Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 11 | |
| 1974 | 15 | |
| 1975 | 12 | |
| 1976 | 12 | |
| 1977 | 8 | |
| 1978 | 10 | |
| 1979 | 6 | |
| 1980 | 5 | |
| 1981 | 4 | |
| 1982 | 6 | |
| 1983 | 5 | |
| 1984 | 4 | |
| 1985 | 3 | |
| 1986 | 2 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 0 |
Data sources
- ATP
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jimmy Connors ranks #14 in Tennis
Jimmy Connors ranks 14th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 154th of 1063 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 90, Longevity 92, Honours 84, Statistics 92. 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 1972–1996 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1974, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 titles 8, career titles 109, weeks at no. 1 268, match wins 1274.
Immediately ahead sits Björn Borg on 90.9, a gap of 2.4 points. Directly behind is Andre Agassi on 88.1. 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.
Jimmy Connors GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Connors stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1974. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Connors comparisons
Jimmy Connors — frequently asked
- Is Jimmy Connors the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jimmy Connors ranks 14th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 88.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Jimmy Connors's GOAT Score?
- 88.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jimmy Connors rank all time?
- 154th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 14th within Tennis.
- Jimmy Connors vs Björn Borg: who ranks higher?
- Björn Borg, on 90.9 against Jimmy Connors's 88.5 — a margin of 2.4 points.