Category profile
- Dominance
- 62
- Peak
- 74
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 66
- Statistics
- 68
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 3 | |
| 1989 | 4 | |
| 1990 | 4 | |
| 1991 | 5 | |
| 1992 | 4 | |
| 1993 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 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 Peter Karlsson ranks #37 in Table Tennis
Peter Karlsson ranks 37th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1015th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 70.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 62, Peak 74, Longevity 82, Honours 66, Statistics 68. 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 1984–2009 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, which sets the Peak component at 74. 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 1, world team titles 2, european team titles 4, world championship medals 5.
Immediately ahead sits Kong Linghui on 73.8, a gap of 3.7 points. Directly behind is Wang Manyu on 71.8. 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.
Peter Karlsson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance62/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Karlsson stood above the field while competing. Scored 62/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak74/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1991. Scored 74/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours66/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 66/100.
- Statistics68/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 68/100.
Top Karlsson comparisons
Peter Karlsson — frequently asked
- Is Peter Karlsson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Peter Karlsson ranks 37th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 70.1, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Peter Karlsson's GOAT Score?
- 70.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 62 (25%), Peak 74 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 66 (20%), Statistics 68 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Peter Karlsson rank all time?
- 1015th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 37th within Table Tennis.
- Peter Karlsson vs Kong Linghui: who ranks higher?
- Kong Linghui, on 73.8 against Peter Karlsson's 70.1 — a margin of 3.7 points.