Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 58 | |
| 1984 | 70 | |
| 1985 | 82 | |
| 1986 | 92 | |
| 1987 | 96 | |
| 1988 | 86 | |
| 1989 | 78 | |
| 1990 | 72 | |
| 1991 | 80 | |
| 1992 | 88 | |
| 1993 | 70 | |
| 1994 | 58 |
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 He Zhili ranks #62 in Table Tennis
He Zhili ranks 62nd among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3498th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 84, Statistics 82. 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 1983–1994 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1987, 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 world championship singles titles 1, world team titles 2, asian games golds 1, world championship medals 4.
Immediately ahead sits Fujie Eguchi on 82.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Matilda Ekholm 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.
He Zhili GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far He Z. stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1987. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top He Z. comparisons
He Zhili — frequently asked
- Is He Zhili the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. He Zhili ranks 62nd in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 82.8, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is He Zhili's GOAT Score?
- 82.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does He Zhili rank all time?
- 3498th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 62nd within Table Tennis.
- He Zhili vs Fujie Eguchi: who ranks higher?
- He Zhili, on 82.8 against Fujie Eguchi's 82.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.