Olympic gold medals
1
World doubles titles
1
Asian Games titles
2
World Championship medals
4
National titles
3
Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 50 | |
| 1984 | 62 | |
| 1985 | 74 | |
| 1986 | 85 | |
| 1987 | 97 | |
| 1988 | 78 | |
| 1989 | 59 | |
| 1990 | 40 |
Data sources
- ITTF official records
- World Table Tennis rankings
- Olympedia
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Yang Young-ja ranks #34 in Table Tennis
Yang Young-ja ranks #34 in Table Tennis and #3595 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 84.3/100.
The verified career covers 1983–1990 and 8 documented seasons. Peak is 94/100, with Peak the strongest category at 94/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Olympic gold medals 1, World doubles titles 1, Asian Games titles 2, World Championship medals 4.
Nearest context: ahead Chen Longcan (84.3); behind Zhuang Zedong (84.2). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Yang Young-ja GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 70/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Yang comparisons
Yang Young-ja — frequently asked
- Is Yang Young-ja the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Yang Young-ja ranks #34 in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.3/100, behind Ma Long (97.3).
- What is Yang Young-ja's GOAT Score?
- 84.3/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%).
- Where does Yang Young-ja rank all time?
- #3595 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #34 in Table Tennis.
- Yang Young-ja vs Chen Longcan: who ranks higher?
- Yang Young-ja ranks higher at 84.3 versus Chen Longcan at 84.3, a margin of 0.0 points.