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China
Career
1974 - 2026
Best year
2006
Total points
1876
Best results
1x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#4
10-year rank
#3
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
Categories
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 90 | - |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 54 | - |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 54 | - |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | Sun Yang |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | Sun Yang |
| 2024 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 30 | - |
| 1994 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2009 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2024 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 30 | - |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 21 | - |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 21 | - |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Sun Yang |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Zhang Lin |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | Sun Yang |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2025 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 18 | - |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 2017 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 18 | - |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2017 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | Sun Yang |
| 2019 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | Sun Yang |
| 2013 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | Sun Yang |
| 2015 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | Sun Yang |
| 2017 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | Sun Yang |
| 2019 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 10 | Sun Yang |
| 2022 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 10 | Yang Junxuan |
| 1994 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 10 | Yang Aihua |
| 1998 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 10 | Chen Yan |
| 2003 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2005 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2011 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2015 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2023 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2025 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2011 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2013 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Xie Jun |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Liu Yu |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Sun Yang |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Zhang Zhanshuo |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Yu Chenglong |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | ZHANG Lin |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Sun Yang |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Xu Haibo |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Xie Jun |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Sun Yang |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Sun Yang |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Zhang Zhanshuo |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Yu Cheng |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Sun Yang |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Sun Yang |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 7 | Xu Haibo |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Zhuang Yong |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Le Ying |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Yang Yu |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Pang Jiaying |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Zhu Qianwei |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Shen Duo |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Li Bingjie |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | TANG Jingzhi |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | LIU Jing |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Pang Jiaying |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Shen Duo |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Luo Mingyu |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Yan Ming |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Yan Ming |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Chen Hua |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Yang Jieqiao |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Shao Yiwen |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Zhang Yuhan |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Wang Jianjiahe |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Li Bingjie |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Li Bingjie |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | TANG Jingzhi |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | TAN Miao |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Xu Danlu |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 7 | Li Bingjie |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | - |
| 2015 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | Sun Yang |
| 2011 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 6 | Sun Yang |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | Pang Jiaying |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | Li Bingjie |
| 1994 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Lü Bin |
| 2001 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Yang Yu |
| 2025 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Li Bingjie |
| 2024 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Li Bingjie |
| 2025 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Li Bingjie |
| 1997 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Le Jingyi |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Qu Jingyu |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | SHI Tengfei |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Hao Yun |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Wang Shun |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Ji Zhixiang |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | LI Yunqi |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Hao Yun |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Wu Jinhuang |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Zhang Lin |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Sun Yang |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Sun Yang |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Pan Zhanle |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Yu Cheng |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Zhang Lin |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Sun Yang |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Pan Zhanle |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | LU Ying |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | TANG Yi |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Tang Yi |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Ai Yanhan |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | LI Mo |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | REN Junni |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Shao Yiwen |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 4 | Yang Yu |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 4 | Yang Yu |
| 2021 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 4 | Li Bingjie |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Qin Caini |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Xu Yanwei |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Yang Yu |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Tang Yi |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Yang Junxuan |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Li Bingjie |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Li Jiaping |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Shen Xiaoyu |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Chen Hua |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Zhu Wenrui |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Liu Jing |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Bi Yirong |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Li Bingjie |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 4 | Ma Yonghui |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Zhang Lin |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 4 | Zhang Zhanshuo |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2021 | World Championship 25m | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2009 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 3 | Zhang Lin |
| 2003 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Yang Yu |
| 2005 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Yang Yu |
| 2022 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Tang Muhan |
| 2017 | World Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Li Bingjie |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Qiu Ziao |
| 2006 | Asian Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | PARK Na-Ri |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Zhang Yuhan |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Huang Guohua |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Shen Jianqiang |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Wang Dali |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Li Yunqi |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Ji Xinjie |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Wu Jinhuang |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Wang Dali |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Yan Yumin |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Zhang Lin |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Hao Yun |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Fei Liwei |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Hao Yun |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Li Miaohe |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Shen Xiaoyu |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Tang Yi |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Liu Yaxin |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Liu Yaxin |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Tang Jingzhi |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 2 | Yin Nian |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 2 | Qin Caini |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 2 | 2 | Yang Yu |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 2 | Qin Caini |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 2 | Chen Hua |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 2 | Wang Jianjiahe |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Zhang Lin |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Zhang Zhanshuo |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 400m freestyle | Men | 3 | 2 | Zhang Lin |
| 1989 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 2 | Zhuang Yong |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Lü Bin |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Xu Yanwei |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Chen Hua |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Zhang Yufei |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Li Bingjie |
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