Category profile
- Dominance
- 68
- Peak
- 79
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 76
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 42 | |
| 2004 | 47 | |
| 2005 | 51 | |
| 2006 | 56 | |
| 2007 | 60 | |
| 2008 | 65 | |
| 2009 | 69 | |
| 2010 | 74 | |
| 2011 | 78 | |
| 2012 | 83 | |
| 2013 | 77 | |
| 2014 | 72 | |
| 2015 | 66 | |
| 2016 | 61 | |
| 2017 | 55 | |
| 2018 | 50 | |
| 2019 | 44 |
Data sources
- ITTF world ranking and championship archives
- Olympic results database
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Patrick Baum ranks #161 in Table Tennis
Patrick Baum ranks 161st among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3886th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 75.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 68, Peak 79, Longevity 80, Honours 76, Statistics 76. 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 2003–2019 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, which sets the Peak component at 79. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 80 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes european team titles 2, world championship team medals 1, olympic appearances 1, career world ranking best 22.
Immediately ahead sits Liu Shiwen on 75.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Feng Mengya on 74.9. 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.
Patrick Baum GOAT Score explained
- Dominance68/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Baum stood above the field while competing. Scored 68/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak79/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 79/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics76/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 76/100.
Top Baum comparisons
Patrick Baum — frequently asked
- Is Patrick Baum the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Patrick Baum ranks 161st in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 75.4, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Patrick Baum's GOAT Score?
- 75.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 68 (25%), Peak 79 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 76 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Patrick Baum rank all time?
- 3886th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 161st within Table Tennis.
- Patrick Baum vs Liu Shiwen: who ranks higher?
- Liu Shiwen, on 75.5 against Patrick Baum's 75.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.