Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 68
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 60 | |
| 1897 | 72 | |
| 1898 | 84 | |
| 1899 | 96 | |
| 1900 | 79 | |
| 1901 | 62 | |
| 1902 | 45 |
Data sources
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- ATP and Grand Slam records
- Wimbledon official archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Malcolm Whitman ranks #72 in Tennis
Malcolm Whitman ranks 72nd among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1632nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 68, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 1896–1902 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1899, 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 us singles titles 3, davis cup singles wins 3, seasons played 7, consecutive titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Oliver Campbell on 84.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Marin Čilić on 83.9. 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.
Malcolm Whitman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Whitman stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1899. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity68/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 68/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Whitman comparisons
Malcolm Whitman — frequently asked
- Is Malcolm Whitman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Malcolm Whitman ranks 72nd in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Malcolm Whitman's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 68 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Malcolm Whitman rank all time?
- 1632nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 72nd within Tennis.
- Malcolm Whitman vs Oliver Campbell: who ranks higher?
- Malcolm Whitman, on 84.0 against Oliver Campbell's 84.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.