Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 89
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 3 | |
| 1984 | 6 | |
| 1985 | 4 | |
| 1986 | 4 | |
| 1987 | 5 | |
| 1988 | 6 | |
| 1989 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 |
Data sources
- ATP
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mats Wilander ranks #39 in Tennis
Mats Wilander ranks 39th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 660th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 89, Longevity 78, Honours 82, 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 1980–1996 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 89. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 89 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam titles 7, french open titles 3, career titles 33, weeks at no. 1 20.
Immediately ahead sits Lindsay Davenport on 81.1, a gap of -1.3 points. Directly behind is Mary Pierce on 81.3. 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.
Mats Wilander GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wilander stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak89/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 89/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Wilander comparisons
Mats Wilander — frequently asked
- Is Mats Wilander the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mats Wilander ranks 39th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 82.4, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Mats Wilander's GOAT Score?
- 82.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 89 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mats Wilander rank all time?
- 660th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 39th within Tennis.
- Mats Wilander vs Lindsay Davenport: who ranks higher?
- Mats Wilander, on 82.4 against Lindsay Davenport's 81.1 — a margin of 1.3 points.