Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 95
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 93
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3 | |
| 1961 | 5 | |
| 1962 | 9 | |
| 1963 | 11 | |
| 1964 | 19 | |
| 1965 | 13 | |
| 1966 | 17 | |
| 1967 | 13 | |
| 1968 | 7 | |
| 1969 | 8 | |
| 1970 | 6 | |
| 1971 | 4 | |
| 1972 | 3 | |
| 1973 | 2 |
Data sources
- ATP
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Rod Laver ranks #6 in Tennis
Rod Laver ranks 6th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 44th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 93.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 95, Longevity 90, Honours 93, Statistics 93. 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 1956–1979 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, which sets the Peak component at 95. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 95 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam titles 11, calendar grand slams 2, career titles 200, davis cups 5.
Immediately ahead sits Steffi Graf on 94.9, a gap of 1.8 points. Directly behind is Rafael Nadal on 93.1. 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.
Rod Laver GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Laver stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak95/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 95/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours93/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 93/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
Top Laver comparisons
Rod Laver — frequently asked
- Is Rod Laver the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rod Laver ranks 6th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 93.1, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Rod Laver's GOAT Score?
- 93.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 95 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 93 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rod Laver rank all time?
- 44th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within Tennis.
- Rod Laver vs Steffi Graf: who ranks higher?
- Steffi Graf, on 94.9 against Rod Laver's 93.1 — a margin of 1.8 points.