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Wills Moody vs Lawford
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Wills MoodyWinner
90.5Wills Moody wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Lawford
84.1Lawford wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Helen Wills Moody
90.5
Wills Moody leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Helen Wills Moody
2. Herbert Lawford
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. 🇬🇧 Herbert Lawford5 seasons played · career day 1,825300 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Helen Wills Moody5 seasons played · career day 3,2869 titles
-97.0% vs Lawford at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Wills Moody | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 🇬🇧 Lawford | 0 | 0 | 50 | 105 | 300 | 626 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | Wills MoodyRetired | LawfordRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam singles titles | 19 | — |
| Wimbledon titles | 8 | 1 |
| Olympic golds | 2 | — |
| US Championships titles | 7 | — |
| Career singles titles | 100 | — |
| Wimbledon finals | — | 6 |
| Irish Championships titles | — | 3 |
| Seasons played | — | 16 |
| Topspin forehand pioneer | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 94 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 80 | 84 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 82 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 86 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Wills Moody90.5
Lawford84.1
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