Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 50 | |
| 1952 | 59 | |
| 1953 | 69 | |
| 1954 | 78 | |
| 1955 | 88 | |
| 1956 | 97 | |
| 1957 | 92 | |
| 1958 | 87 | |
| 1959 | 82 | |
| 1960 | 76 | |
| 1961 | 71 | |
| 1962 | 66 | |
| 1963 | 61 | |
| 1964 | 56 | |
| 1965 | 51 | |
| 1966 | 45 | |
| 1967 | 40 | |
| 1968 | 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 Lew Hoad ranks #103 in Tennis
Lew Hoad ranks 103rd among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1956th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 94, Longevity 72, Honours 84, Statistics 80. 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 1951–1968 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1956, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 major singles titles 4, wimbledon titles 2, major doubles titles 8, davis cup titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Pat Rafter on 82.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is William Clothier on 82.5. 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.
Lew Hoad GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hoad stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1956. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Hoad comparisons
Lew Hoad — frequently asked
- Is Lew Hoad the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lew Hoad ranks 103rd in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 82.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Lew Hoad's GOAT Score?
- 82.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lew Hoad rank all time?
- 1956th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 103rd within Tennis.
- Lew Hoad vs Pat Rafter: who ranks higher?
- Lew Hoad, on 82.5 against Pat Rafter's 82.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.