Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3 | |
| 1969 | 2 | |
| 1970 | 4 | |
| 1971 | 5 | |
| 1972 | 4 | |
| 1973 | 5 | |
| 1974 | 6 | |
| 1975 | 4 | |
| 1976 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 4 | |
| 1978 | 3 | |
| 1979 | 2 | |
| 1980 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 1 | |
| 1983 | 0 |
Data sources
- ATP
- WTA
- ITF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Virginia Wade ranks #25 in Tennis
Virginia Wade ranks 25th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 486th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 86, Longevity 90, Honours 82, Statistics 82. 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 1962–1986 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1974, which sets the Peak component at 86. Longevity 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 grand slam singles titles 3, grand slam doubles titles 4, wta singles titles 55, fed cup titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Svetlana Kuznetsova on 82.3, a gap of -0.6 points. Directly behind is Stefan Edberg on 83.4. 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.
Virginia Wade GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wade stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1974. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Wade comparisons
Virginia Wade — frequently asked
- Is Virginia Wade the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Virginia Wade ranks 25th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 82.9, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Virginia Wade's GOAT Score?
- 82.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Virginia Wade rank all time?
- 486th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within Tennis.
- Virginia Wade vs Svetlana Kuznetsova: who ranks higher?
- Virginia Wade, on 82.9 against Svetlana Kuznetsova's 82.3 — a margin of 0.6 points.