Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 | |
| 2002 | 8 | |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 10 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ryu Seung-min ranks #10 in Table Tennis
Ryu Seung-min ranks 10th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 802nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 80, Honours 86, Statistics 84. 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 1999–2014 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, olympic medals 3, world championship medals 4, asian games golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Werner Schlager on 84.6, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Jean-Philippe Gatien on 83.9. 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.
Ryu Seung-min GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ryu stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Ryu comparisons
Ryu Seung-min — frequently asked
- Is Ryu Seung-min the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ryu Seung-min ranks 10th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.7, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Ryu Seung-min's GOAT Score?
- 84.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ryu Seung-min rank all time?
- 802nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Table Tennis.
- Ryu Seung-min vs Werner Schlager: who ranks higher?
- Ryu Seung-min, on 84.7 against Werner Schlager's 84.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.