Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 4 | |
| 1954 | 6 | |
| 1955 | 5 | |
| 1956 | 7 | |
| 1957 | 8 | |
| 1958 | 9 | |
| 1959 | 8 | |
| 1960 | 7 | |
| 1961 | 6 | |
| 1962 | 5 | |
| 1963 | 4 | |
| 1964 | 3 | |
| 1965 | 2 | |
| 1966 | 2 | |
| 1967 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 1 |
Data sources
- ATP
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ken Rosewall ranks #12 in Tennis
Ken Rosewall ranks 12th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 130th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 88, Longevity 94, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 1951–1980 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity 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 titles 8, pro major titles 15, career titles 133, davis cups 4.
Immediately ahead sits Pete Sampras on 91.0, a gap of 2.3 points. Directly behind is Björn Borg on 90.9. 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.
Ken Rosewall GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rosewall stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1958. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 29 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Rosewall comparisons
Ken Rosewall — frequently asked
- Is Ken Rosewall the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ken Rosewall ranks 12th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Ken Rosewall's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ken Rosewall rank all time?
- 130th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 12th within Tennis.
- Ken Rosewall vs Pete Sampras: who ranks higher?
- Pete Sampras, on 91.0 against Ken Rosewall's 88.7 — a margin of 2.3 points.