Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 50 | |
| 2011 | 54 | |
| 2012 | 58 | |
| 2013 | 63 | |
| 2014 | 67 | |
| 2015 | 71 | |
| 2016 | 75 | |
| 2017 | 79 | |
| 2018 | 84 | |
| 2019 | 88 | |
| 2020 | 92 | |
| 2021 | 90 | |
| 2022 | 88 | |
| 2023 | 86 | |
| 2024 | 84 | |
| 2025 | 82 | |
| 2026 | 80 |
Data sources
- ITTF world ranking and results archive
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lily Zhang ranks #48 in Table Tennis
Lily Zhang ranks 48th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3447th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 86, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 2010–present with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2020, 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 pan american gold medals 2, olympic appearances 4, united states titles 5, world tour medals 2.
Immediately ahead sits Gustavo Tsuboi on 83.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Žarko Dolinar on 83.4. 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.
Lily Zhang GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Zhang 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 2020. 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.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Zhang comparisons
Lily Zhang — frequently asked
- Is Lily Zhang the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lily Zhang ranks 48th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Lily Zhang's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lily Zhang rank all time?
- 3447th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 48th within Table Tennis.
- Lily Zhang vs Gustavo Tsuboi: who ranks higher?
- Lily Zhang, on 83.6 against Gustavo Tsuboi's 83.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.