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Budge vs Wills Moody

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BudgeWinner
90.9

Budge wins: Peak

Wills Moody
90.5

Wills Moody wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Don Budge
90.9

Budge leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The first player to win the calendar Grand Slam, in 1938.

1. Don Budge
90.9
2. Helen Wills Moody
90.5

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. 🇺🇸 Don Budge5 seasons played · career day 1,826299 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Helen Wills Moody5 seasons played · career day 3,2869 titles
-97.0% vs Budge at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Budge004090220671
🇺🇸 Wills Moody000019

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.

MetricBudgeRetiredWills MoodyRetired
Calendar Grand Slams1
Major singles titles6
Major titles including doubles14
Davis Cup titles2
Consecutive major wins6
Grand Slam singles titles19
Wimbledon titles8
Olympic golds2
US Championships titles7
Career singles titles100
Dominance w25%9494
Peak w20%9894
Longevity w20%7880
Honours w20%9292
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Budge90.9
Wills Moody90.5
The people
Budge
Wills Moody

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