Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 50 | |
| 2000 | 60 | |
| 2001 | 70 | |
| 2002 | 80 | |
| 2003 | 92 | |
| 2004 | 84 | |
| 2005 | 82 | |
| 2006 | 86 | |
| 2007 | 88 | |
| 2008 | 90 | |
| 2009 | 96 | |
| 2010 | 86 | |
| 2011 | 78 | |
| 2012 | 70 | |
| 2013 | 62 | |
| 2014 | 54 | |
| 2015 | 46 | |
| 2016 | 40 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
- World Table Tennis
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Michael Maze ranks #115 in Table Tennis
Michael Maze ranks 115th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3726th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 88, Longevity 78, Honours 80, Statistics 78. 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 1999–2016 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, 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 olympic medals 1, european titles 1, world championship medals 1, career high world ranking 8.
Immediately ahead sits Panagiotis Gionis on 79.6, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Wang Liqin on 79.2. 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.
Michael Maze GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Maze stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Maze comparisons
Michael Maze — frequently asked
- Is Michael Maze the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Michael Maze ranks 115th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 79.4, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Michael Maze's GOAT Score?
- 79.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Michael Maze rank all time?
- 3726th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 115th within Table Tennis.
- Michael Maze vs Panagiotis Gionis: who ranks higher?
- Panagiotis Gionis, on 79.6 against Michael Maze's 79.4 — a margin of 0.2 points.