Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 50 | |
| 1879 | 55 | |
| 1880 | 60 | |
| 1881 | 65 | |
| 1882 | 70 | |
| 1883 | 74 | |
| 1884 | 79 | |
| 1885 | 84 | |
| 1886 | 89 | |
| 1887 | 94 | |
| 1888 | 85 | |
| 1889 | 76 | |
| 1890 | 67 | |
| 1891 | 58 | |
| 1892 | 49 | |
| 1893 | 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 Herbert Lawford ranks #70 in Tennis
Herbert Lawford ranks 70th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1607th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 82, 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 1878–1893 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1887, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes wimbledon titles 1, wimbledon finals 6, irish championships titles 3, seasons played 16.
Immediately ahead sits Holcombe Ward on 84.2, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Oliver Campbell on 84.0. 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.
Herbert Lawford GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lawford stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1887. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Lawford comparisons
Herbert Lawford — frequently asked
- Is Herbert Lawford the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Herbert Lawford ranks 70th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.1, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Herbert Lawford's GOAT Score?
- 84.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Herbert Lawford rank all time?
- 1607th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 70th within Tennis.
- Herbert Lawford vs Holcombe Ward: who ranks higher?
- Holcombe Ward, on 84.2 against Herbert Lawford's 84.1 — a margin of 0.1 points.