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Quist vs Emerson

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QuistWinner
86.8

Quist wins: Peak, Statistics

Emerson
86.7

Emerson wins: Dominance, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Adrian Quist
86.8

Quist leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Three Australian singles titles and ten straight Australian doubles crowns.

1. Adrian Quist
86.8
2. Roy Emerson
86.7

Category breakdown

Season form · Titles per season

Career timeline · Titles per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Titles per season
1. 🇦🇺 Adrian Quist5 seasons played · career day 1,825261 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Roy Emerson5 seasons played · career day 4,01629 titles
-88.9% vs Quist at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Quist003579261608
🇦🇺 Emerson0000014

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricQuistRetiredEmersonRetired
Major singles titles3
Australian doubles titles10
Davis Cup titles2
Major doubles titles13
Australian Championships3
Grand Slam singles titles12
Grand Slam doubles titles16
Davis Cups8
Australian Open titles6
Career titles100
Career Grand Slams2
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8688
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%9086

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Quist86.8
Emerson86.7
The people
Quist
Emerson

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