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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@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
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
@@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 :/
@@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.
@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
@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.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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
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
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷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!
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.
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 ?
Brazil is a very traditional country you just have to be within the japanese community, especially in São Paulo where most of them are. Português: O Brasil é um país com grande tradição no tênis de mesa, mas é preciso estar dentro da grande comunidade japonese, principalmente em São Paulo onde a maioria está.
The new ranking system for table tennis is not good, Ma long can definitely beat Ovtcharov Dimitrij or at least stand a huge chance against him, but this ranking system is based on basically who wins the most competitions, not necessarily being stronger players.
The ITTF did this so that more players try to reach those big competitions like the world tour. It would mean that they practice harder than before because the rivalry increases, as well. It must be incredibly hard to be a pro. I respect their efforts so much.
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
As a Chinese, Boll’s longevity is unbelievable, his played against 3 generations of Chinese players, and maintained his spot in the top ten for so long, respectable opponentof the Chinese table tennis team
@@ulrikbobo111 nah Ma Lin, Wang Hao, and Zhang Jike have proved themselves and accomplished more than Timo Boll have done. But I understand, there has to be at least one white european in the conversation right? I would rather have Waldner in conversation than Timo.
Interesting but it ignores the fact that there are quotas. If China wanted, it could probably fill every top 20 spot as it has millions of players in reserve that it does not put forward.
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.
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.
Thanks to the absurd Ranking system that ended up making DiMa World #1 and threw Ma Long out of top 5. Today's ranking system is based on how many tournaments you play and not on the quality of the tournaments played and won.
It sure has the flaws but logically...If you're the best, you have to prove it among the best right here right now. Ma Long injury is seriously affected his performance. And it's fair to outs him from top 5. Who's the best chess player (for example)??? Many people will answer it's Garry Kasparov. But I'll say Magnus Carlsen. Ranking system should be seen as *temporary performance-o-meter* based on activities. Another analogy, Gareth Bale is a great player *in the past* . But he always had accute injury that hinders his performance so Mohamed Salah is far better than him in ranking.
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!
you need to know the rank of table tennis means nothing compare to tennis or other major sport. China has huge amounts of top level players in reserve, who have very little chance to play in the big events (due to the limitation of number of player single country can send), hence they don't have high ranks.
The reason why Timo can be the champion at 2018because ITTF don’t want Chinese player dominate the ranking and set limitation to them . And at the same time , the Chinese player dissatisfied the demotion of liu guo lian and quit the match
@@Alnivol666 Yeah but only a limited amount of players from same country can play in a tournament, so all Chinese players cannot compete to leave place to europeans and else
@@milkeyekokuto8820 That's a good argument for olympic participation where only two per nation can play in single tournament. But have you seen how much chinese players can play in the same ITTF tournament? For example: 15 Chinese male players participated in the recent ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open. After the round of 16, only 5 Chinese players were left, and only in one match, two chinese played in the same match against each other. So Chinese players are in fact not able to dominate the ranking completely, because they have not enough top tier players. It is as easy as it is.
Timo Boll looking like the greatest of all time here. At least as far as longevity. Ma Lin and Ma Long probably were the most dominant. Harimoto is the future, though.
Moah Moulin That seems inaccurate considering Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Timo Boll, Vladimir Samsanov, Chuang Chih-Yuang and Joo Se Hyuk were all consistently ranked in the top 10 into their 30s, let alone past 28.
Do you really think there are only 4 Chinese players in the top 10 if every Chinese player get the same opportunity to attend international tournaments.?
I don't know much about table tennis, although I'm from china and i like it. I just knew the Players Deng Yaping, Ma Long, kong linghui, Zhang Jike, Liu Guoliang, Boll. I respect Boll. As we all know, there are the best atmosphere for the table tennis Players in china. Under this background he could be no.1, furthermore as "an old man" he can play so well, he is respectful.
this doesn't actually reflect real strength because the ittf rankings take too many other things into consideration. lots of players in china would actually have made that list if they had the chance to compete on the international stage.
@@markharrison6498 Nobody else playing? Then why are you here? Lol there are other sports where china dominates too, but it doesn't matter if I mention those sports cause you're gonna say "nobody else plays the game". Excuses excuses excuses
Damn Ma Lin was such a god back in the early 2000's, it's a shame that the PH grip isn't as popular now, and less experimentation and improvements are being made on it. China seems to have moved on fully to the shake hand, mostly because of Ma Long's domination against the other Chinese players. Xu Xin has seemed like the closest to getting anywhere near Wang Hao or Ma Lin's levels but he's just not consistent enough. Really hoping for a talented Japanese or S Korean PH grip player to make top 3 in the coming years, and maybe revitalise the PH grip scene.
Xu Xin is more than capable at 1st ranking but he has too much fun with points that winning isnt everything to him anymore. He had a ridiculously good career why go all out when you can have fun? FZD may be top rank but he also sometimes gets angry (with the floor mostly), I don't think I have ever seen Xu Xin angry, dominance isn't everything, but it sure is a lot.
The rankings only go back to 2001. Wang Liqin was winning international titles from 1998, and probably would have been number 1, definitely in the top 10 international, by the time Boll won his first German championship.
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Respect Timo Boll and Vladimir Samsonov!! Almost 20 year in top 10!
Taiwan's Chuang ChihYuan as well
That goes for me too!!!
nice present
Everyone already respect them stupid
@海上巡逻者 Jan-Ove Waldner?福原爱?
I guess the answer is YES.
you "GUESS"?GOOD ONE!
Dă-ți-i dreaq de orezari mah 😅
I dont know man the chinese were never in the top 10 once.
@@sinerm1233 ????? Was that a joke?
Penguin Official thank you, next
Timo and Vladi over generations and generations coming on: "every step you take I'll be watching you"
lol, Samsonov played against Liu Guoliang and now he's competing with his students.
@@thenewguy7527 more like the students of his students..
More like chinese men’s team to Timo and Vladi:”we’ll dominate you and so will our students and so will theirs.”
@@playerkingofnewyorkcity2581 Ummm.... Yea...
No.
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.
Pretty sure the Chinese would fill up the top 20 if they were allowed to play international.
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.
Nikola Tesla why?
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.
@@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.
Wang Liqing, Ma Long are the dominators. Boll is always in top list.
Wang hao too
WANG HAO THE BEST??
@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
yScene noo
One information the most Chinese player have been number one for most of the time is Ma long
@Zhang J.K he is g....y
Respect to boll from a chinese
Respect to all the chinese top players from a german :)
F
Respect to both nations as a chinese that lives in germany
Respect to all of them from a middle eastern
Respect to all you humans from a Marsian.
The highlight here is Timo Boll. He is there for 3 generations.
He was no. 1 in 2002, 2011 and 2018
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
He beat Ma Lin, Wang Liqin and Wang Hao in the world cup 2005 winning it.
its like winning the champions league in football. but legends are build as world champions or olympian gold medalist.
@@RobinTT89 he 2on 2 champion chips beatimg the chinese boys...
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.
5:05- Aww man!! I was so happy when Hugo got in the top 10!!
Brasil!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Amazing video! I love it!
O Hugo tem potencial pra número 1, fiquei bem triste no campeonato que ele ganhou do FZD e perdeu pro Harimoto :(
@@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 :/
Vai ser o top 1
@@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.
o Hugo joga demais, muito bom ver ele jogar
2015-2017 it was literally impossible to beat Ma Long. Go and watch some of his games if you are new to tt.
just watched a game he got trashed by some kid, but thn noticed thats not within the years u stated
@@ijuineiwa l.ol
Impossible??he won the world champilnship because fan zhendong choked
@@gdounito But then who won exactly?
George D. Fan choked, but Ma Long didn’t choke in duce in the decider of final, Ma Long can be proud of this
Dang, Timo Boll is amazing! His persistence doesn't cease, and he keeps on making these amazing comebacks! Props to Dimitrij too!
True, and I am German :)
Timo Boll needs to make 5 prodigy children so germany can try to compete
@Todesbewusstsein Kay stumper? 16 und Bundesliga
@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
@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.
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
Todesbewusstsein im chinese and great respect to Timo, some of the best player there is.
Timo boll is einem Monster!
Liebe von China
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.
Timo almost two decades so far
@@zty3529 Number 8 currently
In short: " DO YOU HAVE TO ASK? "
Ma Long is a real legend! Topped for so many years
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
btw his name literally means 'horse dragon' in chinese.
he is sooo handsome
Timo Boll is so sick. Still in the top 10. Also, I must pay my respects to the emperor... MA Long.
Still in top 10 2022
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.
ma lin won a gold in 2008 bejing Olympics bruh
True ma lin did won the Olympics, but he never achieved a grand slam...
@@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.
@@Koj4 im honorary grand slam also
And Wang Liqin won 3 wttc in singles but neither won World cup nor the Olympics
I love how Vladimir Samsonov plays. An absolute master defensively, not many people would be able to break out of such difficult situations
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.
哇，做的很認真很詳細排名的影片！👍❤️
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
,dass Timo Boll immer noch an der Spitze liegt*
Timo Boll is legendary, still running in top 10 for more than 20 years
Phenomenal graphics. Great job with this. Thanks.
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
What about Harimoto? (Asking, not contradicting, I actually don't know)
Zhang JiKe is born for the table tennis and it's kind of sad that he stopped playing after the 2016 Olympic
@@rachelzhan Jike has a bad personality, never liked him
It feels like only Germany can withstand the power of Asia
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
East Asia...
It is very real, Ma Long all the way
chinese ppl play TT 24/7 no life lol
Boll Timo was so good.. i remember when he played with China , i felt nervous.. none of other players made me feel like that
Timo Boll, the knight who could challenge the dragons
Not really. Maybe in the past but definitely not challenging anymore. Sadly
OkWieso He has gotten old. Can't compete with the young fast reflexes.
@@ztvn3684 He almost beat FZD today at the Austrian open 2019. "not challenging anymore".
not the knight but also the only knight
Haha
Ma Long is not in top 10... basically this rating system is BS now.
He is out of top 10and he is the reigning world champion and Olympic gold medalist...js
DLC bullshit
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!!!
4:48 You can totally see how ITTF messed up the ranking system when everything went to crap in 2018.
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.
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.
Ma Long,64 months world no.1😘
Do u know about how many for Wang Liqin?
@@marlon7826 53 months😘
@@yuiinaba1413 thanks!
Just hoping that FZD will replace him
But he is badly injuried right now.
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.
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷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!
You just have to admire Timo Boll still being right up there at the top10 guys...
RESPECT TIM BOLL
2:30
Ma Long overpowering.
At the time, I thought ma long must become the champion of 2011WTTC.
Sad he didn't play 2012 olympics. Would've been two time gold medalist now.
@@PankajKumar6493 there’s still a chance :)
@@magisterialanubis06 yeah lets hope for the best
@@magisterialanubis06 idk bro maybe harimoto will take the gold medal...
@@dryskull8605 nah he can't lol
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.
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 ?
Not sure, the only thing I know that kid is new to the world rankings and already got to the top
For info guys the current n°4 Tomokazu Harimoto is only 15 years old (born in 2003)
was 3rd ranked last month
That's absolutely insane, his ceiling is in the stratosphere
He won't get to number 1 because China also have many young generations top players
@@stevej1235 Yeah but not as good as Harimoto , he will definitely be top 1 for a while like Ma Long etc
@@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
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又一条飘过……
@@米多多-w5r 我又来一条
我来看六角星战士
加一条。。。
再来一条
Ma Long came back in Tokyo 2020. Got gold. 👏👏👏
Top 1 winner is Ma Long!
Hugo Calderano from a country that has not tradition, spetacular achivement!
ksskssksk, hugo é fodaaaa
Brazil is a very traditional country you just have to be within the japanese community, especially in São Paulo where most of them are. Português: O Brasil é um país com grande tradição no tênis de mesa, mas é preciso estar dentro da grande comunidade japonese, principalmente em São Paulo onde a maioria está.
Oh man, what a video! Thank you🎉🙏
BOLL Timo first in 2002 and again in 2018 😮 real goat 🥇
Hahaha never
no gold medal
No way... he's never won Olympics or World Championship...
& never will...!
Manipulation of rankings
a shame they dismissed the ELO system... world ranking is just worthless since 2018
amazing video!
The new ranking system for table tennis is not good, Ma long can definitely beat Ovtcharov Dimitrij or at least stand a huge chance against him, but this ranking system is based on basically who wins the most competitions, not necessarily being stronger players.
winning the most competitions DOES mean you are a strong player
ravjeet singh winning the most competition also means more risk of getting injured
ravjeet singh a lot of player decreases their participation in competitions less important to avoid the risks
Ma Long was clearly dominating ovtcharov during every encounter
The ITTF did this so that more players try to reach those big competitions like the world tour. It would mean that they practice harder than before because the rivalry increases, as well. It must be incredibly hard to be a pro. I respect their efforts so much.
Thanks for this informating and meaningful video 👍👍👍👍👍
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
As a Chinese, Boll’s longevity is unbelievable, his played against 3 generations of Chinese players, and maintained his spot in the top ten for so long, respectable opponentof the Chinese table tennis team
I don't think it's fair to put 2018/19 with the rest because of the changes on how it's calculated
I watched table tennis videos in 2014 during my stay in Berlin and was a huge fan of Wang Liqin! :)
Fantastic, I think you are #1
Yes, China has produced more TT stars than any other nation.
I love how intense the battle is for the top 10
We definitely need another version for 2024
MA Long is the GOAT!
Ma Long 1. Wang Liqin 2. Timo boll 3 top 3 GOATS
@@ulrikbobo111 yes. But ma Lin in his prime can be in top 3
@@ulrikbobo111 nah Ma Lin, Wang Hao, and Zhang Jike have proved themselves and accomplished more than Timo Boll have done. But I understand, there has to be at least one white european in the conversation right? I would rather have Waldner in conversation than Timo.
@@aaronaaron5861 I only saw one game of Wang Hao (vs Zhang Jike 2012 London) and honestly I was pretty disappointed
Jacob Holm Jacobsen ma lin or kong linghui no.3
This video is very hard and good work!
the ranking is 1 thing. China got every single Olympic gold medal since 2004. That's how dominating they are.
Richard Lee and silver
The result of 2004 Olympic was totally unexpected to us. Our dominating era actually began much earlier.
Interesting but it ignores the fact that there are quotas. If China wanted, it could probably fill every top 20 spot as it has millions of players in reserve that it does not put forward.
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.
You mean..... all chinese born xD ?
The world ranking is not a too serious thing, some Chinese players didn’t participate some events, so they didn’t get points from those events.
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.
Nice one bruh
Interesting and very ingenious video.
Thanks to the absurd Ranking system that ended up making DiMa World #1 and threw Ma Long out of top 5. Today's ranking system is based on how many tournaments you play and not on the quality of the tournaments played and won.
It sure has the flaws but logically...If you're the best, you have to prove it among the best right here right now. Ma Long injury is seriously affected his performance. And it's fair to outs him from top 5.
Who's the best chess player (for example)??? Many people will answer it's Garry Kasparov. But I'll say Magnus Carlsen. Ranking system should be seen as *temporary performance-o-meter* based on activities.
Another analogy, Gareth Bale is a great player *in the past* . But he always had accute injury that hinders his performance so Mohamed Salah is far better than him in ranking.
Also ittf modified rules multiple times just to bring down the Chinese players
the new system is something bad ,
@@dhanarputra555 Very bad excuse. Ma Long is 1st, Fan got destroyed at the Olympics!
Samsonov is just my favourite. He was/is extremely gifted. One out of 10 millions.
I can see how Ma Long earned his once(? already..) nickname "the dictator". Amazing..
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!
you need to know the rank of table tennis means nothing compare to tennis or other major sport. China has huge amounts of top level players in reserve, who have very little chance to play in the big events (due to the limitation of number of player single country can send), hence they don't have high ranks.
I’m just curious about how these beautiful infographics animations are made.
great work!
I love ma lin's playstyle so much
me too.
Really well done
The reason why Timo can be the champion at 2018because ITTF don’t want Chinese player dominate the ranking and set limitation to them . And at the same time , the Chinese player dissatisfied the demotion of liu guo lian and quit the match
But I still think timo is strong
What limitations? They want to be in the ITTF rankings, they have to play ITTF tournaments. That is how it works in every sport.
@@Alnivol666 Yeah but only a limited amount of players from same country can play in a tournament, so all Chinese players cannot compete to leave place to europeans and else
The new ranking system is bullshit.
@@milkeyekokuto8820 That's a good argument for olympic participation where only two per nation can play in single tournament. But have you seen how much chinese players can play in the same ITTF tournament? For example: 15 Chinese male players participated in the recent ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open. After the round of 16, only 5 Chinese players were left, and only in one match, two chinese played in the same match against each other. So Chinese players are in fact not able to dominate the ranking completely, because they have not enough top tier players. It is as easy as it is.
Fantastic video, I could watch this all day.
Timo Boll looking like the greatest of all time here. At least as far as longevity. Ma Lin and Ma Long probably were the most dominant. Harimoto is the future, though.
Just amazing that Ma is back on top!
non-Chinese players: why do I hear boss music?
Nice video!
no data before 2000...
but still amazing work
Loved this!
Timo Boll holding it down for the rest of the world lmao
whats the yoyo guy doin here??
@@limegagliano Serously wtf
I don't really know much about table tennis. I just follow tennis and I'm curios, when do table tennis players start to decline and retire?
28 years old plus are rare among the top 10 but some like Timo Boll or Vladimir Samsonov are keeping it up
The top 10 has players from 15 to 43 years old. Mostly retire in their mid 30s
R u that dumb. Who doesn't know that u attention seeking piece of junk
Its basically the same as tennis.
Moah Moulin That seems inaccurate considering Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Timo Boll, Vladimir Samsanov, Chuang Chih-Yuang and Joo Se Hyuk were all consistently ranked in the top 10 into their 30s, let alone past 28.
Respect to my European players, giving some diversity to the table tennis tournaments
Do you really think there are only 4 Chinese players in the top 10 if every Chinese player get the same opportunity to attend international tournaments.?
The moment when you need 2 glorious player to play duo championship, but you have 4 😔
Wow, great. You did an Awesome Job.
Do one on "Is China's Dominance in Olympic Weightlifting Real?"
Hey guys,
which tool do u use to make this type of videos?
I would like to know
Ma long is the best of the history
¿Jan Ove Waldener?
@@arielpena9109 sry, but its true. Waldner is the first but not the best.
What about zhang jike
Jan Ove Waldner: "Am I a joke to you?"
Yes, I love this guy, watching his match always make me comfortable :)
I don't know much about table tennis, although I'm from china and i like it. I just knew the Players Deng Yaping, Ma Long, kong linghui, Zhang Jike, Liu Guoliang, Boll. I respect Boll. As we all know, there are the best atmosphere for the table tennis Players in china. Under this background he could be no.1, furthermore as "an old man" he can play so well, he is respectful.
波尔老妖，越老越妖。希望他还能再坚持两届奥运会，续写自己的传奇
Short answer: yes
4:30 even the music matched with Zhang Jike's vanish
This is a great overview! I really enjoyed it watching :D
What do you use for data visualization?
this doesn't actually reflect real strength because the ittf rankings take too many other things into consideration. lots of players in china would actually have made that list if they had the chance to compete on the international stage.
Xu Xin ❤️❤️❤️
Hi,I love your video. Can you tell me how to make this video? What software you used? Many thanks
There was era when big four of table tennis are all chinese. Lol
The era we Chinese called "2 Wang(Wang Liqin, Wang Hao) and 1 Ma(Ma Lin)"
There was a era where 7 out of 10 where chinese...
No one else really plays the game. Not a real surprise
@JimboParadox it's funny how they've gravitated to this game in particular. I suppose it doesn't require a lot of space for one
@@markharrison6498 Nobody else playing? Then why are you here? Lol there are other sports where china dominates too, but it doesn't matter if I mention those sports cause you're gonna say "nobody else plays the game". Excuses excuses excuses
Damn Ma Lin was such a god back in the early 2000's, it's a shame that the PH grip isn't as popular now, and less experimentation and improvements are being made on it. China seems to have moved on fully to the shake hand, mostly because of Ma Long's domination against the other Chinese players. Xu Xin has seemed like the closest to getting anywhere near Wang Hao or Ma Lin's levels but he's just not consistent enough.
Really hoping for a talented Japanese or S Korean PH grip player to make top 3 in the coming years, and maybe revitalise the PH grip scene.
Xu Xin is more than capable at 1st ranking but he has too much fun with points that winning isnt everything to him anymore. He had a ridiculously good career why go all out when you can have fun? FZD may be top rank but he also sometimes gets angry (with the floor mostly), I don't think I have ever seen Xu Xin angry, dominance isn't everything, but it sure is a lot.
People come and go, but Boll and Samsonov stay 😘😘
The rankings only go back to 2001. Wang Liqin was winning international titles from 1998, and probably would have been number 1, definitely in the top 10 international, by the time Boll won his first German championship.
Thank you. It's a fantastic infography!