Table Tennis GOAT Ranking

Who is the greatest table tennis player of all time? Table tennis history has seen many excellent players who were able to dominate the game for years. As in every sport, there have been plenty of discussions about the title of the Greatest Player of All Time (GOAT). Table Tennis Media has compiled the historical statistics of table tennis legends and presents the most accurate GOAT ranking.

Our ranking considers all the most significant competitions in the table tennis hierarchy. Longevity plays a crucial role in the ranking system. While some players had a short and impressive peak, totality still should be regarded more highly. If a player can keep himself among the World’s best for more than a decade, it should be appreciated and properly evaluated.

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The evaluation system for the ranking. Ranking will be regularly updated after every competition.

Olympic Games (OG)
Singles 10 Points 8 Points 6 Points
Doubles 5 Points 4 Points 3 Points
Mixed Doubles 2.5 Points 2 Points 1.5 Points
Team 4 Points 3 Points 2 Points
World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC)
Singles 8 Points 6 Points 5 Points
Doubles 4 Points 3 Points 2.5 Points
Mixed Doubles 2 Points 1.5 Points 1 Point
Team 3 Points 2 Points 1.5 Points
Asian & European Championships (AC & EC)
Singles 6 Points 4 Points 3 Points
Doubles 3 Points 2 Points 1.5 Points
Mixed Doubles 1.5 Points 1 Point 0.5 Points
Team 2 Points 1.5 Points 1 Point
Other Continental Championships (CON)
Singles 2 Points 1.5 Points 1 Point
Doubles 1 Point 0.7 Points 0.5 Points
Mixed Doubles 0.5 Points 0.3 Point 0.2 Points
Team 0.7 Points 0.6 Points 0.5 Points
World Cup (WC)
Singles 5 Points 3 Points 2 Points
Doubles 2.5 Points 1.5 Points 1 Point
Team 2 Points 1 Point 0.5 Points
Europe Top 16 (E16)
Singles 3 Points 2 Points 1 Point
Pro Tour (PRO)
Singles 1 Point 0.5 Points 0.3 Points
Doubles 0.5 Points 0.3 Points 0.2 Points
Total (TOT)

Player	Years Active	OG	WTTC	AC	EC	CON	WC	E16	PRO	TOT
Ma Long	2005-2024	36	72.5	57	x	x	43	x	67.2	275.7
Timo Boll	1996-2025	10	24.5	x	90.5	x	26	23	36.5	210.5
Jan-Ove Waldner	1981-2016	18	64	x	52	x	13	31	29.2	207.2
Wang Liqin	1995-2013	21	70	36	x	x	17	x	37.5	199.2
Wang Hao	2000-2014	32	61	27.5	x	x	30	x	42.4	192.9
Fan Zhendong	2012-2024	26	54	42	x	x	31	x	36.5	189.5
Ma Lin	1996-2013	19	65.5	18	x	x	24	x	61.7	188.2
Xu Xin	2008-2022	10	44	36	x	x	20	x	50.4	160.4
Viktor Barna	1929-1954	x	139	x	x	x	x	x	17.2	156.2
Vladimir Samsonov	1991-2021	0	11.5	x	45	x	24	31	42.5	154
Dragutin Šurbek	1964-1992	0	41.5	x	50.5	x	x	13	38.3	143.3
Kjell Johansson	1963-1977	x	32.5	x	50.5	x	x	5	49.2	137.2
Kong Linghui	1994-2005	15	59	20	x	x	11	x	30.7	135.7
Zhang Jike	2008-2018	26	43.5	22	x	x	19	x	24.9	135.4
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	2005-2025	25	10.5	x	42.5	x	10	19	26.5	133.5
Liu Guoliang	1992-2001	21	46	30	x	x	4	x	17.6	118.6
Stellan Bengtsson	1970-1989	x	29	x	32	x	0	13	35	109
Ferenc Sido	1940-1962	x	83.5	x	8	x	x	x	17.4	108.9
Richard Bergmann	1935-1958	x	83	x	x	x	x	x	23.8	106.8
Bohumil Vana	1935-1955	x	92	x	x	x	x	x	12.3	104.3
Jörgen Persson	1984-2012	0	35.5	x	31.5	x	9	8	16.5	100.5
Ivan Andreadis	1939-1963	x	79.5	x	x	x	x	x	20.9	100.4
Zoran Primorac	1986-2013	4	17	x	32	x	19	5	21.5	98.5
Guo Yuehua	1975-1993	x	46.5	34.5	x	x	10	x	7	98
Miklos Szabados	1929-1937	x	82.5	x	x	x	x	x	10	92.5
Wang Chuqin	2014-2025	10.5	37	11	x	x	10	x	23.1	91.6
Istvan Jonyer	1968-1984	x	30	x	31	x	x	7	21.5	89.5
Mikael Appelgren	1982-1995	x	21	x	36	x	11	9	12.1	89.1
Ichiro Ogimura	1953-1965	x	70	14.5	x	x	x	x	4.5	89
Hans Alser	1957-1974	x	18	x	36	x	x	0	30.8	84.8
Nobuhiko Hasegawa	1965-1974	x	29.5	54	x	x	x	x	0.5	84
Werner Schlager	1990-2011	0	13	x	31	x	4	12	23.9	83.9
Antun Stipančic	1963-1982	x	32	x	22.5	x	x	8	17.6	80.1
Jiang Jialiang	1981-1989	x	39	21	x	x	15	x	4.9	79.9
Jörg Roßkopf	1985-2009	10	10.5	x	29.5	x	14	4	11.3	79.3
Erik Lindh	1980-1998	6	20.5	x	25.5	x	5	8	12.6	77.6
Jean-Philippe Gatien	1983-2004	11	16.5	x	22.5	x	9	7	10.2	76.2
Zoltan Berczik	1956-1969	x	12	x	26	x	x	x	36.4	74.4
Laszlo Bellak	1927-1938	x	63.5	x	x	x	x	x	10.1	73.6
Andrzej Grubba	1977-2000	0	9	x	24	x	14	5	21.1	73.1
Liang Jingkun	2014-2025	x	31	15	x	x	8	x	19	73
Oh Sang-eun	1996-2015	5	21	15.5	x	x	3.5	x	26	71
Ladislav Štipek	1947-1960	x	50.5	x	4.5	x	x	x	15.1	70.1
Milan Orlowski	1969-1988	x	7.5	x	26	x	x	12	24.4	69.9
Lin Gaoyuan	2011-2025	x	15	20.5	x	x	11	x	20.8	67.3
Jacques Secretin	1965-2001	x	10.5	x	24.5	x	x	3	27.7	65.7
Tibor Klampar	1968-1994	x	16.5	x	16	x	5	3	24.3	64.8
Johhny Leach	1947-1964	x	47	x	x	x	x	x	16.9	63.9
Jean-Michel Saive	1985-2017	x	9.5	x	19	x	3	10	18.5	60
Ma Wenge	1985-2009	6	19	6.5	x	x	16	x	12.4	59.9
Eberhard Schöler	1961-1977	x	22	x	11	x	x	x	25.3	58.3
Zhuang Zedong	1957-1971	x	50.5	x	x	x	x	x	5.6	56.1
Zoltan Mechlovits	1911-1937	x	44.5	x	x	x	x	x	9.7	54.2
Ryu Seung-min	1999-2014	12	13.5	6	x	x	6.5	x	15.3	53.3
Gabor Gergely	1972-1988	x	12	x	26	x	x	3	12.3	53.3
Jun Mizutani	2006-2022	13.5	13	7.5	x	x	x	x	18	52
Vaclav Tereba	1936-1958	x	46.5	x	1.5	x	x	x	1.8	49.8
Tomokazu Harimoto	2017-2025	2.5	4.5	14	x	x	7.5	x	20.4	49.1
Stanislav Gomozkov	1966-1977	x	9	x	17.5	x	x	x	22.5	49
Patrick Franziska	2008-2025	3	7.5	x	22.5	x	x	5	8.8	46.8
Lee Sang-su	2010-2025	x	18.5	17	x	x	2.5	x	7.2	45.2
Ferenc Soos	1936-1950	x	43.5	x	x	x	x	x	1.5	45
Christian Süß	2002-2012	3	8.5	x	24.5	x	0.5	x	7	43.5
Truls Möregårdh	2018-2025	11	12.5	x	9	x	x	5	5.1	42.6
Aloizy Ehrlich	1933-1964	x	27.5	x	x	x	x	x	14.8	42.3
Stanislav Kolar	1931-1938	x	38.5	x	x	x	x	x	2.5	41
Koki Niwa	2010-2024	5	10	16	x	x	1	x	8.5	40.5
Chuang Chih-Yuan	2000-2024	x	7	11.5	x	x	x	x	21.6	40.1
Hugo Calderano	2013-2025	x	6	x	x	8.8	5	x	18.1	37.9
Istvan Korpa	1962-1973	x	4.5	x	17.5	x	x	x	13.2	35.2
Zoran Kalinic	1976-1996	x	12	x	13	x	x	x	10.2	35.2
Bastian Steger	1999-2025	4	7.5	x	17	x	2.5	x	3.6	34.6
Vladimir Miko	1960-1970	x	2.5	x	13.5	x	x	x	17.2	33.2
Robert Gardos	1997-2025	x	x	x	24	x	1	1	6.9	32.9
Lin Shidong	2022-2025	x	1.5	9	x	x	7	x	14.6	32.6
Alexis Lebrun	2021-2025	2	4.5	x	13.5	x	x	4	6.6	31.6
Anatoly Amelin	1964-1977	x	6.5	x	12.5	x	x	x	12.4	31.4
Steffen Fetzner	1985-2001	4	7	x	10.5	x	3.5	x	5.8	30.8
Patrick Baum	2003-2017	x	4	x	19.5	x	3	x	4.2	30.7
Liu Guozheng	1997-2005	x	11	x	x	x	x	x	10.8	29.8
Felix Lebrun	2022-2025	8	4.5	x	7.5	x	x	x	9.6	29.6
Lin Yun-ju	2018-2025	1.5	5.5	7	x	x	2	x	12	28
Aleksandar Karakaševic	1995-2022	x	x	x	15.5	x	x	x	12.1	27.6
Jaroslav Štanek	1960-1969	x	2.5	x	9	x	x	x	15.4	26.9
Lucjan Błaszczyk	1991-2013	x	x	x	15.5	x	x	x	9.7	25.2
Rene Roothooft	1949-1962	x	11	x	x	x	x	x	13.9	24.9
Leszek Kucharski	1976-2000	x	7	x	8	x	1	x	8.6	24.6
Benedikt Duda	2014-2025	3	2	x	10.5	x	0.5	x	8.1	24.1
Thiago Monteiro	2000-2019	x	x	x	x	20	x	x	4.1	24.1
Sarkis Sarhayan	1966-1983	x	3	x	9	x	x	1	11	24
Dang Qiu	2011-2025	x	2	x	9	x	0.5	2	9.9	23.2
Seiji Ono	1979-1991	x	15	7.5	x	x	x	x	0.3	22.8
Edvard Vecko	1962-1969	x	3	x	10	x	x	x	9.3	22.3
Vojislav Markovic	1958-1966	x	1.5	x	8	x	x	x	12.7	22.2
Andrei Mazunov	1984-1998	x	4	x	9.5	x	1.5	x	7.2	22.2
Roland Jacobi	1909-1928	x	22	x	x	x	x	x	x	22
Jindrich Pansky	1977-1989	x	7.5	x	6	x	x	4	3.7	21.3
Ruwen Filus	2009-2025	x	2	x	14	x	0.5	x	4.6	21.1
Laszlo Földy	1953-1974	x	10.5	x	7	x	x	x	3.4	20.9
Elemer Gyetvai	1951-1960	x	9.5	x	6.5	x	x	x	3.4	20
Emmanuel Lebesson	2008-2024	1.5	x	x	13.5	x	x	1	4	20
Alexey Smirnov	1995-2013	x	x	x	7	x	x	7	4.8	18.8
Jaroslav Kunz	1964-1990	x	1.5	x	5	x	x	x	12.1	18.6
Peter Rozsas	1960-1979	x	1.5	x	7.5	x	x	x	9.5	18.5
Josef Dvoraček	1968-1989	x	4	x	8	x	2	x	4.5	18.5
Teruo Murakami	1959-1961	x	10.5	6	x	x	x	x	1.6	18.1
Anatoly Strokatov	1971-1982	x	3	x	5.5	x	x	x	8.9	17.4
Norio Takashima	1972-1981	x	11.5	4.5	x	x	x	x	x	16
Petr Korbel	1989-2021	x	1.5	x	6	x	x	2	6.5	16
Ludvik Vyhnanovsky	1953-1960	x	13.5	x	x	x	x	x	2.4	15.9
Milivoj Karakaševic	1970-1983	x	3.5	x	7.5	x	x	x	4.4	15.4
Torben Wosik	1990-2011	x	3.5	x	10	x	x	x	1.7	15.2
Janos Börzsei	1967-1979	x	x	x	10	x	x	x	4.1	14.1
Ricardo Walther	2009-2025	x	2	x	7.5	x	x	x	3.8	13.3
Tibor Kreisz	1977-1989	x	5	x	6	x	x	x	2.1	13.1
Evgueni Chtchetinine	1988-2015	x	x	x	12	x	x	x	0.8	12.8
Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth	1994-2016	x	3.5	x	6	x	0.5	x	2.5	12.5
Zsolt Kriston	1978-1989	x	3.5	x	3	x	x	x	4.9	11.4
Wilfried Lieck	1965-1991	x	3.5	x	3	x	x	x	3.8	10.3
Janos Fahazi	1960-1974	x	1.5	x	2	x	x	x	6.7	10.2
Jakub Dyjas	2012-2025	x	x	x	7	x	x	x	2.6	9.6
Štefan Kollarovits	1964-1982	x	x	x	5	x	x	x	4.1	9.1
Tomasz Krzeszewski	1990-2004	x	x	x	5.5	x	x	x	3.4	8.9
Matyas Beleznay	1965-1975	x	x	x	4.5	x	x	x	4.3	8.8
Jochen Leiß	1969-1980	x	x	x	3.5	x	x	x	5	8.5
Conny Freundorfer	1953-1965	x	x	x	3	x	x	x	5.1	8.1
Uldis Eglītis	1967-1973	x	x	x	2.5	x	x	x	5.3	7.8
Janos Molnar	1976-1987	x	3	x	2	x	x	x	2.2	7.2
Peter Stellwag	1974-1995	x	x	x	3.5	x	x	x	3.6	7.1
Vladislav Broda	1980-1998	x	1.5	x	3.5	x	x	x	2	7
Steffen Mengel	2006-2024	x	2	x	1.5	x	0.5	x	2.6	6.6
Laszlo Pigniczki	1955-1973	x	2	x	1.5	x	x	x	2.9	6.4
Heinz Schneider	1950-1980	x	5	x	x	x	x	x	1.1	6.1
Danny Heister	1989-2008	x	x	x	2.5	x	x	x	3.6	6.1
Markus Finbergs	1928-1933	x	4.5	x	x	x	x	x	1.5	6
Laszlo Pigniczki	1955-1973	x	2	x	1.5	x	x	x	2.9	6.4
Algimantas Saunoris	1952-1964	x	x	x	2	x	x	x	3.9	5.9
Georg Böhm	1977-1995	x	2	x	x	x	x	x	3.7	5.7
Miroslav Broda	1981-1998	x	1.5	x	2.5	x	x	x	1.3	5.3
Martin Ness	1960-1975	x	3.5	x	x	x	x	x	1.8	5.3
Milan Grman	1985-1997	x	1.5	x	1	x	x	x	2.1	4.6
Stefan Dryszel	1976-1993	x	1.5	x	2.5	x	x	x	0.5	4.5
Herbert Wunsch	1940-1952	x	4	x	x	x	x	x	0.5	4.5
Boris Rosenberg	1983-1990	x	x	x	1	x	x	x	3.3	4.3
Janos Takacs	1975-1986	x	3	x	x	x	x	x	1.2	4.2
Valery Shevchenko	1978-1992	x	x	x	1	x	x	x	2.8	3.8
Richard Prause	1986-1999	x	1.5	x	1	x	1	x	0.2	3.7
Vladimir Dvorak	1982-1990	x	1.5	x	1	x	x	x	1	3.5
Andras Podpinka	1987-2005	x	2	x	1	x	0.5	x	x	3.5
Rein Lindmäe	1969-2020	x	1.5	x	x	x	x	x	1.4	2.9
Norbert Mnich	1985-1997	x	1.5	x	1	x	x	x	x	2.5
Engelbert Hüging	1978-1995	x	x	x	1.5	x	x	x	0.8	2.3
Gennady Averin	1959-1968	x	x	x	1.5	x	x	x	0.6	2.1
Karoly Nemeth	1988-2004	x	x	x	1	x	x	x	1	2
Georgy Strelnikov	1965-1987	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	2	2
Igor Solopov	1978-1996	x	x	x	1	x	x	x	x	1
Witold Woznica	1967-1979	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	1	1
Ralf Wosik	1976-1993	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0.6	0.6