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Court vs King

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CourtWinner
92.5

Court wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

King
89.8

King wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Margaret Court
92.5

Court leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. 24 Grand Slam singles titles — still the all-time record.

1. Margaret Court
92.5
2. Billie Jean King
89.8

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. 🇦🇺 Margaret Court5 seasons played · career day 2,19155 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Billie Jean King5 seasons played · career day 2,92133 titles
-40.0% vs Court at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Court00052481
🇺🇸 King0000842

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.

MetricCourtRetiredKingRetired
Grand Slam singles titles2412
Grand Slam titles (all)6439
Calendar Grand Slams1
Career singles titles192129
Year-end No. 175
Match wins1,180
Wimbledon titles (all)20
Fed Cups7
Dominance w25%9388
Peak w20%9390
Longevity w20%8892
Honours w20%9491
Statistics w15%9588

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Court92.5
King89.8
The people
Court
King

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