Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 0 |
Data sources
- WTA
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Maria Sharapova ranks #35 in Tennis
Maria Sharapova ranks 35th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 619th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 82, 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 2001–2020 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2005, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam titles 5, career grand slams 1, career titles 36, weeks at no. 1 21.
Immediately ahead sits Francesca Schiavone on 80.8, a gap of -1.4 points. Directly behind is Arantxa Sánchez Vicario on 81.4. 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.
Maria Sharapova GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sharapova stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2005. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Sharapova comparisons
Maria Sharapova — frequently asked
- Is Maria Sharapova the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Maria Sharapova ranks 35th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 82.2, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Maria Sharapova's GOAT Score?
- 82.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Maria Sharapova rank all time?
- 619th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Tennis.
- Maria Sharapova vs Francesca Schiavone: who ranks higher?
- Maria Sharapova, on 82.2 against Francesca Schiavone's 80.8 — a margin of 1.4 points.