Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 96
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 84
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 3 | |
| 1985 | 5 | |
| 1986 | 8 | |
| 1987 | 10 | |
| 1988 | 12 | |
| 1989 | 10 | |
| 1990 | 8 | |
| 1991 | 6 | |
| 1992 | 8 | |
| 1993 | 10 | |
| 1994 | 12 | |
| 1995 | 14 | |
| 1996 | 16 | |
| 1997 | 18 | |
| 1998 | 20 |
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 Ni Xialian ranks #13 in Table Tennis
Ni Xialian ranks #13 in Table Tennis and #3450 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 86.2/100.
The verified career covers 1983–present and 16 documented seasons. Peak is 88/100, with Longevity the strongest category at 96/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: World Championship golds 2, European titles 3, Olympic Games contested 6, European Championship medals 8.
Nearest context: ahead Cai Zhenhua (86.3); behind Feng Tianwei (85.6). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Ni Xialian GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 80/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity96/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 96/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
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Ni Xialian — frequently asked
- Is Ni Xialian the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Ni Xialian ranks #13 in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 86.2/100, behind Ma Long (97.3).
- What is Ni Xialian's GOAT Score?
- 86.2/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 96 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%).
- Where does Ni Xialian rank all time?
- #3450 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #13 in Table Tennis.
- Ni Xialian vs Cai Zhenhua: who ranks higher?
- Cai Zhenhua ranks higher at 86.3 versus Ni Xialian at 86.2, a margin of 0.1 points.