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Larned vs Santana

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LarnedWinner
84.2

Larned wins: Dominance, Longevity

Santana
84.2

Santana wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 William Larned
84.2

Larned leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Seven-time US Championships winner, five of them in a row from 1907.

1. William Larned
84.2
2. Manuel Santana
84.2

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. 🇺🇸 William Larned5 seasons played · career day 1,825237 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇪🇸 Manuel Santana5 seasons played · career day 2,55617 titles
-92.8% vs Larned at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Larned004084237492
🇪🇸 Santana0000927

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.

MetricLarnedRetiredSantanaRetired
US Championships titles7
Consecutive US titles5
US finals8
Davis Cup titles5
Seasons on tour21
Grand Slam singles titles4
Roland-Garros titles2
Wimbledon titles1
Davis Cup finals2
Career titles72
Dominance w25%8480
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8280
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8084

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GOAT Rank · the data
Larned84.2
Santana84.2
The people
Larned
Santana

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