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Courier vs Edberg

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CourierWinner
83.6

Courier wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Edberg
83.4

Edberg wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jim Courier
83.6

Courier leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won four majors and spent fifty-eight weeks as world number one.

1. Jim Courier
83.6
2. Stefan Edberg
83.4

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. 🇺🇸 Jim Courier5 seasons played · career day 1,826378 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg5 seasons played · career day 2,19116 titles
-95.8% vs Courier at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Courier0055120282686
🇸🇪 Edberg00011333

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.

MetricCourierRetiredEdbergRetired
Major singles titles4
Weeks at world number one58
Career singles titles23
Davis Cup titles2
Major finals7
Grand Slam titles6
Career titles42
Weeks at No. 172
Davis Cups4
Junior Grand Slams1
Grand Slam doubles titles3
Dominance w25%8480
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%7284
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Courier83.6
Edberg83.4
The people
Courier
Edberg

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