Apidej Sit Hirun
อภิเดช ศิษย์หิรัญ
A fighter of the 1960s, named as the standard by which a muay thai kick is measured, and later a trainer at Fairtex.
People
Written up here, and then a census of everyone the open record holds.
Buakaw Banchamek
บัวขาว บัญชาเมฆ
Born Sombat Banchamek, 8 May 1982. Omnoi champion at two weights, and the fighter who won K-1 Max in Japan in 2004 and again in 2006.
Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn
ดีเซลน้อย ช.ธนะสุกาญจน์
Born Charin Sondee, 27 December 1961, Nakhon Luang district, Ayutthaya. Lumpinee lightweight champion, and the tallest knee fighter anyone had seen.
Kham Kaiwai
คำ กาไวย์
25 May 1934 – 24 February 2014, born at Nam Phrae in Hang Dong district, Chiang Mai. National Artist in the performing arts (folk performance), 2535…
Khet Sriyaphai
เขตร ศรียาภัย
Son of Phraya Wachi Sattayarak, governor of Chaiya, and author of *Parithat Muay Thai* — the book through which most of what is known about Muay…
Manop Yarana
มานพ ยาระณะ
5 September 1930 – 22 November 2015, Chiang Mai. National Artist in the performing arts, 2548 BE, for Lanna dance, martial arts and drumming.
Nai Khanom Tom
นายขนมต้ม
A rope-handed boxer of Ayutthaya, taken prisoner when the city fell, who is said to have beaten nine or ten Burmese and Mon fighters in front of the…
Nong Toom
น้องตุ้ม
Parinya Charoenphol, born 9 June 1981. A kathoey fighter whose win at Lumpini Stadium in February 1998 made her the most photographed person in the…
Phraya Phichai of the Broken Sword
พระยาพิชัยดาบหัก
A general of King Taksin, from Tha Sao in Uttaradit, said to have trained as a boxer before he was a soldier. Muay Thasao carries his name alongside…
Rodtang Jitmuangnon
รถถัง จิตรเมืองนนท์
Born Tinnakorn Srisawat, 23 July 1997. Professional since 2013, Omnoi champion at 130lb, and the longest-reigning ONE flyweight muay thai world…
Saenchai
แสนชัย
Born Suphachai Saepong, 30 July 1980. Six-time Lumpinee champion across four divisions, fighter of the year in 1999 and 2008.
Samart Payakaroon
สามารถ พยัคฆ์อรุณ
Born Samart Thip-thamai, 5 December 1962, Bang Pakong district, Chachoengsao. The fighter most often named when Thais argue about the best there has…
Somrak Khamsing
สมรักษ์ คำสิงห์
Born 16 January 1973 in Ban Phai district, Khon Kaen, into a poor family. Won featherweight gold at Atlanta in 1996 — the first Olympic gold medal…
Who the record remembers
ใครที่บันทึกจำไว้
A census of everyone Wikidata records as a Thai boxer by occupation. It is a fact about the encyclopedia, not about the sport, and the gap between…
The Tiger King
พระเจ้าเสือ
King Sanphet VIII of Ayutthaya, reigned 1703–1709. Thai Wikipedia's article on the mae mai opens by attributing the fifteen to him, on the authority…
Who the record remembers
1,186on record
248Thai
5Thai women
179women in all
343with a Thai name
This counts entries in Wikidata, not fighters. Sorted by how many Wikipedias hold an entry, the top of the list is Shaquille O'Neal — and in the wider cohort, Batman. So nothing here is a ranking. The shape is still worth having: it is a measurement of who gets written about.
By country
| Thailand | 248 | |
| United States | 111 | |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | 65 | |
| France | 59 | |
| United Kingdom | 43 | |
| Brazil | 37 | |
| Russia | 35 | |
| Sweden | 28 | |
| Australia | 22 | |
| Canada | 21 | |
| Belarus | 19 | |
| Turkey | 18 | |
| Italy | 18 | |
| Germany | 17 | |
| Finland | 17 | |
| Belgium | 15 |
By decade of birth
| 1900s | 1 | |
| 1910s | 3 | |
| 1920s | 4 | |
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 13 | |
| 1950s | 38 | |
| 1960s | 103 | |
| 1970s | 222 | |
| 1980s | 419 | |
| 1990s | 250 | |
| 2000s | 57 |
By gender, as Wikidata records it
| male | 966 |
| female | 179 |
| unstated | 39 |
| kathoey | 1 |
| trans woman | 1 |
Of the 248 Thai entries, 5 are women. Thailand's women's cards are full and its gyms are full; this is a measurement of who gets written up.