Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 40 | |
| 1961 | 45 | |
| 1962 | 50 | |
| 1963 | 55 | |
| 1964 | 60 | |
| 1965 | 65 | |
| 1966 | 71 | |
| 1967 | 76 | |
| 1968 | 81 | |
| 1969 | 86 | |
| 1970 | 91 | |
| 1971 | 96 | |
| 1972 | 90 | |
| 1973 | 84 | |
| 1974 | 78 | |
| 1975 | 72 | |
| 1976 | 66 | |
| 1977 | 59 | |
| 1978 | 53 | |
| 1979 | 47 | |
| 1980 | 41 | |
| 1981 | 35 |
Data sources
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- ATP Tour records
- Wimbledon / Roland-Garros / US Open / Australian Open archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why John Newcombe ranks #32 in Tennis
John Newcombe ranks 32nd among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1074th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 84, 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 1960–1981 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1971, 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 major singles titles 7, wimbledon singles titles 3, major doubles titles 17, davis cup titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits John McEnroe on 87.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is John Bromwich on 86.8. 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.
John Newcombe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Newcombe stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1971. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Newcombe comparisons
John Newcombe — frequently asked
- Is John Newcombe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. John Newcombe ranks 32nd in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 87.2, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is John Newcombe's GOAT Score?
- 87.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does John Newcombe rank all time?
- 1074th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 32nd within Tennis.
- John Newcombe vs John McEnroe: who ranks higher?
- John McEnroe, on 87.3 against John Newcombe's 87.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.