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Lily Zhang becomes the first woman to rank No. 1 on MLTT’s Power Rankings List

MLTT Staff
November 22, 2025

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Bay Area Blasters superstar Lily Zhang became the first woman to top Major League Table Tennis’ official power rankings list on Friday.

Zhang now boasts a power rating of 787.4, which puts her ahead of Princeton’s Seungmin Cho for the highest in the league. She earned that rating after winning all three of her games against Mo Zhang on Friday (11-4, 11-6, 11-8). 

“There are some incredible players out there,” Zhang said. “So to be able to represent the girls, the women, it’s obviously such an honor and pleasure.”

This accomplishment comes just days after winning Women’s Player of the Week for Week 6. Last weekend, Zhang won seven of her nine games and boosted her power rating to 764.9, the fourth-highest in the league at the time.

Zhang is the first woman to top the league’s power rankings list, but she hopes she won’t be the last. She  told reporters after the match that she wants to be the first of many women to follow their dreams, join a professional sports league and bask in the same success that she is having.

“I just hope that a young girl is watching, and she believes that she can join the league and do the same thing,” Zhang said.

The final two matches of Zhang’s historic weekend will take place on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. EST against the Florida Crocs, and Sunday at 11 a.m. EST against the Los Angeles Spinners. You can watch these matches on tabletennis.tv, iOS, Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV.

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