Who is the greatest Tennis Athlete of all time?

Novak Djokovic leads Tennis with a verified GOAT Score of 97.6/100.

How is the Tennis GOAT ranking calculated?

Five verified categories are weighted against 250 reference records. Only eligible profiles receive a score.

How many Tennis players are ranked?

248 eligible Tennis athletes currently have a published GOAT Score, from 250 reference records.

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Tennis: the greatest of all time

GOAT Rank's data-driven ranking

Slam depth, weeks at No. 1 and head-to-head strength inside the strongest fields. Each players below is scored on verified career data and normalised against the full Tennis reference cohort — no shortlists, no unverified provisional numbers.

Quick answer

According to GOAT Rank's current model, Novak Djokovic is the highest-ranked of the players in Tennis, with an in-sport GOAT Score of 97.6. Next are Martina Navratilova (95.1), Steffi Graf (94.9).

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#	Athlete	Era	Grand Slam titles	Weeks at No. 1	Masters 1000 titles	Career titles	Match win %	GOAT
1	🇷🇸Novak DjokovicActive	2003–present	24	428	40	99	83.2%	97.6
2	🇺🇸Martina NavratilovaRetired	1973–1994	—	332	—	—	90.1%	95.1
3	🇩🇪Steffi GrafRetired	1982–1999	22	377	—	107	88.7%	94.9
4	🇺🇸Serena WilliamsRetired	1995–2022	23	319	23	73	85.8%	94.6
5	🇨🇭Roger FedererRetired	1998–2022	20	310	28	103	82%	94.0
6	🇪🇸Rafael NadalRetired	2001–2024	22	209	36	92	83%	93.1
7	🇦🇺Rod LaverRetired	1956–1979	11	—	—	200	—	93.1
8	🇺🇸Pancho GonzalesRetired	1947–1974	—	—	—	—	—	92.9
9	🇦🇺Margaret CourtRetired	1960–1977	—	—	—	—	—	92.5
10	🇺🇸Bill TildenRetired	1912–1946	—	—	—	—	—	91.8
11	🇺🇸Chris EvertRetired	1972–1989	18	260	—	157	—	91.5
12	🇺🇸Pete SamprasRetired	1988–2002	14	286	—	64	—	91.0
13	🇸🇪Björn BorgRetired	1972–1983	11	109	—	66	—	90.9
14	🇺🇸Don BudgeRetired	1932–1954	—	—	—	—	—	90.9
15	🇺🇸Louise BroughRetired	1940–1957	—	—	—	—	—	90.7
16	🇺🇸Helen Wills MoodyRetired	1919–1938	—	—	—	—	—	90.5
17	🇺🇸Billie Jean KingRetired	1959–1983	—	—	—	—	—	89.8
18	🇫🇷Henri CochetRetired	1921–1950	—	—	—	—	—	89.5
19	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Laurence DohertyRetired	1896–1906	—	—	—	—	—	89.2
20	🇦🇺Ken RosewallRetired	1951–1980	8	—	—	133	—	88.7
21	🇫🇷Jean BorotraRetired	1922–1956	—	—	—	—	—	88.7
22	🇨🇿Ivan LendlRetired	1978–1994	8	270	—	94	—	88.5
23	🇺🇸Jimmy ConnorsRetired	1972–1996	8	268	—	109	—	88.5
24	🇷🇴Ilie NăstaseRetired	1966–1985	—	40	—	—	—	88.5
25	🇺🇸Doris HartRetired	1942–1955	—	—	—	—	—	88.4
26	🇬🇧Fred PerryRetired	1929–1956	—	—	—	—	—	88.2
27	🇺🇸Andre AgassiRetired	1986–2006	8	101	17	60	—	88.1
28	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Reginald DohertyRetired	1894–1906	—	—	—	—	—	87.9
29	🇺🇸Pam ShriverRetired	1978–1997	—	—	—	—	—	87.4
30	🇺🇸Arthur AsheRetired	1966–1980	—	—	—	76	—	87.4
31	🇺🇸John McEnroeRetired	1976–1994	—	170	—	—	—	87.3
32	🇦🇺John NewcombeRetired	1960–1981	—	—	—	—	—	87.2
33	🇦🇺John BromwichRetired	1937–1954	—	—	—	—	—	86.8
34	🇦🇺Adrian QuistRetired	1933–1950	—	—	—	—	—	86.8
35	🇺🇸Venus WilliamsRetired	1994–2024	—	11	—	—	—	86.7
36	🇦🇺Roy EmersonRetired	1953–1983	—	—	—	100	—	86.7
37	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Arthur GoreRetired	1888–1927	—	—	—	—	—	86.6
38	🇺🇸Vic SeixasRetired	1940–1969	—	—	—	—	—	86.5
39	🇮🇹Sara ErraniActive	2002–present	—	—	—	—	—	85.9
40	🇦🇺Lleyton HewittRetired	1998–2020	—	—	—	—	—	85.9
41	🇩🇪Gottfried von CrammRetired	1932–1953	—	—	—	—	—	85.9
42	🇫🇷Suzanne LenglenRetired	1919–1926	—	—	—	—	—	85.8
43	🇺🇸Bobby RiggsRetired	1936–1959	—	—	—	—	—	85.8
44	🇦🇺Ken McGregorRetired	1946–1956	—	—	—	—	—	85.8
45	🇷🇺Daniil MedvedevActive	2014–present	—	16	—	—	—	85.7
46	🇺🇸Andy RoddickRetired	2000–2012	—	13	—	—	—	85.6
47	🇮🇹Nicola PietrangeliRetired	1953–1972	—	—	—	48	—	85.5
48	🇬🇧Ernest RenshawRetired	1880–1893	—	—	—	—	—	85.5
49	🇬🇧Andy MurrayRetired	2005–2024	3	41	14	46	—	85.4
50	🇺🇸Frank ParkerRetired	1932–1949	—	—	—	—	—	85.4

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Top 10 Tennis players of all time

The ten highest verified GOAT Scores across every era.

1🇷🇸Novak Djokovic2003–present97.6
2🇺🇸Martina Navratilova1973–199495.1
3🇩🇪Steffi Graf1982–199994.9
4🇺🇸Serena Williams1995–202294.6
5🇨🇭Roger Federer1998–202294.0
6🇪🇸Rafael Nadal2001–202493.1
7🇦🇺Rod Laver1956–197993.1
8🇺🇸Pancho Gonzales1947–197492.9
9🇦🇺Margaret Court1960–197792.5
10🇺🇸Bill Tilden1912–194691.8

By position

All-court

1🇷🇸Novak Djokovic2003–present97.6
2🇨🇭Roger Federer1998–202294.0
3🇺🇸Don Budge1932–195490.9
4🇫🇷Henri Cochet1921–195089.5
5🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Laurence Doherty1896–190689.2

Serve and volley

1🇺🇸Martina Navratilova1973–199495.1
2🇺🇸Pancho Gonzales1947–197492.9
3🇺🇸Louise Brough1940–195790.7
4🇫🇷Jean Borotra1922–195688.7
5🇺🇸Vic Seixas1940–196986.5

Singles

1🇦🇺Rod Laver1956–197993.1
2🇦🇺Margaret Court1960–197792.5
3🇺🇸Bill Tilden1912–194691.8
4🇺🇸Chris Evert1972–198991.5
5🇺🇸Pete Sampras1988–200291.0

Baseliner

1🇺🇸Helen Wills Moody1919–193890.5
2🇬🇧Herbert Lawford1878–189384.1
3🇬🇧Gordon Lowe1907–192982.4
4🇷🇺Svetlana Kuznetsova2000–202282.3
5🇪🇸Arantxa Sánchez Vicario1985–200281.4

Doubles specialist

1🇺🇸Pam Shriver1978–199787.4
2🇺🇸Fred Alexander1900–192185.3
3🇮🇳Sania Mirza2003–202385.0
4🇸🇪Jonas Björkman1991–200884.5
5🇸🇪Anders Järryd1980–199684.5

Baseline

1🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Arthur Gore1888–192786.6
2🇩🇪Gottfried von Cramm1932–195385.9
3🇺🇸Frank Parker1932–194985.4
4🇷🇺Marat Safin1997–200983.7
5🇺🇸Dick Savitt1949–195981.1

Clay-court baseliner

1🇮🇹Sara Errani2002–present85.9
2🇪🇸Carlos Moyá1995–201083.2
3🇪🇸Juan Carlos Ferrero1998–201282.8
4🇪🇸Sergi Bruguera1988–200282.0
5🇷🇴Virginia Ruzici1975–198779.9

Hard-court baseliner

1🇷🇺Daniil Medvedev2014–present85.7
2🇺🇸Sloane Stephens2009–present79.8

By country

Serbia

1🇷🇸Novak Djokovic2003–present97.6
2🇷🇸Jelena Janković2000–201780.8

United States

1🇺🇸Martina Navratilova1973–199495.1
2🇺🇸Serena Williams1995–202294.6
3🇺🇸Pancho Gonzales1947–197492.9
4🇺🇸Bill Tilden1912–194691.8
5🇺🇸Chris Evert1972–198991.5

Germany

1🇩🇪Steffi Graf1982–199994.9
2🇩🇪Gottfried von Cramm1932–195385.9
3🇩🇪Boris Becker1984–199983.2
4🇩🇪Michael Stich1988–199779.1
5🇩🇪Henner Henkel1933–193976.5

Switzerland

1🇨🇭Roger Federer1998–202294.0
2🇨🇭Martina Hingis1994–201783.8
3🇨🇭Timea Bacsinszky2005–202178.8
4🇨🇭Stan Wawrinka2002–present77.2

Spain

1🇪🇸Rafael Nadal2001–202493.1
2🇪🇸Manuel Santana1958–197384.2
3🇪🇸Carlos Moyá1995–201083.2
4🇪🇸Carlos Alcaraz2018–present83.1
5🇪🇸Juan Carlos Ferrero1998–201282.8

Australia

1🇦🇺Rod Laver1956–197993.1
2🇦🇺Margaret Court1960–197792.5
3🇦🇺Ken Rosewall1951–198088.7
4🇦🇺John Newcombe1960–198187.2
5🇦🇺John Bromwich1937–195486.8

Sweden

1🇸🇪Björn Borg1972–198390.9
2🇸🇪Jonas Björkman1991–200884.5
3🇸🇪Anders Järryd1980–199684.5
4🇸🇪Stefan Edberg1983–199683.4
5🇸🇪Thomas Enqvist1991–200582.7

France

1🇫🇷Henri Cochet1921–195089.5
2🇫🇷Jean Borotra1922–195688.7
3🇫🇷Suzanne Lenglen1919–192685.8
4🇫🇷René Lacoste1922–193284.6
5🇫🇷Yvon Petra1937–195183.4

By era

1910s

1🇺🇸Bill Tilden1912–194691.8
2🇺🇸Helen Wills Moody1919–193890.5
3🇫🇷Suzanne Lenglen1919–192685.8
4🇦🇺Gerald Patterson1914–193284.2
5🇺🇸R. Norris Williams1912–192683.0

1920s

1🇫🇷Henri Cochet1921–195089.5
2🇫🇷Jean Borotra1922–195688.7
3🇬🇧Fred Perry1929–195688.2
4🇫🇷René Lacoste1922–193284.6
5🇺🇸Wilmer Allison1927–193884.6

1930s

1🇺🇸Don Budge1932–195490.9
2🇦🇺John Bromwich1937–195486.8
3🇦🇺Adrian Quist1933–195086.8
4🇩🇪Gottfried von Cramm1932–195385.9
5🇺🇸Bobby Riggs1936–195985.8

1940s

1🇺🇸Pancho Gonzales1947–197492.9
2🇺🇸Louise Brough1940–195790.7
3🇺🇸Doris Hart1942–195588.4
4🇺🇸Vic Seixas1940–196986.5
5🇦🇺Ken McGregor1946–195685.8

1950s

1🇦🇺Rod Laver1956–197993.1
2🇺🇸Billie Jean King1959–198389.8
3🇦🇺Ken Rosewall1951–198088.7
4🇦🇺Roy Emerson1953–198386.7
5🇮🇹Nicola Pietrangeli1953–197285.5

1960s

1🇦🇺Margaret Court1960–197792.5
2🇷🇴Ilie Năstase1966–198588.5
3🇺🇸Arthur Ashe1966–198087.4
4🇦🇺John Newcombe1960–198187.2
5🇦🇺Evonne Goolagong Cawley1968–198383.1

1970s

1🇺🇸Martina Navratilova1973–199495.1
2🇺🇸Chris Evert1972–198991.5
3🇸🇪Björn Borg1972–198390.9
4🇨🇿Ivan Lendl1978–199488.5
5🇺🇸Jimmy Connors1972–199688.5

1980s

1🇩🇪Steffi Graf1982–199994.9
2🇺🇸Pete Sampras1988–200291.0
3🇺🇸Andre Agassi1986–200688.1
4🇺🇸Monica Seles1988–200384.7
5🇺🇸Michael Chang1988–200384.7

1990s

1🇺🇸Serena Williams1995–202294.6
2🇨🇭Roger Federer1998–202294.0
3🇺🇸Venus Williams1994–202486.7
4🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt1998–202085.9
5🇸🇪Jonas Björkman1991–200884.5

2000s

1🇷🇸Novak Djokovic2003–present97.6
2🇪🇸Rafael Nadal2001–202493.1
3🇮🇹Sara Errani2002–present85.9
4🇺🇸Andy Roddick2000–201285.6
5🇬🇧Andy Murray2005–202485.4

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Tennis GOAT debates

The closest calls in the ranking, with a full side-by-side breakdown.

Djokovic vs Navratilova· Djokovic ranks higher at 97.6 versus Navratilova at 95.1, a margin of 2.5 points.Navratilova vs Graf· Navratilova ranks higher at 95.1 versus Graf at 94.9, a margin of 0.2 points.Graf vs Serena· Graf ranks higher at 94.9 versus Serena at 94.6, a margin of 0.3 points.Serena vs Federer· Serena ranks higher at 94.6 versus Federer at 94.0, a margin of 0.6 points.Federer vs Nadal· Federer ranks higher at 94.0 versus Nadal at 93.1, a margin of 0.9 points.

How the Tennis ranking works

Every athlete is scored on five verified components — Dominance (25%), Peak (20%), Longevity (20%), Honours (20%) and Statistics (15%) — normalised against the full Tennis reference cohort rather than a shortlist. A record only receives a published score once it is editorially verified and complete: a season-by-season series, at least three career metrics, documented honours and independent sources. Read the full methodology.

Tennis GOAT — frequently asked

Who is the greatest Tennis Athlete of all time?: Novak Djokovic leads Tennis with a verified GOAT Score of 97.6/100.
How is the Tennis GOAT ranking calculated?: Five verified categories are weighted against 250 reference records. Only eligible profiles receive a score.
How many Tennis players are ranked?: 248 eligible Tennis athletes currently have a published GOAT Score, from 250 reference records.