Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 55 | |
| 1900 | 63 | |
| 1901 | 71 | |
| 1902 | 78 | |
| 1903 | 86 | |
| 1904 | 94 | |
| 1905 | 70 | |
| 1906 | 45 |
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 Holcombe Ward ranks #69 in Tennis
Holcombe Ward ranks 69th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1588th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 76, Honours 88, 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 1899–1906 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1904, 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 us singles titles 1, us doubles titles 6, davis cup titles 3, seasons played 8.
Immediately ahead sits William Larned on 84.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Herbert Lawford on 84.1. 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.
Holcombe Ward GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ward stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1904. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Ward comparisons
Holcombe Ward — frequently asked
- Is Holcombe Ward the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Holcombe Ward ranks 69th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.2, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Holcombe Ward's GOAT Score?
- 84.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Holcombe Ward rank all time?
- 1588th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 69th within Tennis.
- Holcombe Ward vs William Larned: who ranks higher?
- Holcombe Ward, on 84.2 against William Larned's 84.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.