The Greatest Table Tennis Player at the Olympic Games
Who is the greatest Table Tennis Player of all time based on Olympic Games performances? We have used a weighted total medal count of each male and female Table Tennis Player from all modern Olympic Games to rank their overall performance, using data from all Olympics including the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The best all-time performing table tennis player at the Olympic Games is Ma Long from China with five gold medals from 2012 to 2020. The best performing female player is Wang Nan also from China with four gold and one silver medal. See the table below to see how other athletes ranked.
See also the best athlete from each sport, and the best overall.
Top Olympic Athletes From Table Tennis
Here are the top-ranked athletes from the sport of table tennis for performances at all Olympiads, using the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System to order the athletes, awarding points for both gold (6 points) and other medals (silver 2 pts, bronze 1 pt).
Table: The Top Ranked Athletes from Table Tennis at the Olympic Games (including Tokyo 2020)
| rank | name | country | gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | total medals |
rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ma Long | China | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 |
| 2 | Wang Nan | China | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 3 | Deng Yaping | China | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| Zhang Yining | China | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | |
| 5 | Zhang Jike | China | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| Li Xiaoxia | China | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | |
| Ding Ning | China | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | |
| 8 | Ma Lin | China | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Related Pages
- List of the best athlete from each Olympic sport
- The greatest ever Olympic athlete
- About Olympic Medal Ranking Systems
- medal tables from all Olympic Games
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