Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 89
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2 | |
| 1986 | 6 | |
| 1987 | 4 | |
| 1988 | 3 | |
| 1989 | 5 | |
| 1990 | 6 | |
| 1991 | 4 | |
| 1992 | 5 | |
| 1993 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 0 |
Data sources
- ATP
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Boris Becker ranks #29 in Tennis
Boris Becker ranks 29th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 567th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 89, Longevity 82, Honours 82, Statistics 84. 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 1984–1999 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1986, which sets the Peak component at 89. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 89 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam titles 6, wimbledon titles 3, career titles 49, weeks at no. 1 12.
Immediately ahead sits Monica Seles on 84.7, a gap of 1.5 points. Directly behind is Guillermo Vilas on 82.7. 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.
Boris Becker GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Becker stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak89/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1986. Scored 89/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Becker comparisons
Boris Becker — frequently asked
- Is Boris Becker the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Boris Becker ranks 29th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 83.2, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Boris Becker's GOAT Score?
- 83.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 89 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Boris Becker rank all time?
- 567th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within Tennis.
- Boris Becker vs Monica Seles: who ranks higher?
- Monica Seles, on 84.7 against Boris Becker's 83.2 — a margin of 1.5 points.