1981 - Today
Zhang Yining (simplified Chinese: 张怡宁; traditional Chinese: 張怡寧; pinyin: Zhāng Yíníng; born 5 October 1981) is a Chinese table tennis player who retired in 2009. She is considered one of the greatest female players in the sport's history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhang Yining has received more than 162,709 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Zhang Yining is the 39th most popular table tennis player (down from 27th in 2019), the 995th most popular biography from China (down from 850th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Chinese Table Tennis Player.
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Among table tennis players, Zhang Yining ranks 39 out of 79. Before her are Erik Lindh, Ryu Seung-min, Fan Zhendong, Wang Nan, Jun Mizutani, and Joo Sae-hyuk. After her are Xu Xin, Ahn Jae-hyung, Jiao Zhimin, Peter Karlsson, Chen Longcan, and Chen Meng.
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 33
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 34
1997 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 35
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 36
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.81
Rank: 37
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 38
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 39
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 40
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.47
Rank: 41
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 42
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 43
1965 - Present
HPI: 35.79
Rank: 44
1994 - Present
HPI: 35.45
Rank: 45
Among people born in 1981, Zhang Yining ranks 371. Before her are Vasil Kiryienka, Gorka Iraizoz, Raúl Entrerríos, Inés Arrimadas, Ilary Blasi, and Hiroshi Aoyama. After her are Shinjirō Koizumi, Rebecka Liljeberg, Holly Holm, Marko Babić, Eric Djemba-Djemba, and Ray J.
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 365
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.60
Rank: 366
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.57
Rank: 367
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.56
Rank: 368
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.53
Rank: 369
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.51
Rank: 370
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 371
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.49
Rank: 372
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.49
Rank: 373
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.47
Rank: 374
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 375
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 376
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 377
Among people born in China, Zhang Yining ranks 995 out of 1,392. Before her are Sa Dingding (1979), Zhang Ning (1975), Trinley Thaye Dorje (1983), Zhang Yiming (1983), Chen Hao (1979), and Ken Liu (1976). After her are Xu Haifeng (1957), Xu Xin (1990), Cheng Xiao (1998), Jane Zhang (1984), Liu Wang (1969), and Jiao Zhimin (1963).
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 989
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 990
1983 - Present
HPI: 36.85
Rank: 991
1983 - Present
HPI: 36.83
Rank: 992
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.82
Rank: 993
1976 - Present
HPI: 36.51
Rank: 994
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 995
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 996
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 997
1998 - Present
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 998
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 999
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 1,000
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 1,001
Among table tennis players born in China, Zhang Yining ranks 11. Before her are Wang Hao (1983), Zhang Jike (1988), Deng Yaping (1973), Kong Linghui (1975), Fan Zhendong (1997), and Wang Nan (1978). After her are Xu Xin (1990), Jiao Zhimin (1963), Chen Longcan (1965), Chen Meng (1994), Ding Ning (1990), and Li Xiaoxia (1988).
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 5
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 6
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 7
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 8
1997 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 9
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 10
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 11
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 12
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 13
1965 - Present
HPI: 35.79
Rank: 14
1994 - Present
HPI: 35.45
Rank: 15
1990 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 16
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.87
Rank: 17