Sora Matsushima leads the men's table tennis rankings with 8,550 points in the 12 October figures cited by VnExpress. Felix Lebrun is second on 6,659 and Tomokazu Harimoto third on 6,363, with Wang Chuqin fifth. Matsushima's China Smash title strengthened his position, although he had already reached number one before that tournament ended. The figures are a reported ranking snapshot, without guaranteeing the order at the end of the year.