(by: Major League Table Tennis)
Major League Table Tennis’ top Season 3 players aren’t the names you would expect. Some are rookies, others are improved players, and a few crack the top ten due to a few things they do very well. But these players have shaped not just their teams, but MLTT as a whole so far. Here are the 10 top players so far in Season 3.
1. Kang Dong-Soo: Portland Paddlers
Singles: 14-4 (77.8%)
Golden Game: 18-18
Power Rating: 784.1
The Portland Paddlers made a massive investment in Kang Dong-Soo, drafting the Korean doubles champion in the second round of the 2025 MLTT Draft. It’s hard to imagine that Christian Lillieroos expected his rookie to contribute like this. When matches seemed lost — especially against the Los Angeles Spinners on Friday — Kang would come in, decimate his opponent, and turn the momentum. His 8-1 singles record in Week 3, as well as his Player of the Week honors for Week 3, further cement him as the best player in MLTT at this moment.
2. Koki Niwa: New York Slice
Singles: 6-3 (66.7%)
Doubles: 4-2 (66.7%)
Golden Game: 12-10
Power Rating: 772.2
Koki Niwa is not a mere rookie. He’s one of the most decorated table tennis players in Japanese history. He’s a two-time Olympic medalist. He retired from international competition because he wanted to “pass the torch” to younger Japanese players, many of whom looked up to him. Now, he’s in MLTT. And he willed the Slice to a 2-1 record in Week 2, using the quickness and intensity that make him one of the best chop blockers in the world. Singles? Doubles? He’s dominated both events at the MLTT level, and he did so with style.
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Major League Table Tennis hits Bensenville Oct 24–26 at Energy VBC. The home team Chicago Wind (Robert Gardos, Emmanuel Lebesson, Alex Cazacu, Sean Zhang, Daniel Tran, and Mo Zhang), led by coach Eric Owens, defend home court against the Portland Paddlers, Princeton Revolution, Chicago Wind, and one of the new expansion teams New York Slice.
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