Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 40 | |
| 1937 | 59 | |
| 1938 | 78 | |
| 1939 | 97 | |
| 1940 | 93 | |
| 1941 | 89 | |
| 1942 | 85 | |
| 1943 | 82 | |
| 1944 | 78 | |
| 1945 | 74 | |
| 1946 | 70 | |
| 1947 | 66 | |
| 1948 | 62 | |
| 1949 | 59 | |
| 1950 | 55 | |
| 1951 | 51 | |
| 1952 | 47 | |
| 1953 | 43 | |
| 1954 | 39 | |
| 1955 | 35 | |
| 1956 | 32 | |
| 1957 | 28 | |
| 1958 | 24 | |
| 1959 | 20 |
Data sources
- ATP Tour records
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Grand Slam archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bobby Riggs ranks #43 in Tennis
Bobby Riggs ranks 43rd among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1299th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 84, 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 1936–1959 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1939, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major singles titles 3, wimbledon titles in one year 3, world professional titles 3, us championships 2.
Immediately ahead sits Suzanne Lenglen on 85.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ken McGregor on 85.8. 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.
Bobby Riggs GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Riggs stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1939. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Riggs comparisons
Bobby Riggs — frequently asked
- Is Bobby Riggs the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bobby Riggs ranks 43rd in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Bobby Riggs's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bobby Riggs rank all time?
- 1299th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 43rd within Tennis.
- Bobby Riggs vs Suzanne Lenglen: who ranks higher?
- Bobby Riggs, on 85.8 against Suzanne Lenglen's 85.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.