Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 78
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 73
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 5 | |
| 1996 | 6 | |
| 1997 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 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 Kong Linghui ranks #36 in Table Tennis
Kong Linghui ranks 36th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1008th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 73.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 78, Longevity 70, Honours 76, Statistics 73. 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 1991–2006 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 78. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 78 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 2, world championship titles 3, world cup titles 1, grand slams completed 1.
Immediately ahead sits Liu Guoliang on 74.8, a gap of 1.0 points. Directly behind is Peter Karlsson on 70.1. 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.
Kong Linghui GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kong Linghui stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak78/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 78/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics73/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 73/100.
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Kong Linghui — frequently asked
- Is Kong Linghui the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kong Linghui ranks 36th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 73.8, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Kong Linghui's GOAT Score?
- 73.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 78 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 73 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kong Linghui rank all time?
- 1008th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 36th within Table Tennis.
- Kong Linghui vs Liu Guoliang: who ranks higher?
- Liu Guoliang, on 74.8 against Kong Linghui's 73.8 — a margin of 1.0 points.