Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 76
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 0 |
Data sources
- ATP
- WTA
- ITF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Li Na ranks #79 in Tennis
Li Na ranks 79th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 904th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 75.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 84, Longevity 70, Honours 74, Statistics 76. 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 1999–2014 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam titles 2, career singles titles 9, best world ranking 2, wta finals appearances 4.
Immediately ahead sits Alexander Zverev on 74.8, a gap of -0.2 points. Directly behind is Ashleigh Barty on 76.7. 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.
Li Na GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Li stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics76/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 76/100.
Top Li comparisons
Li Na — frequently asked
- Is Li Na the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Li Na ranks 79th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 75.0, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Li Na's GOAT Score?
- 75.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 76 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Li Na rank all time?
- 904th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 79th within Tennis.
- Li Na vs Alexander Zverev: who ranks higher?
- Li Na, on 75.0 against Alexander Zverev's 74.8 — a margin of 0.2 points.