Is China's Dominance in Table Tennis Real? Ranking History of Table Tennis (2001-2019)

This video shows the top 10 male table tennis players from 2001 to 2019. Over the past 20 years, the ranking system of ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) has changed several times. That's why sometimes the points change dramatically from the 2,000 range to the 10,000 range.
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[@nostalgicharmonieschannel]

Respect Timo Boll and Vladimir Samsonov!! Almost 20 year in top 10!

[@GooseMoose]

Taiwan's Chuang ChihYuan as well

[@user-hc6wo5kh8y]

That goes for me too!!!

[@badcompany2984]

nice present

[@user-co1wi9ku2e]

Everyone already respect them stupid

[@user-zw5lt4nd6h]

@海上巡逻者 Jan-Ove Waldner?福原爱?

[@tjebbedonckers]

I guess the answer is YES.

[@roropepe1848]

you "GUESS"?GOOD ONE!

[@GB-xk5zt]

Dă-ți-i dreaq de orezari mah 😅

[@sinerm1233]

I dont know man the chinese were never in the top 10 once.

[@damiester1]

@@sinerm1233 ????? Was that a joke?

[@junjiexiang5991]

Penguin Official thank you, next

[@antislutful]

I usually admire Chinese table tennis players the most because they seemed to be just unmatched. But I respect Timo Boll almost at the same level as Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, and Ma Long. He just has that longevity and stability I have not seen in any other player. He might not ever reach the top, but he played the best of the best for two decades.

[@machinidon6540]

Because Germany have no more talented tt players

[@user-pg7ny5uh3i]

Dude, actually chinese players can also play at a high level for a long long time, but they are forced to be retired when they were still so strong because they have to leave the position to the young players,and let the young ones get enough chance to compete in the big games

[@thebigmonstaandy6644]

@@user-pg7ny5uh3i and this is not right.

[@gonkong5638]

Monsta Andy just one lose and.....you know, Xu Xin.

[@bahasainggrisbersamamradi9308]

@@user-pg7ny5uh3i your comments are so stupid

[@ComeOnBaby-ct8yx]

Respect to boll from a chinese

[@iTzQu5lTim3]

Respect to all the chinese top players from a german :)

[@neon1300]

F

[@yimmzz3093]

Respect to both nations as a chinese that lives in germany

[@nex4s_595]

Respect to all of them from a middle eastern

[@sreekar5016]

Respect to all you humans from a Marsian.

[@andresrossi9]

Timo and Vladi over generations and generations coming on: "every step you take I'll be watching you"

[@thenewguy7527]

lol, Samsonov played against Liu Guoliang and now he's competing with his students.

[@l.busyghost3625]

@@thenewguy7527 more like the students of his students..

[@playerkingofnewyorkcity2581]

More like chinese men’s team to Timo and Vladi:”we’ll dominate you and so will our students and so will theirs.”

[@tripppl3d746]

@@playerkingofnewyorkcity2581 Ummm.... Yea... No.

[@leremygan]

The highlight here is Timo Boll. He is there for 3 generations.

[@thenewguy7527]

He was no. 1 in 2002, 2011 and 2018

[@RobinTT89]

He is not a Highlight...he never won any important championship. Lost all the big games vs china. nobody cares about his nationalnoder european championships. if u wanna be a legend in table tennis...u have to beat the chinese at olympia or world championships. btw im german

[@thenewguy7527]

He beat Ma Lin, Wang Liqin and Wang Hao in the world cup 2005 winning it.

[@RobinTT89]

its like winning the champions league in football. but legends are build as world champions or olympian gold medalist.

[@Nijay_the_Ninja]

@@RobinTT89 he 2on 2 champion chips beatimg the chinese boys...

[@edwardhochwand9063]

Wang Liqing, Ma Long are the dominators. Boll is always in top list.

[@machinidon6540]

Wang hao too

[@alanmanzano4829]

WANG HAO THE BEST??

[@yscene7379]

@Zhang J.K wtf he is the only one who was in the top ten almost all the time and he was the only one to challenge the chinese players for rank number 1

[@cocochocko3783]

yScene noo One information the most Chinese player have been number one for most of the time is Ma long

[@Ossissindwestpolen]

@Zhang J.K he is g....y

[@coryplum5375]

The most competitive Table Tennis games are the civil games in China, because more powerful players has no chance to play outside because they fail in civil games for entry quota of international games.

[@Samsun55]

Pretty sure the Chinese would fill up the top 20 if they were allowed to play international.

[@reinebautistamercado4286]

That is pretty effing racist. I don't know what word to describe it so I said racist. Why limit a country's participation? It sounds to me like white people being sore losers because they can't beat the Chinese.

[@Tom-tr4em]

Nikola Tesla why?

[@casoheloa7407]

Cory Plum This guy saying the truth. But I believe it’s fair. Just like in basketball, America builds there dream team by picking all-star players. It doesn’t mean other players in NBA league play bad. But we still need to pick best, which are among the best.

[@jwzhu]

@@reinebautistamercado4286 I know it's unfair. but letting one particular country dominate EVERY international tournament would not be conducive to the development of TT. It would be boring to see all Chinese players in the round of 8 in each tournament. then TT would cease to be an international sport. I'm Chinese, but I have to admit seeing Chinese players win all the time is kind of boring.

[@GenghisKhanPolitics]

The fact that Waldner was even featured for a while on that list, a man who was in his prime from late 80's to around mid 90's, is incredible.

[@NoobPlayMC]

Timo Boll needs to make 5 prodigy children so germany can try to compete

[@silencs]

@Todesbewusstsein Kay stumper? 16 und Bundesliga

[@SayanGoko]

@Todesbewusstsein Indeed, the newer european generation are just not good enough, they arent even on the level of the new Japanese players let alone Chinese

[@SayanGoko]

@Todesbewusstsein I dont think so, maybe if he was younger then yea! however, Patrick relies on strength for the most part and thats why he holds his own against big names, but in terms of being compared with Timo? no way, thats not even close. But if I would pick one good European player it would be Pitchford, he has done some great things, but for the past year he hasnt been really on the scene much.

[@Ossissindwestpolen]

Auch dann nicht ,leider. WIE OFTG HAT ER DIE WM GEWONNEN???RICHTIG KEINMAL .UM ZU DEN GROßEN ZU GEHÖREN MUSS EIN WM TITEL HER.UND EINEN NICHT WM TITELTRÄGER MAL 4 MACHT 4 MAL TITRLTRÄGERLOSE SPIELER

[@forlornpreponderance2299]

Todesbewusstsein im chinese and great respect to Timo, some of the best player there is. Timo boll is einem Monster! Liebe von China

[@samisfun868]

In short: " DO YOU HAVE TO ASK? "

[@rangerl6763]

Ma Long is a real legend! Topped for so many years

[@VinhNguyen-fh8qp]

I know right, but the new wtt rankings value participation more than results of the match so ma long hasn't been #1 since the new change which is sad

[@audifan2501]

btw his name literally means 'horse dragon' in chinese.

[@estrella7861]

he is sooo handsome

[@funkindy]

2015-2017 it was literally impossible to beat Ma Long. Go and watch some of his games if you are new to tt.

[@ijuineiwa]

just watched a game he got trashed by some kid, but thn noticed thats not within the years u stated

[@Golfislife420]

@@ijuineiwa l.ol

[@gdounito]

Impossible??he won the world champilnship because fan zhendong choked

[@ethernalinnocence9031]

@@gdounito But then who won exactly?

[@Qwerty098722]

George D. Fan choked, but Ma Long didn’t choke in duce in the decider of final, Ma Long can be proud of this

[@gustavosuenaga]

5:05- Aww man!! I was so happy when Hugo got in the top 10!! Brasil!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 Amazing video! I love it!

[@rodolforeetz3189]

O Hugo tem potencial pra número 1, fiquei bem triste no campeonato que ele ganhou do FZD e perdeu pro Harimoto :(

[@sneed1100]

@@rodolforeetz3189 nossa eu n entendi aquilo, fiquei bem puto quando vi, ganha do top 1, mas gela no top 5, acho q eh esses grito desse mlk q n cala a boca q destabiliza o hugo :/

[@williammantovanelli9577]

Vai ser o top 1

[@rodrigoangelo488]

@@sneed1100 é pq os dois jogos foram no msm dia. O hugo se desgastou bastante na partida contra o fan e logo depois ja tinha que jogar contra o harimoto. Difícil manter o msm ritmo nas 2 partidas. Teve até reclamações por causa disso da equipe.

[@lucasvilarinho2321]

o Hugo joga demais, muito bom ver ele jogar

[@jegomartinez1309]

Dang, Timo Boll is amazing! His persistence doesn't cease, and he keeps on making these amazing comebacks! Props to Dimitrij too!

[@pride_manuel7721]

True, and I am German :)

[@mochipepper]

Phenomenal graphics. Great job with this. Thanks.

[@HEriNg90]

Kinda funny to see Timo popping out of nowhere at the end of 2001 on rank 10 and staying in the top ten for almost a decade constantly. :D And huge respect to Samsonov for being able to play at a high level for such a long time.

[@zty3529]

Timo almost two decades so far

[@joufaxerxes7966]

@@zty3529 Number 8 currently

[@nescobaj18]

I love how Vladimir Samsonov plays. An absolute master defensively, not many people would be able to break out of such difficult situations

[@jacedaace01]

This is a pretty kool way to showcase how the top 10 Mens rankings have changed over this period!!! Thanx for sharing this....funky background music sounds apt for this type of vid too!!!

[@propppoo246]

Oh man, what a video! Thank you🎉🙏

[@myril.kennedy]

Timo Boll is so sick. Still in the top 10. Also, I must pay my respects to the emperor... MA Long.

[@ttime9947]

Still in top 10 2022

[@somethingforeveryone1310]

This is a great overview! I really enjoyed it watching :D What do you use for data visualization?

[@yahyasakar3932]

Thanks for this informating and meaningful video 👍👍👍👍👍

[@adiloncarvalho2995]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷Olha quem aparece alí entre os 06 primeiros pela primeira vez na história. Parabéns, Hugo Calderano, por esse feito histórico!Que Deus continue te abençoando!

[@athenadarwin3761]

Zhang Jike what a legend! Fastest rise ever 👏🏻👏🏻 Edit: lol, actually the fastest rise in terms of rankings is Xu Xin, Zhang is the fastest grand slam champion. Both awesome

[@psychicpancake4434]

What about Harimoto? (Asking, not contradicting, I actually don't know)

[@rachelzhan]

Zhang JiKe is born for the table tennis and it's kind of sad that he stopped playing after the 2016 Olympic

[@StudyingManually]

@@rachelzhan Jike has a bad personality, never liked him

[@lukasadler9564]

Really good video, but I would have loved to see an summary in the end of how many weeks each player had in the first place. Would Lovato see a statistic that clarifies if Timo Boll really is the greatest non Chinese player of all times (from the 90s). Also it would be nice to see this from the time of the Swedish domination around 1990. Thanks, nice video

[@Arielkuo1999]

哇，做的很認真很詳細排名的影片！👍❤️

[@kingbaum5258]

amazing video!

[@youtongzheng9543]

Respect to Boll. But, to be honest, a partial reason why he stays in top 10 for such a long time is that there is few table tennis genius in German so that he always has chances to attend important games. In China, if you are not top 3, you lose many game opportunities.

[@yu8337]

I learn now in Munich. Since I was a teenager, I sometimes watched table tennis match and knew that a german player called Boll. Now I haven't seen match for a long time and it makes me a surprise that Boll liegt noch an der Spitze! Respect to Boll Tim

[@Mathe_Baendiger]

,dass Timo Boll immer noch an der Spitze liegt*

[@DKPOWA]

Loved this!

[@JOEMDMD]

Timo Boll is legendary, still running in top 10 for more than 20 years

[@TheVampB]

It's such a twist of fate that Wang Liqin and Ma Lin combined managed to maintain a full decade of domination. And yet none of them clinched the grand slam.

[@powerplaylive]

ma lin won a gold in 2008 bejing Olympics bruh

[@adihakim4663]

True ma lin did won the Olympics, but he never achieved a grand slam...

[@Koj4]

@@powerplaylive Ma Lin never won a WTTC, he fell short in all 3 finals he had. But he did won the gold medal, and won 4 world cups, he's an honorary grand slam imo.

[@Golfislife420]

@@Koj4 im honorary grand slam also

[@ttime9947]

And Wang Liqin won 3 wttc in singles but neither won World cup nor the Olympics

[@blagoje7]

BOLL Timo first in 2002 and again in 2018 😮 real goat 🥇

[@junior81291]

Hahaha never

[@skillhhy8707]

no gold medal

[@shanelawson5072]

No way... he's never won Olympics or World Championship... & never will...!

[@pappaflammyboi5799]

Manipulation of rankings

[@deinauge7894]

a shame they dismissed the ELO system... world ranking is just worthless since 2018

[@davesplatz]

This video is very hard and good work!

[@environment166]

Interesting and very ingenious video.

[@zmuchen2927]

Boll Timo was so good.. i remember when he played with China , i felt nervous.. none of other players made me feel like that

[@rasheedelakhlaqsiz4753]

Fantastic, I think you are #1 Yes, China has produced more TT stars than any other nation.

[@user-so3ni7cc7y]

great work!

[@malongsserve4735]

Really well done

[@MrGanbat84]

Ma Long came back in Tokyo 2020. Got gold. 👏👏👏

[@MainDoodler]

no data before 2000... but still amazing work

[@judasiscariot8840]

Wow, great. You did an Awesome Job.

[@PJ-kg2pw]

Wow, this is amazing

[@wangshuntian]

RESPECT TIM BOLL

[@jonmetaphorist1327]

Boll is legendary, he is also the most respected foreign player in china.

[@enzhus]

The #1 is Waldner. In his late years, when he played with the Chinese players, most Chinese audiences had wished he could win.

[@irtiza4262]

I love how intense the battle is for the top 10 We definitely need another version for 2024

[@soldierofscience2888]

Just amazing that Ma is back on top!

[@LiveForPanda]

I’m just curious about how these beautiful infographics animations are made.

[@jaikishannaipal5059]

It is very real, Ma Long all the way

[@chenmingfan5870]

thx for the vid

[@javier.mauricio]

Excellent

[@pharox3301]

It feels like only Germany can withstand the power of Asia

[@dodo-eu6ox]

Because he is the only one in his country and has the opportunity to complete worldwide. You can see how he would rank now after joining Chinese civil competition

[@henrrycampos8638]

East Asia...

[@KTFlaSh96]

Timo Boll is probably the only player a top Chinese player would ever feel like they could possibly lose to. Mad respect to Timo. Also, what do you get when you combine a horse with a dragon? A goat.

[@hanshuang6438]

Nice one bruh

[@ttime9947]

Nice video!

[@leonardomaranhao9441]

Excelente! Calderano rumo ao topo

[@esmolol4091]

Samsonov is just my favourite. He was/is extremely gifted. One out of 10 millions.

[@milkeyekokuto8820]

For info guys the current n°4 Tomokazu Harimoto is only 15 years old (born in 2003)

[@RyuMasterEX]

was 3rd ranked last month

[@PoTommyPo]

That's absolutely insane, his ceiling is in the stratosphere

[@stevej1235]

He won't get to number 1 because China also have many young generations top players

[@milkeyekokuto8820]

@@stevej1235 Yeah but not as good as Harimoto , he will definitely be top 1 for a while like Ma Long etc

[@stevej1235]

@@milkeyekokuto8820 not as good as harimoto? you know Wang Chuqin, he beat harimoto 4:1 last year, not to mention there still gt Fan ZhenDong

[@seanpicasso]

Hi, this is very impressive. Would it be possible to run a stats about Archery?

[@vitaminsea31]

Hi,I love your video. Can you tell me how to make this video? What software you used? Many thanks

[@yuiinaba1413]

Ma Long,64 months world no.1😘

[@marlon7826]

Do u know about how many for Wang Liqin?

[@yuiinaba1413]

@@marlon7826 53 months😘

[@marlon7826]

@@yuiinaba1413 thanks!

[@devanshtrivedi3905]

Just hoping that FZD will replace him

[@hanshuang6438]

But he is badly injuried right now.

[@s1mphuntr]

You just have to admire Timo Boll still being right up there at the top10 guys...

[@PawelTableTennis]

Nice video

[@jasontiller]

Beautiful graphic!!

[@fahriyecona5283]

Xu Xin ❤️❤️❤️

[@PaintingStallion]

Timo Boll, the knight who could challenge the dragons

[@ztvn3684]

Not really. Maybe in the past but definitely not challenging anymore. Sadly

[@goldengold8568]

OkWieso He has gotten old. Can't compete with the young fast reflexes.

[@MusixPro4u]

@@ztvn3684 He almost beat FZD today at the Austrian open 2019. "not challenging anymore".

[@ycheng4734]

not the knight but also the only knight

[@ejej_shej7958]

Haha

[@kevinli4915]

Fun to watch!

[@FD1CE]

Thank you. It's a fantastic infography!

[@matthewshepherd5390]

Short answer: yes

[@pandoblier]

Since 2012 Boll had always Issues with his Back and his Neck and quit many Tournaments or dont participated. If he would have be active linke in the beginning of his career, he would have always be in the Top 5 at least.

[@StudyingManually]

I watched table tennis videos in 2014 during my stay in Berlin and was a huge fan of Wang Liqin! :)

[@Nicolas-gf8lj]

I like this videos

[@dingdongchingchong2957]

I love ma lin's playstyle so much

[@user-pp6cn8iz7j]

me too.

[@johannfriedsam1136]

3:36 can someone pls explain me how fzd suddenly appeared as 5th place? Did he have some kind of godlike winning streak 😂 ?Or did win a major tournament ?

[@logical1396]

Not sure, the only thing I know that kid is new to the world rankings and already got to the top

[@chengzheli9364]

The coach of the Chinese team once said that compared with the Olympic Games and the International Open, the training of the Chinese team is more competitive. Participating in the Olympics is more like relaxing the mood of the players and relieving the pressure.

[@hartleytaslim3957]

Coool stats... Give a bigger picture the top players career in 10 years back and more

[@siteswaper531]

The truth is, as dominant as the Chinese players look on this chart, China is even more dominant if you consider that international tournaments only have a limited number of spots per country. China only gives the opportunity to travel to their top 2-3 players (Ma Long, Zhang Jike, etc.), but there are many, many other players in China that play near that top level.

[@xx765]

If all Chinese players are allowed to enter international tournaments, they will probably get 14 out of the top 16 spots every time. It's a known fact that the singles gold at the Chinese National Games is the most difficult title in TT. Zhang Jike, one of the most decorated players on international level, never managed to get in top 4 in men's single his four or five attempts at the Chinese National Games. There are just so many player at the similar level. That's also why Ma Long is the GOAT with his two wins in men's single in Chinese Games. Only player in the history of China to ever do so.

[@electro6290jp]

2:30 Ma Long overpowering. At the time, I thought ma long must become the champion of 2011WTTC.

[@PankajKumar6493]

Sad he didn't play 2012 olympics. Would've been two time gold medalist now.

[@magisterialanubis06]

@@PankajKumar6493 there’s still a chance :)

[@PankajKumar6493]

@@magisterialanubis06 yeah lets hope for the best

[@dryskull8605]

@@magisterialanubis06 idk bro maybe harimoto will take the gold medal...

[@beanlentil]

@@dryskull8605 nah he can't lol

[@gracewu4312]

great players，great music as well

[@4munitas]

great, good job

[@timurshaipov]

Top 1 winner is Ma Long!

[@harrykang2340]

I can see how Ma Long earned his once(? already..) nickname "the dictator". Amazing..

[@HarryWizard]

towards the end you can see the very beginning of fan zhendongs dominance to the rankings. What we have seen so far of FZD being top is the tip of the iceberg to later years based on his improvement and age so far!

[@terrywright9765]

Really cool animation. Thanks for doing it. The race for #1 has only 1 horse. The race for 2, 3, 4 is very interesting. Go Koki Niwa !!!

[@MCS12Methodic]

Fantastic video, I could watch this all day.

[@Einfach_Ben]

The moment when you need 2 glorious player to play duo championship, but you have 4 😔

[@washnery]

Hugo Calderano, orgulho brasileiro! (Brazilian pride)

[@CelestialAesthetics]

What software stack did you use to make the time series charts and animation?

[@glossary90]

4:30 even the music matched with Zhang Jike's vanish

[@adiloncarvalho2995]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷Hugo Calderano, Top 6 e Bicampeão das Américas! 👏👏👏👏

[@fc63457]

4:48 You can totally see how ITTF messed up the ranking system when everything went to crap in 2018.

[@jephersonroach2010]

Excelente cuadro...!

[@FynyHouse]

Perfect, posso baixar pra mim postar no meu canal? Vc deixa?

[@Toghebon]

The same for the ladies would be nice. It could feature Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu of Singapore, Han Ying of Germany, Li Jie and Li Jiao of the Netherlands, Hu Meiling of Turkey, Liu Jia of Austria, Yu Fu and Shao Jieni of Portugal, Li Qian of Poland, Li Fen of Sweden, Shen Yanfei of Spain and Li Xue of France. Not to mention Gui Lin of Brazil, Zhang Mo of Canada, Wu Yue of the USA, Ni Xialian of Luxemburg or maybe Hong Jianfang of Australia and Han Xing of Congo.

[@capor23]

You mean..... all chinese born xD ?

[@wangyiran66]

It is more meaningful to do it with ELO rating system

[@dzakirinalhusna1245]

my Request, RANKING BADMINTON (MD) 2000 - 2019

[@thalamay]

Like it. 2018 was crazy in terms of movement.

[@gmsleepless6530]

Make a video about Chess players of all time please! thanks .

[@MAT0art]

GM Sleepless such video is already on youtube with same “template”

[@donluna2000]

It.s on youtube. Since time of morphy until 2017 or 2018

[@5limReaper]

WANG Hao/MA Lin/Xu Xin/ penhold❤

[@shivasaigunda9802]

It would be great if you mention country names on left of the bar..✌️

[@xoro5410]

Timo boll and Vladimir samsonov this two are just too good to maintaining top 8 for so many years. I hope dima and Hugo calderano will do the same