Table Tennis Legends
The greatest players in the fastest racket sport on earth.
The All-Time Greatest Table Tennis Players
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
All Table Tennis Athletes
Browse 37 of the greatest table tennis players of all time.
Japanese
Ai Fukuhara
Professional Table Tennis Player
Japanese table tennis player who became a household name in Japan, winning Olympic medals and repres…
French
Alexis Lebrun
Professional Table Tennis Player
French table tennis prodigy who became one of the youngest players to break into the world's top 50 …
Chinese
Chen Meng
Table Tennis Player
Two-time Olympic champion and world number one — Chen Meng's powerful forehand and consistency have …
Taiwanese
Cheng I-ching
Professional Table Tennis Player
Taiwanese table tennis player who competed internationally and represented Chinese Taipei in various…
Chinese
Deng Yaping
Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis legend who dominated the sport in the 1990s, winning 4 Olympic golds and 18 Wor…
German
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Table Tennis Player
German table tennis player born in Ukraine, former world No. 1 and Olympic medalist known for aggres…
Chinese
Ding Ning
Professional Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis player who dominated women's singles, winning Olympic gold in 2016 and five Wor…
Romanian
Elizabeta Samara
Professional Table Tennis Player
Romanian table tennis player who reached world No. 4 ranking and won multiple European Championship …
Chinese
Fan Zhendong
Table Tennis Player
Olympic champion at Paris 2024 and already the youngest world number one in modern table tennis hist…
French
Felix Lebrun
Professional Table Tennis Player
French table tennis player born in 2006, youngest ever to reach world top 15, bronze medalist at 202…
Japanese
Hina Hayata
Professional Table Tennis Player
Japanese table tennis player who won Olympic mixed doubles silver in 2021 and reached a career-high …
Brazilian
Hugo Calderano
Table Tennis Player
Brazilian table tennis player who became the first South American to reach world top 4 ranking and B…
Swedish
Jan-Ove Waldner
Table Tennis Player
Swedish table tennis legend, nicknamed 'The Mozart of Table Tennis', who dominated the sport in the …
South Korean
Jeon Ji-hee
Table Tennis Player
South Korea's most decorated modern female table tennis player — Olympic mixed doubles bronze medall…
Japanese
Kasumi Ishikawa
Professional Table Tennis Player
Japanese table tennis player who reached world No. 3 ranking and won Olympic bronze medal in team ev…
Chinese
Liang Jingkun
Professional Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis player known for his aggressive attacking style and World Championships medals,…
Chinese
Lin Gaoyuan
Professional Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis player known for his aggressive attacking style and left-handed power play. Oly…
Chinese
Liu Guoliang
Table Tennis Player/Coach
The only player in history to win every major title in a single year — and the coach who then led Ch…
Austrian
Liu Jia
Professional Table Tennis Player
Austrian table tennis player of Chinese origin, multiple European Champion and four-time Olympian re…
Chinese
Liu Shiwen
Professional Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis player who dominated women's singles, winning five World Cup titles and Olympic…
Chinese
Ma Lin
Table Tennis Player
Olympic champion and World Champion — Ma Lin's deceptive serving and extraordinary touch made him on…
Chinese
Ma Long
Table Tennis Player
The Dragon — the consensus pick as the greatest table tennis player in history, with three Olympic g…
Japanese
Mima Ito
Professional Table Tennis Player
Japanese table tennis player who became Olympic champion and youngest ITTF World Tour winner, reachi…
Japanese
Miu Hirano
Professional Table Tennis Player
Japanese table tennis player who became the youngest ITTF World Tour singles winner at age 15 and de…
German
Patrick Franziska
Professional Table Tennis Player
German professional table tennis player known for his attacking style and consistent top-10 world ra…
Nigerian
Quadri Aruna
Professional Table Tennis Player
Nigerian table tennis player who became Africa's highest-ranked player, reaching world No. 9 and ach…
South Korean
Shin Yubin
Professional Table Tennis Player
South Korean table tennis player who became the youngest Korean to reach Olympic singles semifinals …
Chinese
Sun Yingsha
Professional Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis player, youngest ever ITTF World No.1, double Olympic singles champion and domi…
German
Timo Boll
Table Tennis Player
German table tennis legend, former World No.1, 8-time European Champion and one of the most successf…
Japanese
Tomokazu Harimoto
Table Tennis Player
Japanese table tennis player who became the youngest ITTF World Tour winner at age 13 and reached a …
Swedish
Truls Möregårdh
Professional Table Tennis Player
Swedish table tennis player known for his aggressive attacking style and rapid rise to become one of…
Chinese
Wang Chuqin
Professional Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis player who became Olympic champion and world number one, known for his aggressi…
Chinese
Wang Liqin
Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis legend who dominated the sport in the 2000s, winning three World Championships …
Chinese
Wang Nan
Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis legend who dominated women's singles in late 1990s and 2000s, winning multiple …
Chinese
Xu Xin
Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest left-handed players in history, k…
Chinese
Zhang Jike
Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis player who achieved the sport's Grand Slam in record time, winning Olympic gold…
Chinese
Zhang Yining
Professional Table Tennis Player
Chinese table tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest female players of all time, domin…
Table Tennis Nations
Chinese
17
athletes
Japanese
6
athletes
German
3
athletes
French
2
athletes
Swedish
2
athletes
South Korean
2
athletes
Taiwanese
1
athletes
Romanian
1
athletes