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Larsen vs Baddeley

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LarsenWinner
82.9

Larsen wins: Longevity, Statistics

Baddeley
82.8

Baddeley wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Art Larsen
82.9

Larsen leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Tappy won the 1950 US Championships and reached world number two.

1. Art Larsen
82.9
2. Wilfred Baddeley
82.8

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. 🇺🇸 Art Larsen5 seasons played · career day 1,825386 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wilfred Baddeley5 seasons played · career day 1,825373 titles
-3.4% vs Larsen at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Larsen0055123386638
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Baddeley0045141373521

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.

MetricLarsenRetiredBaddeleyRetired
Grand Slam singles titles1
US clay court titles3
Davis Cup ties2
Seasons played10
World top-ten rankings5
Wimbledon singles titles3
Wimbledon doubles titles4
Wimbledon finals6
Age at first title19
Seasons in competition8
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%7870
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Larsen82.9
Baddeley82.8
The people
Larsen
Baddeley

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