Category profile
- Dominance
- 66
- Peak
- 78
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 68
- Statistics
- 72
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 5 | |
| 2000 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 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 Vladimir Samsonov ranks #22 in Table Tennis
Vladimir Samsonov ranks 22nd among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 945th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 74.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 66, Peak 78, Longevity 90, Honours 68, Statistics 72. 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 1991–2021 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 78. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 3, european championship singles titles 3, world championship medals 2, olympic appearances 6.
Immediately ahead sits Li Xiaoxia on 78.3, a gap of 3.8 points. Directly behind is Xu Xin on 76.2. 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.
Vladimir Samsonov GOAT Score explained
- Dominance66/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Samsonov 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 1998. Scored 78/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 30 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours68/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 68/100.
- Statistics72/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 72/100.
Top Samsonov comparisons
Vladimir Samsonov — frequently asked
- Is Vladimir Samsonov the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Vladimir Samsonov ranks 22nd in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 74.5, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Vladimir Samsonov's GOAT Score?
- 74.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 66 (25%), Peak 78 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 68 (20%), Statistics 72 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Vladimir Samsonov rank all time?
- 945th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within Table Tennis.
- Vladimir Samsonov vs Li Xiaoxia: who ranks higher?
- Li Xiaoxia, on 78.3 against Vladimir Samsonov's 74.5 — a margin of 3.8 points.