GOAT Rank · 41

Greatest Table Tennis Players who debuted in the 2000s

This ranking is led by Ma Long, Ding Ning and Guo Yan. GOAT Rank currently ranks 41 eligible Table Tennis players who debuted in the 2000s using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Ma Long ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 97.3.

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Ma Long

97.3

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

Peak: 99.0
Dominance: 99.0
Statistics: 97.0
Honours: 99.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Ma Long

Ding Ning

89.7

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2005–2021
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Ding Ning

Guo Yan

87.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2001–2012
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Guo Yan

Feng Tianwei

85.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2005–active
Country: 🇸🇬 Singapore

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

Athlete: Feng Tianwei

Li Jie

85.2

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2000–2021
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

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

Athlete: Li Jie

Jun Mizutani

84.9

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2003–2021
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

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

Athlete: Jun Mizutani

Daniela Dodean Monteiro

84.9

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2003–active
Country: 🇷🇴 Romania

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Daniela Dodean Monteiro

Kristian Karlsson

84.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2008–active
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Kristian Karlsson

Yu Mengyu

84.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2008–2021
Country: 🇸🇬 Singapore

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

Athlete: Yu Mengyu

Gustavo Tsuboi

83.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2003–active
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Gustavo Tsuboi

Wu Jiaduo

82.9

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2000–2016
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

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

Athlete: Wu Jiaduo

Matilda Ekholm

82.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2001–2021
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Matilda Ekholm

Kasumi Ishikawa

82.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2008–2023
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Kasumi Ishikawa

Sarah De Nutte

81.9

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2008–active
Country: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg

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

Athlete: Sarah De Nutte

Chuang Chia-Fu

81.9

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2005–active
Country: 🇹🇼 Taiwan

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

Athlete: Chuang Chia-Fu

Chiang Peng-lung

81.9

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2000–2016
Country: 🇹🇼 Taiwan

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

Athlete: Chiang Peng-lung

Mattias Falck

81.5

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2008–active
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Mattias Falck

Patrick Franziska

81.1

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Patrick Franziska

Tiago Apolónia

80.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2002–active
Country: 🇵🇹 Portugal

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Tiago Apolónia

101

Dang Ye-seo

80.3

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2002–2016
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Dang Ye-seo

105

Han Ying

80.2

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2005–active
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Han Ying

106

Chuang Chih-yuan

80.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2000–active
Country: 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Chuang Chih-yuan

111

Aruna Quadri

79.7

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Aruna Quadri

120

Omar Assar

79.1

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇪🇬 Egypt

Peak: 83.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Omar Assar

121

Marcos Freitas

78.9

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2005–active
Country: 🇵🇹 Portugal

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Marcos Freitas

123

Chen Chien-an

78.7

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2008–active
Country: 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Chen Chien-an

127

Chen Meng

78.3

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2007–active
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Chen Meng

128

Li Xiaoxia

78.3

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2001–2017
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Li Xiaoxia

130

Emmanuel Lebesson

78.2

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Emmanuel Lebesson

132

Chen Szu-yu

78.1

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2008–active
Country: 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Chen Szu-yu

144

Zhang Jike

77.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2002–2019
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 79.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Zhang Jike

148

Cheng I-ching

76.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2008–active
Country: 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Cheng I-ching

149

Iveta Vacenovská

76.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2000–2021
Country: 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Iveta Vacenovská

150

Xu Yingying

76.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2002–2014
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 83.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Xu Yingying

154

Mattias Karlsson

76.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

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

Athlete: Mattias Karlsson

155

Xu Xin

76.2

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2003–2023
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 78.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Xu Xin

158

Liu Shiwen

75.5

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2004–2021
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 74.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Liu Shiwen

159

Patrick Baum

75.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2003–2019
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 79.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Patrick Baum

162

Quentin Robinot

74.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 78.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Quentin Robinot

165

Ricardo Walther

74.3

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 78.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Ricardo Walther

170

Dimitrij Ovtcharov

72.5

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2003–active
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 76.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 72.0
Honours: 68.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Dimitrij Ovtcharov

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Ma Long	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2006–active	97.3
5	Ding Ning	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2005–2021	89.7
8	Guo Yan	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2001–2012	87.4
14	Feng Tianwei	Table Tennis	🇸🇬 Singapore	2005–active	85.6
18	Li Jie	Table Tennis	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2000–2021	85.2
22	Jun Mizutani	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2003–2021	84.9
23	Daniela Dodean Monteiro	Table Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	2003–active	84.9
24	Kristian Karlsson	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	2008–active	84.8
25	Yu Mengyu	Table Tennis	🇸🇬 Singapore	2008–2021	84.8
47	Gustavo Tsuboi	Table Tennis	🇧🇷 Brazil	2003–active	83.6
57	Wu Jiaduo	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2000–2016	82.9
63	Matilda Ekholm	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	2001–2021	82.8
67	Kasumi Ishikawa	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2008–2023	82.6
80	Sarah De Nutte	Table Tennis	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	2008–active	81.9
81	Chuang Chia-Fu	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2005–active	81.9
83	Chiang Peng-lung	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2000–2016	81.9
84	Mattias Falck	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	2008–active	81.5
89	Patrick Franziska	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–active	81.1
96	Tiago Apolónia	Table Tennis	🇵🇹 Portugal	2002–active	80.6
101	Dang Ye-seo	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	2002–2016	80.3
105	Han Ying	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–active	80.2
106	Chuang Chih-yuan	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei	2000–active	80.0
111	Aruna Quadri	Table Tennis	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2006–active	79.7
120	Omar Assar	Table Tennis	🇪🇬 Egypt	2006–active	79.1
121	Marcos Freitas	Table Tennis	🇵🇹 Portugal	2005–active	78.9
123	Chen Chien-an	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei	2008–active	78.7
127	Chen Meng	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2007–active	78.3
128	Li Xiaoxia	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2001–2017	78.3
130	Emmanuel Lebesson	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	2006–active	78.2
132	Chen Szu-yu	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei	2008–active	78.1
144	Zhang Jike	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2002–2019	77.0
148	Cheng I-ching	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei	2008–active	76.8
149	Iveta Vacenovská	Table Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	2000–2021	76.8
150	Xu Yingying	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2002–2014	76.8
154	Mattias Karlsson	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	2006–active	76.4
155	Xu Xin	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2003–2023	76.2
158	Liu Shiwen	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2004–2021	75.5
159	Patrick Baum	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2003–2019	75.4
162	Quentin Robinot	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	2009–active	74.8
165	Ricardo Walther	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–active	74.3
170	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2003–active	72.5

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