Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 |
Data sources
- ATP
- WTA
- ITF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kei Nishikori ranks #51 in Tennis
Kei Nishikori ranks 51st among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 743rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 86, Longevity 82, Honours 74, Statistics 84. 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 2007–present with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes atp titles 12, grand slam finals 1, olympic medals 1, career-high ranking 4.
Immediately ahead sits Madison Keys on 79.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Carlos Alcaraz on 83.1. 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.
Kei Nishikori GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nishikori stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Nishikori comparisons
Kei Nishikori — frequently asked
- Is Kei Nishikori the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kei Nishikori ranks 51st in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 79.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Kei Nishikori's GOAT Score?
- 79.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kei Nishikori rank all time?
- 743rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 51st within Tennis.
- Kei Nishikori vs Madison Keys: who ranks higher?
- Madison Keys, on 79.6 against Kei Nishikori's 79.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.