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Wilding vs Rice

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WildingWinner
82.2

Wilding wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Rice
82.1

Rice wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Anthony Wilding
82.2

Wilding leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Six-time major champion and the pre-war king of Wimbledon.

1. Anthony Wilding
82.2
2. Horace Rice
82.1

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. 🇳🇿 Anthony Wilding5 seasons played · career day 1,825346 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Horace Rice5 seasons played · career day 5,47721 titles
-93.9% vs Wilding at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Wilding0052113346656
🇦🇺 Rice000000

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.

MetricWildingRetiredRiceRetired
Major singles titles6
Wimbledon titles4
Australasian titles2
Davis Cup titles4
Wimbledon finals5
Grand Slam singles titles1
Grand Slam doubles titles1
Grand Slam finals4
Career years36
Age at last Grand Slam final48
Dominance w25%8672
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%6294
Honours w20%8874
Statistics w15%8286

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Wilding82.2
Rice82.1
The people
Wilding
Rice

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