GOAT Rank · 32

Greatest Table Tennis Players who debuted in the 1990s

This ranking is led by Ma Lin, Kalinikos Kreanga and Chen Qi. GOAT Rank currently ranks 32 eligible Table Tennis players who debuted in the 1990s using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Ma Lin ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 86.4.

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Ma Lin

86.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1998–2013
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Ma Lin

Kalinikos Kreanga

85.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1990–2016
Country: 🇬🇷 Greece

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Kalinikos Kreanga

Chen Qi

85.1

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1999–2013
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Chen Qi

Ryu Seung-min

84.7

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1999–2014
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Ryu Seung-min

Werner Schlager

84.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1990–2015
Country: 🇦🇹 Austria

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Werner Schlager

Joo Se-hyuk

84.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1998–2020
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Joo Se-hyuk

Tamara Boroš

84.5

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1993–2012
Country: 🇭🇷 Croatia

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Tamara Boroš

Li Jiao

83.7

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1996–2020
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Li Jiao

Kim Kyung-ah

83.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1995–2012
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Kim Kyung-ah

Viktoria Pavlovich

83.3

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1996–2016
Country: 🇧🇾 Belarus

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Viktoria Pavlovich

Bai Yang

83.3

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1998–2008
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Bai Yang

Ai Fukuhara

83.1

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1998–2018
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Ai Fukuhara

Cheng Hongxia

82.9

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1996–2006
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Cheng Hongxia

Li Ju

81.9

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1995–2004
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Li Ju

Yang Ying

81.5

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1994–2005
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Yang Ying

Wang Nan

80.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1995–2008
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Wang Nan

100

Zhang Yining

80.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1997–2009
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Zhang Yining

109

Cheung Yuk

79.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1996–2016
Country: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Cheung Yuk

113

Panagiotis Gionis

79.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1998–active
Country: 🇬🇷 Greece

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Panagiotis Gionis

114

Michael Maze

79.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1999–2016
Country: 🇩🇰 Denmark

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Michael Maze

115

Wang Liqin

79.2

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1993–2013
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Wang Liqin

122

Fan Yunwei

78.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1998–2010
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 85.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Fan Yunwei

133

Aleksandar Karakasevic

78.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1993–2020
Country: 🇷🇸 Serbia

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Aleksandar Karakasevic

140

Thiago Monteiro

77.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1995–2018
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Thiago Monteiro

151

Wang Hao

76.7

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1998–2014
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Wang Hao

156

Wang Chen

76.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1994–2012
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Wang Chen

161

Liu Guoliang

74.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1991–2002
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Liu Guoliang

163

Guo Yue

74.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1999–2015
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Guo Yue

164

Vladimir Samsonov

74.5

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1991–2021
Country: 🇧🇾 Belarus

Peak: 78.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 72.0
Honours: 68.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Vladimir Samsonov

167

Martin Bratanov

74.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1996–2016
Country: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Peak: 78.0
Dominance: 64.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 66.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Martin Bratanov

168

Kong Linghui

73.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1991–2006
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 78.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 73.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Kong Linghui

169

Timo Boll

72.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1995–2024
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 74.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 70.0
Honours: 68.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Timo Boll

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
11	Ma Lin	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1998–2013	86.4
15	Kalinikos Kreanga	Table Tennis	🇬🇷 Greece	1990–2016	85.6
19	Chen Qi	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1999–2013	85.1
26	Ryu Seung-min	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1999–2014	84.7
27	Werner Schlager	Table Tennis	🇦🇹 Austria	1990–2015	84.6
28	Joo Se-hyuk	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1998–2020	84.6
31	Tamara Boroš	Table Tennis	🇭🇷 Croatia	1993–2012	84.5
43	Li Jiao	Table Tennis	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1996–2020	83.7
45	Kim Kyung-ah	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1995–2012	83.6
50	Viktoria Pavlovich	Table Tennis	🇧🇾 Belarus	1996–2016	83.3
51	Bai Yang	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1998–2008	83.3
53	Ai Fukuhara	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	1998–2018	83.1
59	Cheng Hongxia	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1996–2006	82.9
78	Li Ju	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1995–2004	81.9
85	Yang Ying	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1994–2005	81.5
90	Wang Nan	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1995–2008	80.8
100	Zhang Yining	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1997–2009	80.4
109	Cheung Yuk	Table Tennis	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	1996–2016	79.8
113	Panagiotis Gionis	Table Tennis	🇬🇷 Greece	1998–active	79.6
114	Michael Maze	Table Tennis	🇩🇰 Denmark	1999–2016	79.4
115	Wang Liqin	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1993–2013	79.2
122	Fan Yunwei	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1998–2010	78.8
133	Aleksandar Karakasevic	Table Tennis	🇷🇸 Serbia	1993–2020	78.0
140	Thiago Monteiro	Table Tennis	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2018	77.6
151	Wang Hao	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1998–2014	76.7
156	Wang Chen	Table Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2012	76.0
161	Liu Guoliang	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1991–2002	74.8
163	Guo Yue	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1999–2015	74.6
164	Vladimir Samsonov	Table Tennis	🇧🇾 Belarus	1991–2021	74.5
167	Martin Bratanov	Table Tennis	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1996–2016	74.0
168	Kong Linghui	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1991–2006	73.8
169	Timo Boll	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1995–2024	72.6

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