, 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 1974–1994 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1983, which sets the Peak component at 86. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes english national titles 11, european medals 3, commonwealth championship golds 5, career high european ranking 1.
Immediately ahead sits Tibor Klampár on 80.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Chen Zhibin on 80.5. 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.
Desmond Douglas GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Douglas stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1983. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Douglas comparisons
Desmond Douglas — frequently asked
- Is Desmond Douglas the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Desmond Douglas ranks 98th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 80.6, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Desmond Douglas's GOAT Score?
- 80.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Desmond Douglas rank all time?
- 3656th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 98th within Table Tennis.
- Desmond Douglas vs Tibor Klampár: who ranks higher?
- Tibor Klampár, on 80.7 against Desmond Douglas's 80.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.