Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 35 | |
| 1953 | 47 | |
| 1954 | 59 | |
| 1955 | 71 | |
| 1956 | 83 | |
| 1957 | 95 | |
| 1958 | 90 | |
| 1959 | 85 | |
| 1960 | 80 | |
| 1961 | 75 | |
| 1962 | 70 | |
| 1963 | 65 | |
| 1964 | 60 | |
| 1965 | 55 | |
| 1966 | 50 | |
| 1967 | 45 | |
| 1968 | 40 | |
| 1969 | 35 | |
| 1970 | 30 | |
| 1971 | 25 | |
| 1972 | 20 |
Data sources
- ATP Tour records
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Grand Slam archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mal Anderson ranks #135 in Tennis
Mal Anderson ranks 135th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 2235th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 78, 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 1952–1972 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1957, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major singles titles 1, davis cup titles 2, major doubles titles 3, professional titles 22.
Immediately ahead sits Nathalie Tauziat on 81.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Aryna Sabalenka on 81.2. 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.
Mal Anderson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Anderson stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1957. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Anderson comparisons
Mal Anderson — frequently asked
- Is Mal Anderson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mal Anderson ranks 135th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 81.3, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Mal Anderson's GOAT Score?
- 81.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mal Anderson rank all time?
- 2235th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 135th within Tennis.
- Mal Anderson vs Nathalie Tauziat: who ranks higher?
- Mal Anderson, on 81.3 against Nathalie Tauziat's 81.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.