Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 40 | |
| 1895 | 51 | |
| 1896 | 63 | |
| 1897 | 74 | |
| 1898 | 86 | |
| 1899 | 97 | |
| 1900 | 88 | |
| 1901 | 79 | |
| 1902 | 70 | |
| 1903 | 62 | |
| 1904 | 53 | |
| 1905 | 44 | |
| 1906 | 35 |
Data sources
- ATP Tour records
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Grand Slam archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Reginald Doherty ranks #28 in Tennis
Reginald Doherty ranks 28th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 966th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 90, Statistics 90. 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 1894–1906 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1899, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes wimbledon singles titles 4, wimbledon doubles titles 8, olympic gold medals 3, davis cup titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Andre Agassi on 88.1, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Pam Shriver on 87.4. 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.
Reginald Doherty GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far R. Doherty stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1899. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top R. Doherty comparisons
Reginald Doherty — frequently asked
- Is Reginald Doherty the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Reginald Doherty ranks 28th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 87.9, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Reginald Doherty's GOAT Score?
- 87.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Reginald Doherty rank all time?
- 966th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Tennis.
- Reginald Doherty vs Andre Agassi: who ranks higher?
- Andre Agassi, on 88.1 against Reginald Doherty's 87.9 — a margin of 0.2 points.