Category profile
- Dominance
- 66
- Peak
- 78
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 76
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 42 | |
| 2007 | 46 | |
| 2008 | 50 | |
| 2009 | 54 | |
| 2010 | 58 | |
| 2011 | 62 | |
| 2012 | 66 | |
| 2013 | 70 | |
| 2014 | 74 | |
| 2015 | 78 | |
| 2016 | 82 | |
| 2017 | 80 | |
| 2018 | 78 | |
| 2019 | 75 | |
| 2020 | 73 | |
| 2021 | 71 | |
| 2022 | 69 | |
| 2023 | 67 | |
| 2024 | 64 | |
| 2025 | 62 | |
| 2026 | 60 |
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 Ricardo Walther ranks #167 in Table Tennis
Ricardo Walther ranks 167th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 3910th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 74.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 66, Peak 78, Longevity 80, Honours 74, 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 2006–present with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, which sets the Peak component at 78. 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, european games medals 1, career world ranking best 35, bundesliga seasons 16.
Immediately ahead sits Vladimir Samsonov on 74.5, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Mikael Appelgren on 74.2. 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.
Ricardo Walther GOAT Score explained
- Dominance66/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Walther stood above the field while competing. Scored 66/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak78/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 78/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics76/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 76/100.
Top Walther comparisons
Ricardo Walther — frequently asked
- Is Ricardo Walther the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ricardo Walther ranks 167th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 74.3, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Ricardo Walther's GOAT Score?
- 74.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 66 (25%), Peak 78 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 76 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ricardo Walther rank all time?
- 3910th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 167th within Table Tennis.
- Ricardo Walther vs Vladimir Samsonov: who ranks higher?
- Vladimir Samsonov, on 74.5 against Ricardo Walther's 74.3 — a margin of 0.2 points.