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Laver vs King
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LaverWinner
93.1Laver wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
King
89.8King wins: Longevity
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Rod Laver
93.1
Laver leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Rod Laver
2. Billie Jean King
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 season1. 🇦🇺 Rod Laver5 seasons played · career day 3,28747 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Billie Jean King5 seasons played · career day 2,92133 titles
-29.8% vs Laver at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Laver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 🇺🇸 King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | LaverRetired | KingRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam titles | 11 | — |
| Calendar Grand Slams | 2 | — |
| Career titles | 200 | — |
| Davis Cups | 5 | — |
| Year-end No. 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Match wins | 1,000 | — |
| Grand Slam singles titles | — | 12 |
| Grand Slam titles (all) | — | 39 |
| Wimbledon titles (all) | — | 20 |
| Career singles titles | — | 129 |
| Fed Cups | — | 7 |
| Dominance w25% | 94 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 95 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 90 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 93 | 91 |
| Statistics w15% | 93 | 88 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Laver93.1
King89.8
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