Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 3 | |
| 1960 | 5 | |
| 1961 | 6 | |
| 1962 | 7 | |
| 1963 | 8 | |
| 1964 | 9 | |
| 1965 | 7 | |
| 1966 | 5 | |
| 1967 | 4 | |
| 1968 | 3 | |
| 1969 | 2 | |
| 1970 | 1 |
Data sources
- ATP
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Roy Emerson ranks #19 in Tennis
Roy Emerson ranks 19th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 277th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 1953–1983 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam singles titles 12, grand slam doubles titles 16, davis cups 8, australian open titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Venus Williams on 86.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is John McEnroe on 87.3. 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.
Roy Emerson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Emerson stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 30 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Emerson comparisons
Roy Emerson — frequently asked
- Is Roy Emerson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Roy Emerson ranks 19th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Roy Emerson's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Roy Emerson rank all time?
- 277th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 19th within Tennis.
- Roy Emerson vs Venus Williams: who ranks higher?
- Roy Emerson, on 86.7 against Venus Williams's 86.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.