Category profile
- Dominance
- 64
- Peak
- 78
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 66
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 180 | |
| 2001 | 150 | |
| 2002 | 130 | |
| 2003 | 110 | |
| 2004 | 95 | |
| 2005 | 85 | |
| 2006 | 75 | |
| 2007 | 68 | |
| 2008 | 60 | |
| 2009 | 64 | |
| 2010 | 70 | |
| 2011 | 80 | |
| 2012 | 95 | |
| 2013 | 115 | |
| 2014 | 140 | |
| 2015 | 170 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
- ITTF Museum
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Martin Bratanov ranks #57 in Table Tennis
Martin Bratanov ranks 57th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 2201st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 74.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 64, Peak 78, Longevity 86, Honours 66, Statistics 80. Those categories are normalised against the full Table Tennis reference universe of 296 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1996–2016 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, which sets the Peak component at 78. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes national titles 8, european championship appearances 8, olympic games 1, career highest world ranking 60.
Immediately ahead sits Mikael Appelgren on 74.2, a gap of 0.2 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.
Martin Bratanov GOAT Score explained
- Dominance64/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bratanov stood above the field while competing. Scored 64/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak78/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 78/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours66/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 66/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Bratanov comparisons
Martin Bratanov — frequently asked
- Is Martin Bratanov the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Martin Bratanov ranks 57th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 74.0, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Martin Bratanov's GOAT Score?
- 74.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 64 (25%), Peak 78 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 66 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Martin Bratanov rank all time?
- 2201st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 57th within Table Tennis.
- Martin Bratanov vs Mikael Appelgren: who ranks higher?
- Mikael Appelgren, on 74.2 against Martin Bratanov's 74.0 — a margin of 0.2 points.