diff --git a/cypress/fixtures/Table.md b/cypress/fixtures/Table.md
index 546ecb189e4..199584abb14 100644
--- a/cypress/fixtures/Table.md
+++ b/cypress/fixtures/Table.md
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ This is a table
 
 | Header | other Header |
 |--------|--------------|
-| Cell | other cell |
-| Cell | other cell |
+| Cell   | other cell   |
+| Cell   | other cell   |
 
 ## Create a table
 
@@ -54,40 +54,40 @@ did insertTable
 
 ## Add a new row at the end
 
-|  |  |  |
-|--|--|--|
-|  |  |  |
+|  |  |             |
+|--|--|-------------|
+|  |  |             |
 |  |  | addRowAfter |
 
 
 ---
 
-|  |  |  |
-|--|--|--|
-|  |  |  |
+|  |  |                 |
+|--|--|-----------------|
+|  |  |                 |
 |  |  | did addRowAfter |
-|  |  |  |
+|  |  |                 |
 
 ## Add a new column at the end
 
-|  |  |  |
-|--|--|--|
-|  |  |  |
+|  |  |                |
+|--|--|----------------|
+|  |  |                |
 |  |  | addColumnAfter |
 
 
 ---
 
-|  |  |  |  |
-|--|--|--|--|
-|  |  |  |  |
+|  |  |                    |  |
+|--|--|--------------------|--|
+|  |  |                    |  |
 |  |  | did addColumnAfter |  |
 
 ## Delete row at the end
 
-|  |  |  |
-|--|--|--|
-|  |  |  |
+|  |  |           |
+|--|--|-----------|
+|  |  |           |
 |  |  | deleteRow |
 
 
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ did insertTable
 
 ## Delete column at the end
 
-|  |  |  |
-|--|--|--|
-|  |  |  |
+|  |  |              |
+|--|--|--------------|
+|  |  |              |
 |  |  | deleteColumn |
 
 
diff --git a/src/nodes/Table/Table.js b/src/nodes/Table/Table.js
index 64469fe9571..aa4d6548508 100644
--- a/src/nodes/Table/Table.js
+++ b/src/nodes/Table/Table.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 	selectedRect,
 	selectionCell,
 } from '@tiptap/pm/tables'
+import { Node } from '@tiptap/pm/model'
 
 /**
  *
@@ -66,6 +67,50 @@ function findSameCellInNextRow($cell) {
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {Node} node - Table node
+ */
+function getColumns(node) {
+	const columns = []
+
+	node.content.forEach((row) => {
+		row.content.forEach((cell, offset, columnIndex) => {
+			if (!columns[columnIndex]) {
+				columns[columnIndex] = []
+			}
+			columns[columnIndex].push(cell)
+		})
+	})
+
+	return columns
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {Array} columns - Columns of table
+ */
+function calculateColumnWidths(columns) {
+	const widths = []
+
+	columns.forEach((column) => {
+		let maxWidth = 0
+
+		column.forEach((cell) => {
+			let cellWidth = 0
+			cell.content.forEach(node => {
+				cellWidth += (node.text?.length || 6)
+				if (node.text?.includes('|')) cellWidth += 1
+			})
+			maxWidth = Math.max(maxWidth, cellWidth)
+		})
+
+		widths.push(maxWidth)
+	})
+
+	return widths
+}
+
 export default Table.extend({
 	content: 'tableCaption? tableHeadRow tableRow*',
 
@@ -178,6 +223,9 @@ export default Table.extend({
 	},
 
 	toMarkdown(state, node) {
+		const columns = getColumns(node)
+		state.options.columnWidths = calculateColumnWidths(columns)
+		state.options.currentHeaderIndex = 0
 		state.renderContent(node)
 		state.closeBlock(node)
 	},
diff --git a/src/nodes/Table/TableCell.js b/src/nodes/Table/TableCell.js
index aa622a8de03..9e5139388f8 100644
--- a/src/nodes/Table/TableCell.js
+++ b/src/nodes/Table/TableCell.js
@@ -8,10 +8,30 @@ export default TableCell.extend({
 	toMarkdown(state, node) {
 		state.write(' ')
 		const backup = state.options?.escapeExtraCharacters
+		const columnIndex = state.options.currentColumnIndex
 		state.options.escapeExtraCharacters = /\|/
+
+		let cellRenderedContentLength = 0
+		node.content.forEach((childNode, offset, index) => {
+			cellRenderedContentLength += (childNode.text?.length || 6)
+			if (childNode.text?.includes('|')) cellRenderedContentLength += 1
+			if (childNode.attrs.syntax === '  ') node.child(index).attrs.syntax = 'html'
+		})
+		const columnWidth = state.options.columnWidths[columnIndex]
+		const align = node.attrs?.textAlign || 'left'
+		const space = columnWidth - cellRenderedContentLength
+		const leftPadding = Math.floor(space / 2)
+		const rightPadding = Math.ceil(space / 2)
+
+		if (align === 'center') state.write(' '.repeat(leftPadding))
+		if (align === 'right') state.write(' '.repeat(space))
 		state.renderInline(node)
+		if (align === 'center') state.write(' '.repeat(rightPadding))
+		if (align === 'left') state.write(' '.repeat(space))
+
 		state.options.escapeExtraCharacters = backup
 		state.write(' |')
+		state.options.currentColumnIndex++
 	},
 
 	parseHTML() {
diff --git a/src/nodes/Table/TableHeadRow.js b/src/nodes/Table/TableHeadRow.js
index 677780389d6..f85846fc1da 100644
--- a/src/nodes/Table/TableHeadRow.js
+++ b/src/nodes/Table/TableHeadRow.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ export default TableRow.extend({
 		state.renderInline(node)
 		state.ensureNewLine()
 		state.write('|')
-		node.forEach(cell => {
-			let row = state.repeat('-', cell.textContent.length + 2)
+		node.forEach((cell, offset, index) => {
+			let row = state.repeat('-', state.options.columnWidths[index] + 2)
 			const align = cell.attrs?.textAlign
 			if (align === 'center' || align === 'left') row = ':' + row.slice(1)
 			if (align === 'center' || align === 'right') row = row.slice(0, -1) + ':'
diff --git a/src/nodes/Table/TableHeader.js b/src/nodes/Table/TableHeader.js
index a56a7708d1f..e9064dd2129 100644
--- a/src/nodes/Table/TableHeader.js
+++ b/src/nodes/Table/TableHeader.js
@@ -4,9 +4,21 @@ export default TableHeader.extend({
 	content: 'inline*',
 
 	toMarkdown(state, node) {
+		const headerIndex = state.options.currentHeaderIndex
+		const columnWidth = state.options.columnWidths[headerIndex]
+		const align = node.attrs?.textAlign || 'left'
+		const space = columnWidth - node.content.size
+		const leftPadding = Math.floor(space / 2)
+		const rightPadding = Math.ceil(space / 2)
+
 		state.write(' ')
+		if (align === 'center') state.write(' '.repeat(leftPadding))
+		if (align === 'right') state.write(' '.repeat(space))
 		state.renderInline(node)
+		if (align === 'center') state.write(' '.repeat(rightPadding))
+		if (align === 'left') state.write(' '.repeat(space))
 		state.write(' |')
+		state.options.currentHeaderIndex++
 	},
 
 	parseHTML() {
diff --git a/src/nodes/Table/TableRow.js b/src/nodes/Table/TableRow.js
index b6ce01d823b..6525f6ab74a 100644
--- a/src/nodes/Table/TableRow.js
+++ b/src/nodes/Table/TableRow.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export default TableRow.extend({
 
 	toMarkdown(state, node) {
 		state.write('|')
+		state.options.currentColumnIndex = 0
 		state.renderInline(node)
 		state.ensureNewLine()
 	},
diff --git a/src/tests/fixtures/tables/basic/table.md b/src/tests/fixtures/tables/basic/table.md
index d26d08b4c8a..6bdd34bb7b9 100644
--- a/src/tests/fixtures/tables/basic/table.md
+++ b/src/tests/fixtures/tables/basic/table.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-| heading | heading 2 | heading 3 |
-|:-------:|----------:|-----------|
-| center | right | left cell <br />with line break |
+| heading | heading 2 | heading 3                       |
+|:-------:|----------:|---------------------------------|
+| center  |     right | left cell <br />with line break |
diff --git a/src/tests/markdown.spec.js b/src/tests/markdown.spec.js
index 61c6375dc51..05f288d49ab 100644
--- a/src/tests/markdown.spec.js
+++ b/src/tests/markdown.spec.js
@@ -200,17 +200,17 @@ describe('Markdown serializer from html', () => {
 	})
 
 	test('table', () => {
-		expect(markdownThroughEditorHtml('<table><tbody><tr><th>greetings</th></tr><tr><td>hello</td></tr></tbody></table>')).toBe('| greetings |\n|-----------|\n| hello |\n')
+		expect(markdownThroughEditorHtml('<table><tbody><tr><th>greetings</th></tr><tr><td>hello</td></tr></tbody></table>')).toBe('| greetings |\n|-----------|\n| hello     |\n')
 	})
 
 	test('table cell escaping', () => {
 		// while '|' has no special meaning in commonmark is has to be escaped for GFM tables
-		expect(markdownThroughEditorHtml('<table><tr><th>greetings</th></tr><tr><td>hello | hallo</td></tr></table>')).toBe('| greetings |\n|-----------|\n| hello \\| hallo |\n')
+		expect(markdownThroughEditorHtml('<table><tr><th>greetings</th></tr><tr><td>hello | hallo</td></tr></table>')).toBe('| greetings      |\n|----------------|\n| hello \\| hallo |\n')
 	})
 
 	test('table pastes (#2708)', () => {
 		// while '|' has no special meaning in commonmark is has to be escaped for GFM tables
-		expect(markdownFromPaste('<table><tbody><tr><th>greetings</th></tr><tr><td>hello</td></tr></tbody></table>')).toBe('| greetings |\n|-----------|\n| hello |\n')
+		expect(markdownFromPaste('<table><tbody><tr><th>greetings</th></tr><tr><td>hello</td></tr></tbody></table>')).toBe('| greetings |\n|-----------|\n| hello     |\n')
 	})
 
 	test('front matter', () => {