Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 45 | |
| 1997 | 49 | |
| 1998 | 53 | |
| 1999 | 57 | |
| 2000 | 61 | |
| 2001 | 65 | |
| 2002 | 70 | |
| 2003 | 74 | |
| 2004 | 78 | |
| 2005 | 82 | |
| 2006 | 86 | |
| 2007 | 90 | |
| 2008 | 94 | |
| 2009 | 90 | |
| 2010 | 85 | |
| 2011 | 81 | |
| 2012 | 76 | |
| 2013 | 72 | |
| 2014 | 67 | |
| 2015 | 63 | |
| 2016 | 58 | |
| 2017 | 54 | |
| 2018 | 49 | |
| 2019 | 45 | |
| 2020 | 40 |
Data sources
- ITTF official records
- World Table Tennis rankings
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Li Jiao ranks #43 in Table Tennis
Li Jiao ranks 43rd among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3438th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 90, Honours 80, Statistics 84. 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 1996–2020 with 25 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity 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 european championship medals 5, olympic appearances 4, world ranking peak 10, dutch titles 8.
Immediately ahead sits Percival Bromfield on 83.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Anatoly Amelin on 83.7. 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.
Li Jiao GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Li 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 2008. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 25 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Li comparisons
Li Jiao — frequently asked
- Is Li Jiao the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Li Jiao ranks 43rd in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 83.7, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Li Jiao's GOAT Score?
- 83.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Li Jiao rank all time?
- 3438th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 43rd within Table Tennis.
- Li Jiao vs Percival Bromfield: who ranks higher?
- Percival Bromfield, on 83.8 against Li Jiao's 83.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.