Category profile
- Dominance
- 91
- Peak
- 91
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 91
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 11 | |
| 1974 | 16 | |
| 1975 | 16 | |
| 1976 | 12 | |
| 1977 | 11 | |
| 1978 | 9 | |
| 1979 | 8 | |
| 1980 | 9 | |
| 1981 | 8 | |
| 1982 | 8 | |
| 1983 | 6 | |
| 1984 | 5 | |
| 1985 | 6 | |
| 1986 | 4 | |
| 1987 | 3 | |
| 1988 | 1 |
Data sources
- WTA
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Chris Evert ranks #9 in Tennis
Chris Evert ranks 9th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 62nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 91, Peak 91, Longevity 92, Honours 91, Statistics 93. 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 1972–1989 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1974, which sets the Peak component at 91. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam titles 18, french open titles 7, career titles 157, weeks at no. 1 260.
Immediately ahead sits Margaret Court on 92.5, a gap of 1.0 points. Directly behind is Billie Jean King on 89.8. 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.
Chris Evert GOAT Score explained
- Dominance91/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Evert stood above the field while competing. Scored 91/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak91/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1974. Scored 91/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours91/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 91/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
Top Evert comparisons
Chris Evert — frequently asked
- Is Chris Evert the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Chris Evert ranks 9th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 91.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Chris Evert's GOAT Score?
- 91.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 91 (25%), Peak 91 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 91 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Chris Evert rank all time?
- 62nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 9th within Tennis.
- Chris Evert vs Margaret Court: who ranks higher?
- Margaret Court, on 92.5 against Chris Evert's 91.5 — a margin of 1.0 points.