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Noah vs Bowrey

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NoahWinner
79.4

Noah wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Bowrey
79.3

Bowrey wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Yannick Noah
79.4

Noah leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. French Open champion in 1983, the last home winner in Paris.

1. Yannick Noah
79.4
2. Bill Bowrey
79.3

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. 🇫🇷 Yannick Noah5 seasons played · career day 1,825308 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇺 Bill Bowrey5 seasons played · career day 2,19088 titles
-71.4% vs Noah at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Noah004598308665
🇦🇺 Bowrey0003080105

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.

MetricNoahRetiredBowreyRetired
Major singles titles1
Career singles titles239
Career doubles titles16
Career-high world ranking3
Davis Cup titles as player0
Grand Slam singles titles1
Davis Cup titles1
Grand Slam quarter-finals6
Career years14
Dominance w25%7472
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%7880
Honours w20%7874
Statistics w15%7886

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Noah79.4
Bowrey79.3
The people
Noah
Bowrey

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