Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2 | |
| 1962 | 1 | |
| 1963 | 2 | |
| 1964 | 1 | |
| 1965 | 2 | |
| 1966 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 1 | |
| 1969 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 0 | |
| 1971 | 0 |
Data sources
- ITTF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Zhuang Zedong ranks #13 in Table Tennis
Zhuang Zedong ranks 13th among Table Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 857th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 70, Honours 86, Statistics 84. 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 1959–1972 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1961, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world singles titles 3, world team titles 3, world championship medals 7, consecutive world finals 3.
Immediately ahead sits Stellan Bengtsson on 82.8, a gap of -1.4 points. Directly behind is Miu Hirano on 81.4. 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.
Zhuang Zedong GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Zhuang stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Table Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1961. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Zhuang comparisons
Zhuang Zedong — frequently asked
- Is Zhuang Zedong the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Zhuang Zedong ranks 13th in Table Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.2, behind Ma Long on 97.3.
- What is Zhuang Zedong's GOAT Score?
- 84.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Zhuang Zedong rank all time?
- 857th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 13th within Table Tennis.
- Zhuang Zedong vs Stellan Bengtsson: who ranks higher?
- Zhuang Zedong, on 84.2 against Stellan Bengtsson's 82.8 — a margin of 1.4 points.