Category profile
- Dominance
- 66
- Peak
- 74
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 68
- Statistics
- 70
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 0 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Timo Boll ranks #31 in Table Tennis
Timo Boll ranks 31st among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 983rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 72.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 66, Peak 74, Longevity 86, Honours 68, Statistics 70. 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 1995–2024 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, which sets the Peak component at 74. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes european championship titles 20, world cup titles 1, olympic medals 3, ittf tour titles 20.
Immediately ahead sits Liu Shiwen on 75.5, a gap of 2.9 points. Directly behind is Guo Yue on 74.6. 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.
Timo Boll GOAT Score explained
- Dominance66/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Boll stood above the field while competing. Scored 66/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak74/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 74/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 29 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours68/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 68/100.
- Statistics70/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 70/100.
Top Boll comparisons
Timo Boll — frequently asked
- Is Timo Boll the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Timo Boll ranks 31st in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 72.6, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Timo Boll's GOAT Score?
- 72.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 66 (25%), Peak 74 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 68 (20%), Statistics 70 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Timo Boll rank all time?
- 983rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 31st within Table Tennis.
- Timo Boll vs Liu Shiwen: who ranks higher?
- Liu Shiwen, on 75.5 against Timo Boll's 72.6 — a margin of 2.9 points.