Who is better, Federer or Günthör?
Roger Federer leads with a cross-sport score of 87.4 against 82.1 for Werner Günthör — a gap of 5.3 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Federer vs Günthör
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Roger Federer above Werner Günthör: 87.4 vs 82.1. Roger Federer leads on Longevity, Dominance, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
FedererWinner
87.4Federer wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Günthör
82.1Günthör wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇨🇭 Roger Federer
87.4
94.0 in-sport × 0.93 Global participation & competition depth
Federer leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Roger Federerdepth ×0.93
2. Werner Günthördepth ×0.96
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · season output
1. 🇨🇭 Roger Federer3 output
1 season by age 21 · 3 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Günthör — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | FedererRetired | GünthörRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 93 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 97 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 95 | 76 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 93 | 88 |
| Grand Slam titles | 20 | — |
| Weeks at No. 1 | 310 | — |
| Masters 1000 titles | 28 | — |
| Career titles | 103 | — |
| Match win % | 82% | — |
| Year-end No. 1 finishes | 5 | — |
| Olympic gold | 0 | — |
| World Championship golds | — | 3 |
| World indoor titles | — | 2 |
| European titles | — | 1 |
| Olympic bronze medals | — | 1 |
| Best put in metres | — | 22.75 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Federer87.4
Günthör82.1
FAQ
Where does Günthör beat Federer?
Günthör does not lead any of the five categories; Federer is ahead or level on all of them.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Federer 0.93 (tennis) and Günthör 0.96 (athletics). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
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