Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 |
Data sources
- WTA
- ITF
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Venus Williams ranks #18 in Tennis
Venus Williams ranks 18th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 201st 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 82, Peak 88, Longevity 94, Honours 86, Statistics 84. 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 1994–2024 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam singles titles 7, grand slam doubles titles 14, olympic golds 4, career singles titles 49.
Immediately ahead sits Ivan Lendl on 88.5, a gap of 1.8 points. Directly behind is Roy Emerson on 86.7. 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.
Venus Williams GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Venus stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 30 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Venus comparisons
Venus Williams — frequently asked
- Is Venus Williams the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Venus Williams ranks 18th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Venus Williams's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Venus Williams rank all time?
- 201st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 18th within Tennis.
- Venus Williams vs Ivan Lendl: who ranks higher?
- Ivan Lendl, on 88.5 against Venus Williams's 86.7 — a margin of 1.8 points.