Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 3 | |
| 1920 | 2 | |
| 1921 | 2 | |
| 1922 | 3 | |
| 1923 | 2 | |
| 1924 | 2 | |
| 1925 | 1 | |
| 1926 | 1 | |
| 1927 | 2 | |
| 1928 | 1 | |
| 1929 | 1 | |
| 1930 | 0 |
Data sources
- ATP
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Wimbledon
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gerald Patterson ranks #43 in Tennis
Gerald Patterson ranks 43rd among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 929th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 82, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Tennis reference universe of 251 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1914–1932 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1919, 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 3, grand slam doubles titles 5, davis cup titles 1, wimbledon titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Manuel Santana on 84.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Marin Čilić on 83.9. 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.
Gerald Patterson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Patterson stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1919. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Patterson comparisons
Gerald Patterson — frequently asked
- Is Gerald Patterson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gerald Patterson ranks 43rd in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.2, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Gerald Patterson's GOAT Score?
- 84.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gerald Patterson rank all time?
- 929th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 43rd within Tennis.
- Gerald Patterson vs Manuel Santana: who ranks higher?
- Gerald Patterson, on 84.2 against Manuel Santana's 84.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.