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Best Tennis players of all time

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Novak Djokovic1621

The worldwide ranking generated by 3.2k votes

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Novak Djokovic1621

Roger Federer1611

Rafael Nadal1578

Pete Sampras1310

Björn Borg1258

Andy Murray1210

Mats Wilander1195

Rod Laver1174

Ivan Lendl1159

#10

Andre Agassi1148

#11

Stan Wawrinka1142

#12

John McEnroe1134

#13

Jimmy Connors1130

#14

Boris Becker1113

#15

Stefan Edberg1048

#16

Andy Roddick1039

#17

Gustavo Kuerten1036

#18

Juan Martin Del Potro1035

#19

Marat Safin1031

#20

Lleyton Hewitt1028

What the community says

Novak Djokovic leads with an ELO of 1,621, ahead of Roger Federer (1,611) and Rafael Nadal (1,578). Ranked over 3,195 duels between 20 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.