Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 3 | |
| 1954 | 5 | |
| 1955 | 6 | |
| 1956 | 5 | |
| 1957 | 4 | |
| 1958 | 4 | |
| 1959 | 3 | |
| 1960 | 2 | |
| 1961 | 2 | |
| 1962 | 1 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ichiro Ogimura ranks #29 in Table Tennis
Ichiro Ogimura ranks 29th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 978th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 84, Longevity 70, Honours 80, Statistics 74. Those categories are normalised against the full Table Tennis reference universe of 295 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1950–1964 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1955, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak 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 world championship singles titles 2, world championship titles (all) 12, world team titles 5, asian titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Mikael Appelgren on 74.2, a gap of -2.7 points. Directly behind is Liu Shiwen on 75.5. 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.
Ichiro Ogimura GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ogimura stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1955. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
Top Ogimura comparisons
Ichiro Ogimura — frequently asked
- Is Ichiro Ogimura the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ichiro Ogimura ranks 29th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 76.9, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Ichiro Ogimura's GOAT Score?
- 76.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ichiro Ogimura rank all time?
- 978th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within Table Tennis.
- Ichiro Ogimura vs Mikael Appelgren: who ranks higher?
- Ichiro Ogimura, on 76.9 against Mikael Appelgren's 74.2 — a margin of 2.7 points.