Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 82
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 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 Wang Liqin ranks #17 in Table Tennis
Wang Liqin ranks 17th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 905th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 82, Longevity 78, Honours 80, Statistics 78. 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 1993–2013 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, which sets the Peak component at 82. Peak 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 world championship singles titles 3, world cup titles 1, olympic golds 1, world team titles 7.
Immediately ahead sits Jörgen Persson on 77.0, a gap of -2.2 points. Directly behind is Zhu Yuling on 80.6. 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.
Wang Liqin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wang Liqin stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak82/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 82/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
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Wang Liqin — frequently asked
- Is Wang Liqin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Wang Liqin ranks 17th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 79.2, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Wang Liqin's GOAT Score?
- 79.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 82 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Wang Liqin rank all time?
- 905th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Table Tennis.
- Wang Liqin vs Jörgen Persson: who ranks higher?
- Wang Liqin, on 79.2 against Jörgen Persson's 77.0 — a margin of 2.2 points.