Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4 | |
| 1991 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 4 | |
| 1993 | 8 | |
| 1994 | 8 | |
| 1995 | 5 | |
| 1996 | 8 | |
| 1997 | 8 | |
| 1998 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 5 | |
| 2000 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 |
Data sources
- ATP
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Pete Sampras ranks #11 in Tennis
Pete Sampras ranks 11th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 120th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 93, Longevity 86, Honours 92, Statistics 92. 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 1988–2002 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam titles 14, wimbledon titles 7, career titles 64, weeks at no. 1 286.
Immediately ahead sits Billie Jean King on 89.8, a gap of -1.2 points. Directly behind is Ken Rosewall on 88.7. 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.
Pete Sampras GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sampras stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Sampras comparisons
Pete Sampras — frequently asked
- Is Pete Sampras the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Pete Sampras ranks 11th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 91.0, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Pete Sampras's GOAT Score?
- 91.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Pete Sampras rank all time?
- 120th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 11th within Tennis.
- Pete Sampras vs Billie Jean King: who ranks higher?
- Pete Sampras, on 91.0 against Billie Jean King's 89.8 — a margin of 1.2 points.