Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 55 | |
| 1989 | 64 | |
| 1990 | 74 | |
| 1991 | 84 | |
| 1992 | 92 | |
| 1993 | 96 | |
| 1994 | 90 | |
| 1995 | 88 | |
| 1996 | 86 | |
| 1997 | 84 | |
| 1998 | 80 | |
| 1999 | 76 | |
| 2000 | 70 | |
| 2001 | 64 | |
| 2002 | 58 | |
| 2003 | 50 | |
| 2004 | 44 |
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 Kim Taek-soo ranks #66 in Table Tennis
Kim Taek-soo ranks 66th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3509th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 86, Honours 82, Statistics 80. 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 1988–2004 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak 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 olympic medals 3, world championship medals 4, asian games golds 3, career high world ranking 2.
Immediately ahead sits Lin Shidong on 82.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Kasumi Ishikawa on 82.6. 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.
Kim Taek-soo GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kim T. stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Kim T. comparisons
Kim Taek-soo — frequently asked
- Is Kim Taek-soo the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kim Taek-soo ranks 66th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 82.7, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Kim Taek-soo's GOAT Score?
- 82.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kim Taek-soo rank all time?
- 3509th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 66th within Table Tennis.
- Kim Taek-soo vs Lin Shidong: who ranks higher?
- Kim Taek-soo, on 82.7 against Lin Shidong's 82.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.