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Parker vs Hamilton

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HamiltonWinner
75.4

Hamilton wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Parker
75.3

Parker wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇪 Willoughby Hamilton
75.4

Hamilton leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Beat William Renshaw to take the 1890 Wimbledon title.

1. Willoughby Hamilton
75.4
2. Ernie Parker
75.3

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. 🇦🇺 Ernie Parker5 seasons played · career day 2,19119 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇪 Willoughby Hamilton5 seasons played · career day 1,8254 titles
-78.9% vs Parker at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Parker00081630
🇮🇪 Hamilton000044

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.

MetricParkerRetiredHamiltonRetired
Grand Slam singles titles1
State championship titles6
Grand Slam finals1
Career years9
Australasian Championships played4
Wimbledon titles1
Irish Championships titles2
Grand Slam titles1
Career span in years10
Wimbledon finals1
Dominance w25%7074
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%6458
Honours w20%7276
Statistics w15%8478

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Hamilton75.4
Parker75.3
The people
Parker
Hamilton

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