Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | |
| 1971 | 7 | |
| 1972 | 12 | |
| 1973 | 15 | |
| 1974 | 8 | |
| 1975 | 6 | |
| 1976 | 4 | |
| 1977 | 3 | |
| 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | 1 | |
| 1980 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 0 |
Data sources
- ATP
- WTA
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ilie Năstase ranks #19 in Tennis
Ilie Năstase ranks 19th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 497th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 86, Statistics 92. 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 1966–1985 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1973, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam singles titles 2, career singles titles 64, weeks at no. 1 40, year-end masters titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Jimmy Connors on 88.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Doris Hart on 88.4. 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.
Ilie Năstase GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Năstase stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1973. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Năstase comparisons
Ilie Năstase — frequently asked
- Is Ilie Năstase the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ilie Năstase ranks 19th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 88.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Ilie Năstase's GOAT Score?
- 88.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ilie Năstase rank all time?
- 497th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 19th within Tennis.
- Ilie Năstase vs Jimmy Connors: who ranks higher?
- Ilie Năstase, on 88.5 against Jimmy Connors's 88.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.