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Kuerten vs Rafter

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RafterWinner
77.4

Rafter wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Kuerten
76.1

Kuerten wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter
77.4

Rafter leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Back-to-back US Open titles in 1997 and 1998 and world No. 1.

1. Patrick Rafter
77.4
2. Gustavo Kuerten
76.1

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. 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter5 seasons played · career day 2,55618 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Gustavo Kuerten5 seasons played · career day 2,55614 titles
-22.2% vs Rafter at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Kuerten0000417
🇦🇺 Rafter0000630

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.

MetricKuertenRetiredRafterRetired
Grand Slam titles3
Career titles20
Weeks at No. 1431
Tour Finals titles1
Masters 1000 titles5
Year-end No. 11
Grand Slam singles titles2
ATP titles11
Davis Cup titles1
Wimbledon finals2
Dominance w25%7276
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%7266
Honours w20%7478
Statistics w15%7880

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GOAT Rank · the data
Rafter77.4
Kuerten76.1
The people
Kuerten
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