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Lendl vs Wills Moody

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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
🇨🇿 Lendl00003270
🇺🇸 Wills Moody000019

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.

MetricLendlRetiredWills MoodyRetired
Grand Slam titles8
Grand Slam finals19
Career titles94
Weeks at No. 1270
Year-end No. 14
Tour Finals titles5
Grand Slam singles titles19
Wimbledon titles8
Olympic golds2
US Championships titles7
Career singles titles100
Dominance w25%8894
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8880
Honours w20%8692
Statistics w15%9192

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