RSOS_Supplementary Material_TableS1 from Prevalence of left-handers and their role in antagonistic sports: beyond mere counts toward more in-depth distributional analysis of ranking data

Table S1 Prevalence of left-handed athletes. Frequencies of left-handed female and male athletes listed in the top-300 of year-end world rankings between 2004 and 2023 for fencing (épée, foil, sabre) and interactive ball sports (table tennis, tennis, badminton). Variation in left-hander frequencies was assessed across high, medium, and low ranking groups using ranking intervals of 100 (ranks 1–100 vs. 101–200 vs. 201–300), and 50 (ranks 1–50 vs. 126–175 vs. 251–300). Results from χ² goodness-of-fit tests compare left-hander frequencies among athletes with those of left-handers in the general population (females: 9.5%; males: 11.6%; Papadatou-Pastou et al., 2020).