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Sampras vs Borg
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SamprasWinner
91.0Sampras wins: Longevity
Borg
90.9Borg wins: Dominance, Peak
Time range
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Pete Sampras
91.0
Sampras leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Six straight year-end No. 1 finishes and seven Wimbledon crowns.
1. Pete Sampras
2. Björn Borg
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. 🇸🇪 Björn Borg5 seasons played · career day 2,19133 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras5 seasons played · career day 2,55626 titles
-21.2% vs Borg at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Sampras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39 |
| 🇸🇪 Borg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 67 |
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.
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GOAT Rank · the data
Sampras91.0
Borg90.9
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