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Parker vs Renshaw

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RenshawWinner
85.5

Renshaw wins: Dominance, Honours

Parker
85.4

Parker wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Ernest Renshaw
85.5

Renshaw leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Wimbledon champion in 1888 and part of the sport's first great rivalry.

1. Ernest Renshaw
85.5
2. Frank Parker
85.4

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. 🇬🇧 Ernest Renshaw5 seasons played · career day 1,826307 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Frank Parker5 seasons played · career day 1,826231 titles
-24.8% vs Renshaw at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Parker003576174515
🇬🇧 Renshaw0050106234653

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.

MetricParkerRetiredRenshawRetired
Major singles titles4
Davis Cup titles4
US Championships2
French Championships2
Years in the world top ten10
Wimbledon singles titles1
Wimbledon doubles titles5
Wimbledon singles finals5
Seasons played14
Irish Championships titles2
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8480
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Renshaw85.5
Parker85.4
The people
Parker
Renshaw

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