Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 55 | |
| 1881 | 65 | |
| 1882 | 76 | |
| 1883 | 86 | |
| 1884 | 96 | |
| 1885 | 86 | |
| 1886 | 76 | |
| 1887 | 65 | |
| 1888 | 55 | |
| 1889 | 45 |
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 William Renshaw ranks #110 in Tennis
William Renshaw ranks 110th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1981st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 62, Honours 86, 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 1880–1889 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1884, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 wimbledon singles titles 7, consecutive wimbledon titles 6, wimbledon doubles titles 5, major finals 8.
Immediately ahead sits Budge Patty on 82.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Gordon Lowe on 82.4. 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.
William Renshaw GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Renshaw stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1884. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Renshaw comparisons
William Renshaw — frequently asked
- Is William Renshaw the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. William Renshaw ranks 110th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 82.4, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is William Renshaw's GOAT Score?
- 82.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does William Renshaw rank all time?
- 1981st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 110th within Tennis.
- William Renshaw vs Budge Patty: who ranks higher?
- William Renshaw, on 82.4 against Budge Patty's 82.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.