- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
GOAT Rank · 79
Greatest Table Tennis Singles of all time
This ranking uses verified career records and GOAT Rank's published model. Every listed athlete clears the data eligibility threshold.
#AthleteGOAT Score
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1988–2012
- Country
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2002–2019
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 79.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1982–2011
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1950–1964
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2000–2021
- Country
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2002–2014
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 83.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1998–2014
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2011–2021
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1961–1976
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2003–2023
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1994–2012
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2004–2021
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1991–2002
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1999–2015
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1991–2021
- Country
- 🇧🇾 Belarus
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 72.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1977–1996
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 72.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1996–2016
- Country
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 64.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 66.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1991–2006
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 73.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1995–2024
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 74.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 70.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2003–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 76.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 72.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 58.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 1984–2009
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 74.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 68.0
- Honours
- 66.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 72.0
- Honours
- 66.0
- Longevity
- 56.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 76.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 68.0
- Honours
- 64.0
- Longevity
- 56.0
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Peak
- 74.0
- Dominance
- 62.0
- Statistics
- 68.0
- Honours
- 58.0
- Longevity
- 52.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | Shin Yu-bin | Table Tennis | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2019–— | 77.4 |
| 143 | Petr Korbel | Table Tennis | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 1988–2012 | 77.2 |
| 144 | Zhang Jike | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2002–2019 | 77 |
| 145 | Jörgen Persson | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1982–2011 | 77 |
| 147 | Ichiro Ogimura | Table Tennis | 🇯🇵 Japan | 1950–1964 | 76.9 |
| 148 | Cheng I-ching | Table Tennis | 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei | 2008–— | 76.8 |
| 149 | Iveta Vacenovská | Table Tennis | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 2000–2021 | 76.8 |
| 150 | Xu Yingying | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2002–2014 | 76.8 |
| 151 | Wang Hao | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 1998–2014 | 76.7 |
| 152 | Fang Bo | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2011–2021 | 76.6 |
| 153 | Chester Barnes | Table Tennis | 🏴 England | 1961–1976 | 76.5 |
| 155 | Xu Xin | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2003–2023 | 76.2 |
| 156 | Wang Chen | Table Tennis | 🇺🇸 United States | 1994–2012 | 76 |
| 158 | Liu Shiwen | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2004–2021 | 75.5 |
| 160 | Feng Mengya | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2012–— | 74.9 |
| 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 |
| 166 | Mikael Appelgren | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1977–1996 | 74.2 |
| 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 |
| 170 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Table Tennis | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2003–— | 72.5 |
| 171 | Benedikt Duda | Table Tennis | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2013–— | 72.4 |
| 173 | Wang Manyu | Table Tennis | 🇨🇳 China | 2014–— | 71.8 |
| 174 | Peter Karlsson | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1984–2009 | 70.1 |
| 175 | Mima Ito | Table Tennis | 🇯🇵 Japan | 2014–— | 67.3 |
| 176 | Truls Möregårdh | Table Tennis | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2017–— | 64.9 |
| 177 | Tomokazu Harimoto | Table Tennis | 🇯🇵 Japan | 2016–— | 62.5 |
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