Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 55 | |
| 1976 | 65 | |
| 1977 | 75 | |
| 1978 | 85 | |
| 1979 | 95 | |
| 1980 | 89 | |
| 1981 | 84 | |
| 1982 | 78 | |
| 1983 | 73 | |
| 1984 | 67 | |
| 1985 | 62 | |
| 1986 | 56 | |
| 1987 | 51 | |
| 1988 | 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 István Boros ranks #38 in Table Tennis
István Boros ranks 38th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3417th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 86, 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 1975–1988 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1979, 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 gold medals 1, european championship medals 2, hungarian titles 3, world championship appearances 4.
Immediately ahead sits Cao Yanhua on 84.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Yoo Nam-kyu on 84.0. 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.
István Boros GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Boros 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 1979. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Boros comparisons
István Boros — frequently asked
- Is István Boros the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. István Boros ranks 38th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.1, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is István Boros's GOAT Score?
- 84.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does István Boros rank all time?
- 3417th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 38th within Table Tennis.
- István Boros vs Cao Yanhua: who ranks higher?
- István Boros, on 84.1 against Cao Yanhua's 84.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.