Category profile
- Dominance
- 93
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 95
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5 | |
| 1962 | 8 | |
| 1963 | 11 | |
| 1964 | 14 | |
| 1965 | 17 | |
| 1966 | 9 | |
| 1967 | 6 | |
| 1968 | 11 | |
| 1969 | 18 | |
| 1970 | 21 | |
| 1971 | 11 | |
| 1972 | 4 | |
| 1973 | 7 | |
| 1974 | 5 | |
| 1975 | 2 | |
| 1976 | 1 |
Data sources
- WTA
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Margaret Court ranks #8 in Tennis
Margaret Court ranks 8th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 57th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 93, Peak 93, Longevity 88, Honours 94, Statistics 95. 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 1960–1977 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1970, which sets the Peak component at 93. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 95 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam singles titles 24, grand slam titles (all) 64, calendar grand slams 1, career singles titles 192.
Immediately ahead sits Rafael Nadal on 93.1, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Chris Evert on 91.5. 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.
Margaret Court GOAT Score explained
- Dominance93/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Court stood above the field while competing. Scored 93/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1970. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics95/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 95/100.
Top Court comparisons
Margaret Court — frequently asked
- Is Margaret Court the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Margaret Court ranks 8th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 92.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Margaret Court's GOAT Score?
- 92.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 93 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 95 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Margaret Court rank all time?
- 57th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 8th within Tennis.
- Margaret Court vs Rafael Nadal: who ranks higher?
- Rafael Nadal, on 93.1 against Margaret Court's 92.5 — a margin of 0.6 points.