Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 100 | |
| 1986 | 10 | |
| 1987 | 22 | |
| 1988 | 35 | |
| 1989 | 70 | |
| 1990 | 60 | |
| 1991 | 40 | |
| 1992 | 55 | |
| 1993 | 90 | |
| 1994 | 130 | |
| 1995 | 180 |
Data sources
- ATP Tour
- WTA
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mikael Pernfors ranks #127 in Tennis
Mikael Pernfors ranks 127th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1560th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 74, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Tennis reference universe of 251 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1985–1997 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, 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 grand slam finals 1, atp titles 2, ncaa singles titles 2, career high ranking 10.
Immediately ahead sits Jana Novotná on 78.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jessica Pegula on 78.4. 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.
Mikael Pernfors GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pernfors stood above the field while competing. Scored 70/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Pernfors comparisons
Mikael Pernfors — frequently asked
- Is Mikael Pernfors the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mikael Pernfors ranks 127th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 78.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Mikael Pernfors's GOAT Score?
- 78.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mikael Pernfors rank all time?
- 1560th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 127th within Tennis.
- Mikael Pernfors vs Jana Novotná: who ranks higher?
- Mikael Pernfors, on 78.5 against Jana Novotná's 78.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.