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Kafelnikov vs Wade

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KafelnikovWinner
83.0

Kafelnikov wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Wade
82.9

Wade wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
83.0

Kafelnikov leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time major champion, Olympic gold medallist and a former world number one.

1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov
83.0
2. Virginia Wade
82.9

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. 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov5 seasons played · career day 1,826342 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Virginia Wade5 seasons played · career day 4,01718 titles
-94.7% vs Kafelnikov at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Kafelnikov0055117260682
🇬🇧 Wade000009

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.

MetricKafelnikovRetiredWadeRetired
Major singles titles2
Olympic gold medals1
Major doubles titles4
Career singles titles26
Weeks at world number one6
Grand Slam singles titles3
Grand Slam doubles titles4
WTA singles titles55
Fed Cup titles4
Career match wins839
Dominance w25%8076
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%7890
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8482

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kafelnikov83.0
Wade82.9
The people
Kafelnikov
Wade

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