Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Li Xiaoxia ranks #21 in Table Tennis
Li Xiaoxia ranks 21st among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 942nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 84, Longevity 74, Honours 80, Statistics 78. 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 2001–2017 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 2, world championship singles titles 2, world cup titles 1, grand slams completed 1.
Immediately ahead sits Hyun Jung-hwa on 79.2, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Vladimir Samsonov on 74.5. 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 Xiaoxia GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Li Xiaoxia stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
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Li Xiaoxia — frequently asked
- Is Li Xiaoxia the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Li Xiaoxia ranks 21st in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 78.3, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Li Xiaoxia's GOAT Score?
- 78.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Li Xiaoxia rank all time?
- 942nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 21st within Table Tennis.
- Li Xiaoxia vs Hyun Jung-hwa: who ranks higher?
- Hyun Jung-hwa, on 79.2 against Li Xiaoxia's 78.3 — a margin of 0.9 points.