Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 40 | |
| 1913 | 46 | |
| 1914 | 52 | |
| 1915 | 57 | |
| 1916 | 63 | |
| 1917 | 69 | |
| 1918 | 75 | |
| 1919 | 81 | |
| 1920 | 86 | |
| 1921 | 92 | |
| 1922 | 98 | |
| 1923 | 95 | |
| 1924 | 92 | |
| 1925 | 90 | |
| 1926 | 87 | |
| 1927 | 84 | |
| 1928 | 81 | |
| 1929 | 78 | |
| 1930 | 75 | |
| 1931 | 73 | |
| 1932 | 70 | |
| 1933 | 67 | |
| 1934 | 64 | |
| 1935 | 61 | |
| 1936 | 58 | |
| 1937 | 56 | |
| 1938 | 53 | |
| 1939 | 50 | |
| 1940 | 47 | |
| 1941 | 44 | |
| 1942 | 41 | |
| 1943 | 39 | |
| 1944 | 36 | |
| 1945 | 33 | |
| 1946 | 30 |
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 Tilden ranks #10 in Tennis
Bill Tilden ranks 10th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 342nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 96, Longevity 84, Honours 94, Statistics 90. 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 1912–1946 with 35 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1922, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major singles titles 10, us championships titles 7, wimbledon titles 3, davis cup titles 7.
Immediately ahead sits Margaret Court on 92.5, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Chris Evert on 91.5. 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 Tilden GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Tilden stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1922. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 34 years of competition and 35 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Tilden comparisons
Bill Tilden — frequently asked
- Is Bill Tilden the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Tilden ranks 10th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 91.8, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Bill Tilden's GOAT Score?
- 91.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Tilden rank all time?
- 342nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Tennis.
- Bill Tilden vs Margaret Court: who ranks higher?
- Margaret Court, on 92.5 against Bill Tilden's 91.8 — a margin of 0.7 points.