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I came across a new measurement called "Championship Shares" that provides another metric to rank players. Here is the list of players. With yesterday's win, Novak Djokovic slip ahead of Rafa. Here's the top 20:
1. Roger Federer 117.9
2. Novak Djokovic 102.7
3. Rafael Nadal 102.3
4. Pete Sampras 76.2
5. Ivan Lendl 61.5
6. Bjorn Borg 57.7
7. Andre Agassi 48.4
8. Jimmy Connors 47.8
9. John McEnroe 44.4
10. Boris Becker 39.2
11. Mats Wilander 35.6
12. Stefan Edberg 34.3
13. Andy Murray 31.9
14. Guillermo Vilas 27.0
15. Rod Laver 25.3*
16. Ilie Nastase 24.7
17. John Newcombe 24.5
18. Jim Courier 22.4
19. Ken Rosewall 20.8*
20. Gustavo Kuerten 17.6
*Open Era only.
Note that this isn't meant to be a definitive GOAT list, either by the author or myself. But I do think it provides an interesting angle and highlights some key points, and is just fun to look at. And it is closer to my own subjective rankings than, say, Ultimatetennisstatistics.com's GOAT List, which over-emphasizes longevity and cumulative statistics, imo (e.g. it has Lendl and Connors over Sampras).
For instance, it illustrates just how far ahead the top three are from everyone else.This is a gap that will only increase, as all three are likely to surpass the 120 threshold. It may be that this metric increasingly lends credence to my own view that there is no singular GOAT (sorry, fellow Fedfans) but a Holy Trinity.
Going down the liset a bit, some might take issue with Borg being behind Lendl, but given Borg's early retirement that actually highlights just how good he was. If he had played until he was 30 he would have been right there with Sampras, maybe higher.
As a nitpick, I'm not in love with Wilander over Edberg, but can live with it. I'd swap those two if this were a subjective GOAT ranking.
1. Roger Federer 117.9
2. Novak Djokovic 102.7
3. Rafael Nadal 102.3
4. Pete Sampras 76.2
5. Ivan Lendl 61.5
6. Bjorn Borg 57.7
7. Andre Agassi 48.4
8. Jimmy Connors 47.8
9. John McEnroe 44.4
10. Boris Becker 39.2
11. Mats Wilander 35.6
12. Stefan Edberg 34.3
13. Andy Murray 31.9
14. Guillermo Vilas 27.0
15. Rod Laver 25.3*
16. Ilie Nastase 24.7
17. John Newcombe 24.5
18. Jim Courier 22.4
19. Ken Rosewall 20.8*
20. Gustavo Kuerten 17.6
*Open Era only.
Note that this isn't meant to be a definitive GOAT list, either by the author or myself. But I do think it provides an interesting angle and highlights some key points, and is just fun to look at. And it is closer to my own subjective rankings than, say, Ultimatetennisstatistics.com's GOAT List, which over-emphasizes longevity and cumulative statistics, imo (e.g. it has Lendl and Connors over Sampras).
For instance, it illustrates just how far ahead the top three are from everyone else.This is a gap that will only increase, as all three are likely to surpass the 120 threshold. It may be that this metric increasingly lends credence to my own view that there is no singular GOAT (sorry, fellow Fedfans) but a Holy Trinity.
Going down the liset a bit, some might take issue with Borg being behind Lendl, but given Borg's early retirement that actually highlights just how good he was. If he had played until he was 30 he would have been right there with Sampras, maybe higher.
As a nitpick, I'm not in love with Wilander over Edberg, but can live with it. I'd swap those two if this were a subjective GOAT ranking.
