GOAT Rank · 32

Greatest Table Tennis athletes of the 1990s

This ranking uses verified career records and GOAT Rank's published model. Every listed athlete clears the data eligibility threshold.

#AthleteGOAT Score

11

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

15

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

19

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

31

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

43

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

45

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

50

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

51

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

53

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

59

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

78

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

85

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

90

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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–—	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
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
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
168	Kong Linghui	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1991–2006	73.8
169	Timo Boll	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1995–2024	72.6

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How is this ranking calculated?

Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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