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Table Tennis World Ranking
The table tennis world ranking list is a computerised rating system.
So who are the best players? Find out here...
By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) produces a world ranking list by entering the results of matches played in authorised events into a computerised database.
Using these results, the ITTF is able to produce a current list of the best table tennis players in the world.
Separate ranking lists are produced for the senior men and senior women together with separate ranking lists only for players under 19 years of age, under 17 years, under 15 years, under 13 years and under 11 years.
These ranking lists are used for determining seeding in all tournaments and for selecting players for certain competitions.
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So, let's take a brief look at the system, which players dominate, and then the world ranking lists themselves.
2018 - A New System
With effect from 1 January 2018 the ITTF introduced a new system for calculating world rankings.
It's much simpler than the previous system and it's designed to encourage players to play in more World Ranking events.
Players now receive World Ranking Points based only on the final position they reach at tournaments. So, the better they perform, the more points they'll receive.
The number of World Ranking Points a player receives varies according to the competition being played, with the most prestigious events offering the most points.
These were amended again in 2021 with the formation of the WTT series of events.
NB. The WTT series of events replaced the previous series of tournaments which made up the ITTF Pro/World Tour from 1996-2020.
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But it's limited to...
8 of the Best
Although players can enter many events throughout the year, only their best 8 results during the last 12 months are used (with a maximum of one continental event) to calculate their World Ranking.
The previous system also included losing points when they lost a match, but this no longer applies.
And separate ranking lists are now calculated for each age category by only using results achieved in the respective age category. In the previous system, only one list was compiled and rankings for the age categories were just a sub set of the main list.
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But how do you get on to the World Ranking list?
New players
Under the pre-2018 system, players entered the table tennis world ranking list as soon as they had at least two wins against players already ranked.
Players were given Starting Points and these starting points were re-calculated each time a new World Ranking was produced, up to the moment a player reached or passed the limit of five wins and five losses against already ranked players.
Then these "Starting Points" become final.
But under the new system, every player who has earned ITTF Ranking points in an eligible tournament during the ranking period is included in the ITTF World Rankings.
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So...
Who dominates the world ranking lists?
Well, as you might expect, the Asian players, particularly the Chinese table tennis players, have dominated the table tennis world rankings for many years.
However, the new system has shaken up the rankings, and players such as Brazil's Hugo Calderano, together with Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Timo Boll from Germany are now riding high in the top twenty.
Three of the best men in the World Ranking List - All Chinese!
by courtesy of the ITTF
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Here are the...
Latest table tennis world rankings
Please check this page each month for an update.
| MEN (May 2023) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | Player (FAMILY Name, Given Name) | Association |
| 1 | FAN, Zhendong | China |
| 2 | WANG, Chuqin | China |
| 3 | MA, Long | China |
| 4 | HARIMOTO, Tomokazu | Japan |
| 5 | LIANG, Jingkun | China |
| 6 | CALDERANO, Hugo | Brazil |
| 7 | MOREGARD, Truls | Sweden |
| 8 | LIN, Gaoyuan | China |
| 9 | LIN, Yun-Ju | Chinese Taipei |
| 10 | QIU, Dang | Germany |
| 11 | LIM, Jonghoon | South Korea |
| 12 | ARUNA, Quadri | Nigeria |
| 13 | JORGIC, Darko | Slovenia |
| 14 | JANG, Woojin | South Korea |
| 15 | OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij | Germany |
| 16 | LIN, Shidong | China |
| 17 | FRANZISKA, Patrick | Germany |
| 18 | BOLL, Timo | Germany |
| 19 | Alexis LEBRUN | France |
| 20 | UDA, Yukiya | Japan |
| 21 | CHUANG, Chih-Yuan | Chinese Taipei |
| 22 | KARLSSON, Kristian | Sweden |
| 23 | PITCHFORD, Liam | England |
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| WOMEN (May 2023) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | Player (FAMILY Name, Given Name) | Association |
| 1 | SUN, Yingsha | China |
| 2 | WANG, Manyu | China |
| 3 | CHEN, Meng | China |
| 4 | WANG, Yidi | China |
| 5 | CHEN, Xingtong | China |
| 6 | QIAN, Tianyi | China |
| 7 | ITO, Mima | Japan |
| 8 | HAYATA, Hina | Japan |
| 9 | ZHANG, Rui | China |
| 10 | HAN, Ying | Germany |
| 11 | DIAZ, Adriana | Puerto Rica |
| 12 | POLCANOVA, Sofia | Austria |
| 13 | FAN, Siqi | China |
| 14 | MITTELHAM, Nina | Germany |
| 15 | CHENG, I-Ching | Chinese Taipei |
| 16 | YUAN, Jia Nan | France |
| 17 | YANG, Xiaoxin | Monaco |
| 18 | KIHARA, Miyuu | Japan |
| 19 | HIRANO, Miu | Japan |
| 20 | DOO, Hoi Kem | Hong Kong China |
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To see the top 100 players on the latest table tennis world ranking lists, you can download the attached files below.
Please check this page each month for an update.
These are pdf files.
Please note:
You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader or Preview installed on your computer to view these world ranking lists.
Most Windows computers have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed already - it's FREE, but if you're one of the few who don't already have it installed, click on this link https://get.adobe.com/reader and follow the instructions on the Adobe web site to download it.
(Mac users can use Preview which is pre-installed on all Macs)
| TABLE TENNIS WORLD RANKING LISTS (Top 100 players) |
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| December 2020 - Men (opens in a new window)
December 2020 - Women (opens in a new window) |
| May to November 2020 - No rankings issued due to Coronavirus pandemic |
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