Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 8 | |
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Zhang Yining ranks #19 in Table Tennis
Zhang Yining ranks 19th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 912th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 86, Longevity 72, Honours 84, Statistics 80. 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 1997–2009 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak 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 olympic golds 4, world championship singles titles 2, world cup singles titles 4, world team titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Zhu Yuling on 80.6, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Hyun Jung-hwa on 79.2. 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.
Zhang Yining GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Zhang Yining stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2003. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
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Zhang Yining — frequently asked
- Is Zhang Yining the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Zhang Yining ranks 19th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 80.4, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Zhang Yining's GOAT Score?
- 80.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Zhang Yining rank all time?
- 912th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 19th within Table Tennis.
- Zhang Yining vs Zhu Yuling: who ranks higher?
- Zhu Yuling, on 80.6 against Zhang Yining's 80.4 — a margin of 0.2 points.