Category profile
- Dominance
- 68
- Peak
- 78
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 72
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 5 | |
| 1982 | 6 | |
| 1983 | 5 | |
| 1984 | 6 | |
| 1985 | 5 | |
| 1986 | 4 | |
| 1987 | 4 | |
| 1988 | 3 | |
| 1989 | 3 | |
| 1990 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 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 Mikael Appelgren ranks #28 in Table Tennis
Mikael Appelgren ranks 28th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 976th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 74.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 68, Peak 78, Longevity 82, Honours 72, Statistics 72. 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 1977–1996 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1982, which sets the Peak component at 78. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 82 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes european championship singles titles 3, world team titles 2, world cup titles 1, european team titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Zhang Jike on 77.0, a gap of 2.8 points. Directly behind is Ichiro Ogimura on 76.9. 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.
Mikael Appelgren GOAT Score explained
- Dominance68/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Appelgren stood above the field while competing. Scored 68/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak78/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1982. Scored 78/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics72/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 72/100.
Top Appelgren comparisons
Mikael Appelgren — frequently asked
- Is Mikael Appelgren the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mikael Appelgren ranks 28th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 74.2, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Mikael Appelgren's GOAT Score?
- 74.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 68 (25%), Peak 78 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 72 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mikael Appelgren rank all time?
- 976th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Table Tennis.
- Mikael Appelgren vs Zhang Jike: who ranks higher?
- Zhang Jike, on 77.0 against Mikael Appelgren's 74.2 — a margin of 2.8 points.