Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 55 | |
| 1916 | 65 | |
| 1917 | 75 | |
| 1918 | 84 | |
| 1919 | 94 | |
| 1920 | 88 | |
| 1921 | 82 | |
| 1922 | 76 | |
| 1923 | 70 | |
| 1924 | 63 | |
| 1925 | 57 | |
| 1926 | 51 | |
| 1927 | 45 |
Data sources
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- ATP Tour records
- Wimbledon / Roland-Garros / US Open / Australian Open archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bill Johnston ranks #158 in Tennis
Bill Johnston ranks 158th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 2412th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 72, Honours 80, Statistics 80. Those categories are normalised against the full Tennis reference universe of 250 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1915–1927 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1919, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major singles titles 3, us championships titles 2, wimbledon titles 1, davis cup titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Richard Sears on 80.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Karolína Plíšková on 80.3. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Bill Johnston GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Johnston stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1919. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Johnston comparisons
Bill Johnston — frequently asked
- Is Bill Johnston the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Johnston ranks 158th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 80.4, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Bill Johnston's GOAT Score?
- 80.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Johnston rank all time?
- 2412th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 158th within Tennis.
- Bill Johnston vs Richard Sears: who ranks higher?
- Bill Johnston, on 80.4 against Richard Sears's 80.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.