Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 48 | |
| 1969 | 60 | |
| 1970 | 72 | |
| 1971 | 83 | |
| 1972 | 95 | |
| 1973 | 90 | |
| 1974 | 85 | |
| 1975 | 80 | |
| 1976 | 75 | |
| 1977 | 70 | |
| 1978 | 65 | |
| 1979 | 60 | |
| 1980 | 55 | |
| 1981 | 50 | |
| 1982 | 45 | |
| 1983 | 40 | |
| 1984 | 35 | |
| 1985 | 30 |
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 Stan Smith ranks #129 in Tennis
Stan Smith ranks 129th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 2196th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 82, Statistics 80. 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 1968–1985 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major singles titles 2, major doubles titles 5, davis cup titles 7, career singles titles 39.
Immediately ahead sits Hana Mandlíková on 81.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Rafael Osuna on 81.5. 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.
Stan Smith GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Smith stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Smith comparisons
Stan Smith — frequently asked
- Is Stan Smith the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Stan Smith ranks 129th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 81.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Stan Smith's GOAT Score?
- 81.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Stan Smith rank all time?
- 2196th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 129th within Tennis.
- Stan Smith vs Hana Mandlíková: who ranks higher?
- Stan Smith, on 81.5 against Hana Mandlíková's 81.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.