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Budge vs Sampras
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SamprasWinner
91.0Sampras wins: Longevity
Budge
90.9Budge wins: Dominance, Peak
Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Pete Sampras
91.0
Sampras leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Six straight year-end No. 1 finishes and seven Wimbledon crowns.
1. Pete Sampras
2. Don Budge
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 season1. 🇺🇸 Don Budge5 seasons played · career day 1,826299 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras5 seasons played · career day 2,55626 titles
-91.3% vs Budge at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Budge | 0 | 0 | 40 | 90 | 220 | 671 |
| 🇺🇸 Sampras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39 |
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.
| Metric | BudgeRetired | SamprasRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Calendar Grand Slams | 1 | — |
| Major singles titles | 6 | — |
| Major titles including doubles | 14 | — |
| Davis Cup titles | 2 | — |
| Consecutive major wins | 6 | — |
| Grand Slam titles | — | 14 |
| Wimbledon titles | — | 7 |
| Career titles | — | 64 |
| Weeks at No. 1 | — | 286 |
| Year-end No. 1 | — | 6 |
| Davis Cups | — | 2 |
| Dominance w25% | 94 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 98 | 93 |
| Longevity w20% | 78 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 92 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Sampras91.0
Budge90.9
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