Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 98
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 80 | |
| 1984 | 92 | |
| 1985 | 84 | |
| 1986 | 70 | |
| 1987 | 60 | |
| 1988 | 58 | |
| 1989 | 56 | |
| 1990 | 60 | |
| 1991 | 66 | |
| 1992 | 70 | |
| 1993 | 74 | |
| 1994 | 78 | |
| 1995 | 80 | |
| 1996 | 82 | |
| 1997 | 84 | |
| 1998 | 86 | |
| 1999 | 84 | |
| 2000 | 82 | |
| 2001 | 80 | |
| 2002 | 78 | |
| 2003 | 78 | |
| 2004 | 80 | |
| 2005 | 82 | |
| 2006 | 84 | |
| 2007 | 86 | |
| 2008 | 84 | |
| 2009 | 82 | |
| 2010 | 80 | |
| 2011 | 78 | |
| 2012 | 76 | |
| 2013 | 78 | |
| 2014 | 80 | |
| 2015 | 82 | |
| 2016 | 80 | |
| 2017 | 78 | |
| 2018 | 76 | |
| 2019 | 74 | |
| 2020 | 72 | |
| 2021 | 70 | |
| 2022 | 68 | |
| 2023 | 66 | |
| 2024 | 64 | |
| 2025 | 62 |
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 Ni Xia Lian ranks #68 in Table Tennis
Ni Xia Lian ranks 68th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3522nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 84, Longevity 98, 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 1983–present with 43 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 84. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world team titles 1, european titles 2, olympic games contested 5, european medals 6.
Immediately ahead sits Kasumi Ishikawa on 82.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Wu Yang on 82.6. 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.
Ni Xia Lian GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ni stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity98/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 43 years of competition and 43 recorded seasons. Scored 98/100.
- 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 Ni comparisons
Ni Xia Lian — frequently asked
- Is Ni Xia Lian the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ni Xia Lian ranks 68th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 82.6, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Ni Xia Lian's GOAT Score?
- 82.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 98 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ni Xia Lian rank all time?
- 3522nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 68th within Table Tennis.
- Ni Xia Lian vs Kasumi Ishikawa: who ranks higher?
- Ni Xia Lian, on 82.6 against Kasumi Ishikawa's 82.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.