Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 80
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 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 Shiwen ranks #30 in Table Tennis
Liu Shiwen ranks 30th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 980th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 75.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 80, Longevity 74, 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 2004–2021 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, 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 world cup singles titles 5, world championship singles titles 1, olympic golds 1, world team titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits Ichiro Ogimura on 76.9, a gap of 1.4 points. Directly behind is Timo Boll on 72.6. 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 Shiwen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Liu Shiwen stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak80/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 80/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- 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 Shiwen — frequently asked
- Is Liu Shiwen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Liu Shiwen ranks 30th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 75.5, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Liu Shiwen's GOAT Score?
- 75.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 80 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Liu Shiwen rank all time?
- 980th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Table Tennis.
- Liu Shiwen vs Ichiro Ogimura: who ranks higher?
- Ichiro Ogimura, on 76.9 against Liu Shiwen's 75.5 — a margin of 1.4 points.