Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 80
- Longevity
- 68
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 7 | |
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 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 Liu Guoliang ranks #35 in Table Tennis
Liu Guoliang ranks 35th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1001st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 74.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 80, Longevity 68, Honours 78, Statistics 74. 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 1991–2002 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 80. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 80 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 Dimitrij Ovtcharov on 72.5, a gap of -2.3 points. Directly behind is Kong Linghui on 73.8. 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.
Liu Guoliang GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Liu Guoliang stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak80/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 80/100.
- Longevity68/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 68/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
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Liu Guoliang — frequently asked
- Is Liu Guoliang the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Liu Guoliang ranks 35th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 74.8, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Liu Guoliang's GOAT Score?
- 74.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 80 (20%), Longevity 68 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Liu Guoliang rank all time?
- 1001st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Table Tennis.
- Liu Guoliang vs Dimitrij Ovtcharov: who ranks higher?
- Liu Guoliang, on 74.8 against Dimitrij Ovtcharov's 72.5 — a margin of 2.3 points.