Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 91
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 3 | |
| 1963 | 5 | |
| 1964 | 6 | |
| 1965 | 8 | |
| 1966 | 11 | |
| 1967 | 9 | |
| 1968 | 7 | |
| 1969 | 10 | |
| 1970 | 17 | |
| 1971 | 12 | |
| 1972 | 9 | |
| 1973 | 7 | |
| 1974 | 5 | |
| 1975 | 4 | |
| 1976 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 2 | |
| 1978 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 1 |
Data sources
- WTA
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Billie Jean King ranks #10 in Tennis
Billie Jean King ranks 10th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 108th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 91, Statistics 88. 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 1959–1983 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1970, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam singles titles 12, grand slam titles (all) 39, wimbledon titles (all) 20, career singles titles 129.
Immediately ahead sits Chris Evert on 91.5, a gap of 1.7 points. Directly behind is Pete Sampras on 91.0. 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.
Billie Jean King GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far King stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1970. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours91/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 91/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top King comparisons
Billie Jean King — frequently asked
- Is Billie Jean King the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Billie Jean King ranks 10th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 89.8, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Billie Jean King's GOAT Score?
- 89.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 91 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Billie Jean King rank all time?
- 108th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Tennis.
- Billie Jean King vs Chris Evert: who ranks higher?
- Chris Evert, on 91.5 against Billie Jean King's 89.8 — a margin of 1.7 points.