GOAT Rank · 79

Greatest Table Tennis Singles of all time

This ranking is led by Chen Jing, Guo Yuehua and Jean-Michel Saive. GOAT Rank currently ranks 79 eligible Table Tennis singles using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Chen Jing ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 87.0.

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Chen Jing

87.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1986–2001
Country: 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Chen Jing

Guo Yuehua

86.5

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1977–1985
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Guo Yuehua

Jean-Michel Saive

85.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1986–2014
Country: 🇧🇪 Belgium

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Jean-Michel Saive

Zoran Primorac

85.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1985–2012
Country: 🇭🇷 Croatia

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Zoran Primorac

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

Jiang Jialiang

84.5

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1982–1990
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Jiang Jialiang

István Jónyer

84.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1969–1983
Country: 🇭🇺 Hungary

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

Athlete: István Jónyer

Cao Yanhua

84.1

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1980–1987
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Cao Yanhua

Yoo Nam-kyu

84.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1985–1996
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Yoo Nam-kyu

Jörg Rosskopf

83.1

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1986–2004
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Jörg Rosskopf

Hugo Calderano

83.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2013–active
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Hugo Calderano

Fujie Eguchi

82.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1954–1959
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Fujie Eguchi

He Zhili

82.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1983–1994
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: He Zhili

Lin Shidong

82.7

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2022–active
Country: 🇨🇳 China

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Lin Shidong

Kim Taek-soo

82.7

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1988–2004
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Kim Taek-soo

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

Ni Xia Lian

82.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1983–active
Country: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 98.0

Athlete: Ni Xia Lian

Andrzej Grubba

82.2

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1977–1997
Country: 🇵🇱 Poland

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

Athlete: Andrzej Grubba

Nobuhiko Hasegawa

82.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1963–1973
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Nobuhiko Hasegawa

Liang Jingkun

81.9

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

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Liang Jingkun

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

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

Tibor Klampár

80.7

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1969–1988
Country: 🇭🇺 Hungary

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Tibor Klampár

Desmond Douglas

80.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1974–1994
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Desmond Douglas

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

102

Hans Alser

80.3

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1960–1974
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

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

Athlete: Hans Alser

104

Hina Hayata

80.2

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2016–active
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

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

Athlete: Hina Hayata

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

108

Zoltán Berczik

79.9

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1952–1966
Country: 🇭🇺 Hungary

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Zoltán Berczik

110

Erik Lindh

79.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1982–1996
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Erik Lindh

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

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

118

Sun Yingsha

79.1

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

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Sun Yingsha

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

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

124

Adriana Díaz

78.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2013–active
Country: 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

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

Athlete: Adriana Díaz

125

Koki Niwa

78.5

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2010–active
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

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

Athlete: Koki Niwa

126

He Zhiwen

78.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1984–2018
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: He Zhiwen

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

131

Petrissa Solja

78.2

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2010–active
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Petrissa Solja

134

Qian Tianyi

78.0

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

Peak: 85.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Qian Tianyi

136

Lin Yun-ju

77.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2017–active
Country: 🇹🇼 Taiwan

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

Athlete: Lin Yun-ju

137

Manika Batra

77.8

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2011–active
Country: 🇮🇳 India

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Manika Batra

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

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
9	Chen Jing	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei	1986–2001	87.0
10	Guo Yuehua	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1977–1985	86.5
20	Jean-Michel Saive	Table Tennis	🇧🇪 Belgium	1986–2014	85.0
21	Zoran Primorac	Table Tennis	🇭🇷 Croatia	1985–2012	85.0
28	Joo Se-hyuk	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1998–2020	84.6
30	Jiang Jialiang	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1982–1990	84.5
32	István Jónyer	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1969–1983	84.4
37	Cao Yanhua	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1980–1987	84.1
39	Yoo Nam-kyu	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1985–1996	84.0
54	Jörg Rosskopf	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2004	83.1
55	Hugo Calderano	Table Tennis	🇧🇷 Brazil	2013–active	83.0
61	Fujie Eguchi	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	1954–1959	82.8
62	He Zhili	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1983–1994	82.8
65	Lin Shidong	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2022–active	82.7
66	Kim Taek-soo	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1988–2004	82.7
67	Kasumi Ishikawa	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2008–2023	82.6
68	Ni Xia Lian	Table Tennis	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	1983–active	82.6
73	Andrzej Grubba	Table Tennis	🇵🇱 Poland	1977–1997	82.2
74	Nobuhiko Hasegawa	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	1963–1973	82.0
77	Liang Jingkun	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2015–active	81.9
84	Mattias Falck	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	2008–active	81.5
90	Wang Nan	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1995–2008	80.8
94	Tibor Klampár	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1969–1988	80.7
97	Desmond Douglas	Table Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1974–1994	80.6
100	Zhang Yining	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1997–2009	80.4
102	Hans Alser	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1960–1974	80.3
104	Hina Hayata	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2016–active	80.2
105	Han Ying	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–active	80.2
106	Chuang Chih-yuan	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei	2000–active	80.0
108	Zoltán Berczik	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1952–1966	79.9
110	Erik Lindh	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1982–1996	79.8
111	Aruna Quadri	Table Tennis	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2006–active	79.7
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
118	Sun Yingsha	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2015–active	79.1
120	Omar Assar	Table Tennis	🇪🇬 Egypt	2006–active	79.1
121	Marcos Freitas	Table Tennis	🇵🇹 Portugal	2005–active	78.9
122	Fan Yunwei	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1998–2010	78.8
124	Adriana Díaz	Table Tennis	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	2013–active	78.6
125	Koki Niwa	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2010–active	78.5
126	He Zhiwen	Table Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1984–2018	78.4
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
131	Petrissa Solja	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2010–active	78.2
134	Qian Tianyi	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2015–active	78.0
136	Lin Yun-ju	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2017–active	77.8
137	Manika Batra	Table Tennis	🇮🇳 India	2011–active	77.8
140	Thiago Monteiro	Table Tennis	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2018	77.6

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