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Murray vs Pierce

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MurrayWinner
81.5

Murray wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Pierce
81.3

Pierce wins: Longevity

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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Robert Lindley Murray
81.5

Murray leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won the US national title in 1917 and 1918 while working as a chemical engineer.

1. Robert Lindley Murray
81.5
2. Mary Pierce
81.3

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. 🇺🇸 Robert Lindley Murray5 seasons played · career day 1,825378 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce5 seasons played · career day 2,55511 titles
-97.1% vs Murray at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Murray0055120378494
🇫🇷 Pierce0000614

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.

MetricMurrayRetiredPierceRetired
US singles titles2
US finals2
Seasons played7
World number one rankings1
Consecutive titles2
Grand Slam singles titles2
WTA titles18
Grand Slam finals6
Fed Cup titles2
Career-high ranking3
Dominance w25%8276
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%6682
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8482

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Murray81.5
Pierce81.3
The people
Murray
Pierce

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