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Lawford vs Campbell

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LawfordWinner
84.1

Lawford wins: Longevity

Campbell
84.0

Campbell wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Herbert Lawford
84.1

Lawford leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Wimbledon champion in 1887 after six previous finals.

1. Herbert Lawford
84.1
2. Oliver Campbell
84.0

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. 🇺🇸 Oliver Campbell5 seasons played · career day 1,826378 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Herbert Lawford5 seasons played · career day 1,825300 titles
-20.6% vs Campbell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Lawford0050105300626
🇺🇸 Campbell0060139316423

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.

MetricLawfordRetiredCampbellRetired
Wimbledon titles1
Wimbledon finals6
Irish Championships titles3
Seasons played166
Topspin forehand pioneer1
US singles titles3
US doubles titles3
Age at first title19
Consecutive titles3
Dominance w25%8086
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8466
Honours w20%8288
Statistics w15%8686

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Lawford84.1
Campbell84.0
The people
Lawford
Campbell

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