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O'Hara Wood vs Slocum

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SlocumWinner
75.0

Slocum wins: Dominance, Honours

O'Hara Wood
74.9

O'Hara Wood wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Henry Slocum
75.0

Slocum leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. US Championships winner in 1888 and 1889.

1. Henry Slocum
75.0
2. Arthur O'Hara Wood
74.9

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. 🇦🇺 Arthur O'Hara Wood5 seasons played · career day 2,19131 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Henry Slocum5 seasons played · career day 1,8256 titles
-80.6% vs O'Hara Wood at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 O'Hara Wood00061131
🇺🇸 Slocum000166

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.

MetricO'Hara WoodRetiredSlocumRetired
Grand Slam singles titles1
Grand Slam finals1
National tournament wins4
Career years7
Australasian Championships played3
US Championships titles2
US doubles titles1
Grand Slam titles3
Career span in years7
US finals reached3
Dominance w25%7074
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%6258
Honours w20%7276
Statistics w15%8478

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Slocum75.0
O'Hara Wood74.9
The people
O'Hara Wood
Slocum

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