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Ashe vs McEnroe

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AsheWinner
87.4

Ashe wins: Peak, Honours

McEnroe
87.3

McEnroe wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe
87.4

Ashe leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Won the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon and broke barriers in the sport.

1. Arthur Ashe
87.4
2. John McEnroe
87.3

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. 🇺🇸 John McEnroe5 seasons played · career day 2,55639 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe5 seasons played · career day 2,55622 titles
-43.6% vs McEnroe at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Ashe00001531
🇺🇸 McEnroe00001559

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.

MetricAsheRetiredMcEnroeRetired
Grand Slam singles titles37
Career titles76
Davis Cup titles3
Career-high ranking2
Year-end Masters titles1
Grand Slam doubles titles9
Career singles titles77
Weeks at No. 1170
Davis Cups5
Year-end No. 14
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%8284
Honours w20%9086
Statistics w15%8889

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ashe87.4
McEnroe87.3
The people
Ashe
McEnroe

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