Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 50 | |
| 1901 | 57 | |
| 1902 | 64 | |
| 1903 | 72 | |
| 1904 | 79 | |
| 1905 | 86 | |
| 1906 | 93 | |
| 1907 | 86 | |
| 1908 | 80 | |
| 1909 | 73 | |
| 1910 | 67 | |
| 1911 | 60 | |
| 1912 | 53 | |
| 1913 | 47 | |
| 1914 | 40 |
Data sources
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- ATP and Grand Slam records
- Wimbledon official archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why William Clothier ranks #104 in Tennis
William Clothier ranks 104th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1959th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 82, 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 1900–1914 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1906, 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 us singles titles 1, us finals 2, davis cup ties 2, seasons played 15.
Immediately ahead sits Lew Hoad on 82.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is John Doeg on 82.5. 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.
William Clothier GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Clothier stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1906. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Clothier comparisons
William Clothier — frequently asked
- Is William Clothier the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. William Clothier ranks 104th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 82.5, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is William Clothier's GOAT Score?
- 82.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does William Clothier rank all time?
- 1959th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 104th within Tennis.
- William Clothier vs Lew Hoad: who ranks higher?
- William Clothier, on 82.5 against Lew Hoad's 82.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.