Olympic golds
3
World Cup titles
4
World Championship team golds
5
Olympic singles titles
1
Career ranking weeks at No. 1
30
Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ma Lin ranks #11 in Table Tennis
Ma Lin ranks #11 in Table Tennis and #3440 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 86.4/100.
The verified career covers 1998–2013 and 15 documented seasons. Peak is 92/100, with Peak the strongest category at 92/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Olympic golds 3, World Cup titles 4, World Championship team golds 5, Olympic singles titles 1.
Nearest context: ahead Guo Yuehua (86.5); behind Cai Zhenhua (86.3). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Ma Lin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 80/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Ma Lin comparisons
Ma Lin — frequently asked
- Is Ma Lin the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Ma Lin ranks #11 in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 86.4/100, behind Ma Long (97.3).
- What is Ma Lin's GOAT Score?
- 86.4/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%).
- Where does Ma Lin rank all time?
- #3440 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #11 in Table Tennis.
- Ma Lin vs Guo Yuehua: who ranks higher?
- Guo Yuehua ranks higher at 86.5 versus Ma Lin at 86.4, a margin of 0.1 points.