Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 87
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 0 |
Data sources
- WTA
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kim Clijsters ranks #45 in Tennis
Kim Clijsters ranks 45th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 705th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 87, Longevity 80, Honours 80, Statistics 82. 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 1997–2020 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, which sets the Peak component at 87. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 87 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam titles 4, us open titles 3, career titles 41, weeks at no. 1 20.
Immediately ahead sits Iga Świątek on 83.8, a gap of 3.1 points. Directly behind is Karolína Plíšková on 80.3. 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.
Kim Clijsters GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Clijsters stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak87/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2003. Scored 87/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Clijsters comparisons
Kim Clijsters — frequently asked
- Is Kim Clijsters the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kim Clijsters ranks 45th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 80.7, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Kim Clijsters's GOAT Score?
- 80.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 87 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kim Clijsters rank all time?
- 705th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 45th within Tennis.
- Kim Clijsters vs Iga Świątek: who ranks higher?
- Iga Świątek, on 83.8 against Kim Clijsters's 80.7 — a margin of 3.1 points.