Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 55
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 70 | |
| 1882 | 79 | |
| 1883 | 87 | |
| 1884 | 96 | |
| 1885 | 87 | |
| 1886 | 79 | |
| 1887 | 70 |
Data sources
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- ATP Tour records
- Wimbledon / Roland-Garros / US Open / Australian Open archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Richard Sears ranks #157 in Tennis
Richard Sears ranks 157th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 2411th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 92, Longevity 55, Honours 84, Statistics 78. 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 1881–1887 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1884, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes us championships titles 7, us doubles titles 6, consecutive national titles 7, seasons on tour 7.
Immediately ahead sits József Asbóth on 80.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bill Johnston on 80.4. 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.
Richard Sears GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sears stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1884. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity55/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 55/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Sears comparisons
Richard Sears — frequently asked
- Is Richard Sears the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Richard Sears ranks 157th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 80.4, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Richard Sears's GOAT Score?
- 80.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 55 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Richard Sears rank all time?
- 2411th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 157th within Tennis.
- Richard Sears vs József Asbóth: who ranks higher?
- Richard Sears, on 80.4 against József Asbóth's 80.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.