Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 45 | |
| 1999 | 55 | |
| 2000 | 65 | |
| 2001 | 76 | |
| 2002 | 86 | |
| 2003 | 96 | |
| 2004 | 92 | |
| 2005 | 88 | |
| 2006 | 83 | |
| 2007 | 79 | |
| 2008 | 75 | |
| 2009 | 71 | |
| 2010 | 67 | |
| 2011 | 63 | |
| 2012 | 58 | |
| 2013 | 54 | |
| 2014 | 50 | |
| 2015 | 46 | |
| 2016 | 42 | |
| 2017 | 38 | |
| 2018 | 33 | |
| 2019 | 29 | |
| 2020 | 25 |
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 Lleyton Hewitt ranks #40 in Tennis
Lleyton Hewitt ranks 40th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1273rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 86, 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 1998–2020 with 23 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major singles titles 2, weeks at world number one 80, career singles titles 30, davis cup titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Sara Errani on 85.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Gottfried von Cramm on 85.9. 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.
Lleyton Hewitt GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hewitt stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2003. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 23 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Hewitt comparisons
Lleyton Hewitt — frequently asked
- Is Lleyton Hewitt the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lleyton Hewitt ranks 40th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Lleyton Hewitt's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lleyton Hewitt rank all time?
- 1273rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 40th within Tennis.
- Lleyton Hewitt vs Sara Errani: who ranks higher?
- Lleyton Hewitt, on 85.9 against Sara Errani's 85.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.