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Wills Moody vs Lendl

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Wills MoodyWinner
90.5

Wills Moody wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Lendl
88.5

Lendl wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Helen Wills Moody
90.5

Wills Moody leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. 19 major singles titles and 180 consecutive match wins.

1. Helen Wills Moody
90.5
2. Ivan Lendl
88.5

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. 🇨🇿 Ivan Lendl5 seasons played · career day 2,55650 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Helen Wills Moody5 seasons played · career day 3,2869 titles
-82.0% vs Lendl at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Wills Moody000019
🇨🇿 Lendl00003270

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.

MetricWills MoodyRetiredLendlRetired
Grand Slam singles titles19
Wimbledon titles8
Olympic golds2
US Championships titles7
Career singles titles100
Grand Slam titles8
Grand Slam finals19
Career titles94
Weeks at No. 1270
Year-end No. 14
Tour Finals titles5
Dominance w25%9488
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%8088
Honours w20%9286
Statistics w15%9291

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GOAT Rank · the data
Wills Moody90.5
Lendl88.5
The people
Wills Moody
Lendl

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