Olympic gold medals
1
Olympic medals
3
World Championship medals
4
Asian Games golds
2
Years at the top level
12
Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 82
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 58 | |
| 1986 | 70 | |
| 1987 | 82 | |
| 1988 | 96 | |
| 1989 | 90 | |
| 1990 | 86 | |
| 1991 | 84 | |
| 1992 | 80 | |
| 1993 | 74 | |
| 1994 | 68 | |
| 1995 | 60 | |
| 1996 | 52 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
- World Table Tennis
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Yoo Nam-kyu ranks #39 in Table Tennis
Yoo Nam-kyu ranks #39 in Table Tennis and #3619 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 84.0/100.
The verified career covers 1985–1996 and 12 documented seasons. Peak is 92/100, with Peak the strongest category at 92/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Olympic gold medals 1, Olympic medals 3, World Championship medals 4, Asian Games golds 2.
Nearest context: ahead István Boros (84.1); behind Jean-Philippe Gatien (83.9). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Yoo Nam-kyu GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 82/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 78/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 82/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Yoo comparisons
Yoo Nam-kyu — frequently asked
- Is Yoo Nam-kyu the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Yoo Nam-kyu ranks #39 in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.0/100, behind Ma Long (97.3).
- What is Yoo Nam-kyu's GOAT Score?
- 84.0/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%).
- Where does Yoo Nam-kyu rank all time?
- #3619 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #39 in Table Tennis.
- Yoo Nam-kyu vs István Boros: who ranks higher?
- István Boros ranks higher at 84.1 versus Yoo Nam-kyu at 84.0, a margin of 0.1 points.