Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 55 | |
| 1937 | 65 | |
| 1938 | 76 | |
| 1939 | 86 | |
| 1940 | 96 | |
| 1941 | 90 | |
| 1942 | 85 | |
| 1943 | 79 | |
| 1944 | 74 | |
| 1945 | 68 | |
| 1946 | 62 | |
| 1947 | 57 | |
| 1948 | 51 | |
| 1949 | 46 | |
| 1950 | 40 |
Data sources
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- ATP and Grand Slam records
- Wimbledon official archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Don McNeill ranks #55 in Tennis
Don McNeill ranks 55th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1436th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 80, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 1936–1950 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1940, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 2, us doubles titles 1, davis cup ties 2, seasons played 15.
Immediately ahead sits Sania Mirza on 85.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Monica Seles on 84.7. 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.
Don McNeill GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McNeill stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1940. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top McNeill comparisons
Don McNeill — frequently asked
- Is Don McNeill the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Don McNeill ranks 55th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Don McNeill's GOAT Score?
- 85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Don McNeill rank all time?
- 1436th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 55th within Tennis.
- Don McNeill vs Sania Mirza: who ranks higher?
- Don McNeill, on 85.0 against Sania Mirza's 85.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.