Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 48 | |
| 1987 | 56 | |
| 1988 | 64 | |
| 1989 | 72 | |
| 1990 | 80 | |
| 1991 | 88 | |
| 1992 | 94 | |
| 1993 | 96 | |
| 1994 | 92 | |
| 1995 | 88 | |
| 1996 | 86 | |
| 1997 | 84 | |
| 1998 | 82 | |
| 1999 | 80 | |
| 2000 | 78 | |
| 2001 | 76 | |
| 2002 | 74 | |
| 2003 | 70 | |
| 2004 | 66 | |
| 2005 | 62 | |
| 2006 | 58 | |
| 2007 | 54 | |
| 2008 | 50 | |
| 2009 | 46 | |
| 2010 | 42 | |
| 2011 | 38 | |
| 2012 | 34 | |
| 2013 | 30 | |
| 2014 | 26 |
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 Jean-Michel Saive ranks #20 in Table Tennis
Jean-Michel Saive ranks 20th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3348th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 94, Honours 82, 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 1986–2014 with 29 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship medals 1, european titles 2, weeks at world number one 20, olympic games contested 7.
Immediately ahead sits Chen Qi on 85.1, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Zoran Primorac on 85.0. 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.
Jean-Michel Saive GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Saive stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 28 years of competition and 29 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Saive comparisons
Jean-Michel Saive — frequently asked
- Is Jean-Michel Saive the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jean-Michel Saive ranks 20th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Jean-Michel Saive's GOAT Score?
- 85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jean-Michel Saive rank all time?
- 3348th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 20th within Table Tennis.
- Jean-Michel Saive vs Chen Qi: who ranks higher?
- Chen Qi, on 85.1 against Jean-Michel Saive's 85.0 — a margin of 0.1 points.