The 50 Most Accomplished Players of the Open Era

This is an attempt to come up with an "objective" ranking of player accomplishments, i.e., without resorting to judgement. The scoring system is explained below. The ranking captures only achievements at the Grand Slams, and for players with significant successes in the open era. Active players - whose score can still improve - are bolded. This ranking has been update for the 2026 season, it will be updated annually.  

The 50 Most Accomplished Players of the Open Era

	Men	Career Rank	Score			Women	Career Rank	Score
1	Novak Djokovic	Dai-Y	836		1	Serena Williams	Dai-Y	745
2	Rafael Nadal	Dai-Y	699		2	Margaret Court	Dai-Y	721
3	Roger Federer	Dai-Y	696		3	Steffi Graf	Dai-Y	698
4	Ken Rosewall	Dai-Y	551		4	Chris Evert	Dai-Y	686
5	Pete Sampras	Dai-Y	435		5	Martina Navratilova	Dai-Y	657
6	Rod Laver	Dai-Y	431		6	Billie Jean King	Dai-Y	416
7	Bjorn Borg	Dai-Y	349		7	Monica Seles	Dai-Y	307
8	Ivan Lendl	Y	348		8	Venus Williams	Y	307
9	Jimmy Connors	Y	337		9	Evonne Goolagong	Y	304
10	Andre Agassi	Y	322		10	Justine Henin	Y	251
11	John McEnroe	Y	256		11	Martina Hingis	Y	224
12	Mats Wilander	Y	240		12	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	Y	223
13	Stefan Edberg	Y	238		13	Maria Sharapova	Y	214
14	Boris Becker	Y	227		14	Anne Haydon-Jones	O	180
15	Carlos Alcaraz	Y	209		15	Iga Swiatek	Y	176
16	John Newcombe	Y	208		16	Aryna Sabalenka	Y	173
17	Andy Murray	Y	192		17	Hana Mandlokova	Y	171
18	Jannik Sinner	Y	167		18	Kim Clijsters	Y	171
19	Guillermo Vilas	O	163		19	Linday Davenport	Y	163
20	Jim Courier	Y	151		20	Jennifer Capriati	Y	121
21	Arthur Ashe	O	127		21	Nancy Richey	O	116
22	Alexander Zverev	Y	117		22	Virginia Wade	O	113
23	Stan Wawrinka	O	114		23	Naomi Osaka	Y	112
24	Jan Kodes	O	106		24	Angelique Kerber	O	105
25	Lleyton Hewitt	O	91		25	Viktoria Azarenka	O	102
26	Ilie Nastase	O	90		26	Simona Halep	O	100
27	Andy Roddick	O	87		27	Gabriela Sabatini	O	100
28	Gustavo Kuerten	O	86		28	Mary Pierce	O	98
29	Marat Safin	O	83		29	Elena Rybakina	O	96
30	Daniil Medvedev	O	83		30	Amelie Mauresmo	O	87
31	Pat Rafter	O	81		31	Ashleigh Barty	O	86
32	Yevgeni Kafelnikov	O	79		32	Svetlana Kuznetsova	O	86
33	Stan Smith	O	74		33	Kerry Melville Reed	O	85
34	Tony Roche	O	74		34	Conchita Martinez	O	84
35	Michael Chang	O	71		35	Na Li	O	82
36	Goran Ivanisevic	S	70		36	Jana Novotna	O	82
37	Johan Kriek	O	69		37	Petra Kvitova	O	81
38	Sergi Bruguera	O	66		38	Coco Gauff	O	80
39	Vitas Gerulaitis	O	63		39	Garbine Muguruza	O	78
40	Dominic Thiem	O	62		40	Tracy Austin	O	71
41	Marin Cilic	O	62		41	Caroline Wozniacki	S	60
42	Michael Stich	O	58		42	Barbora Krejcikova	O	58
43	Juan Carlos Ferrero	O	57		43	Mima Jausovec	O	56
44	Pat Cash	O	55		44	Madison Keys	O	56
45	Juan Martin Del Potro	O	55		45	Helena Sukova	O	56
46	Roscoe Tanner	O	53		46	Ana Ivanovic	O	54
47	Manuel Orantes	S	47		47	Mary Joe Fernandez	O	55
48	Carlos Moya	O	44		48	Rosemary Casals	O	50
49	Richard Krajicek	O	41		49	Samantha Stosur	O	47
50	Thomas Muster	S	41		50	Virginia Ruzici	O	47

For players whose careers falls entirely into the open era - the vast majority - the score is computed as follows: one point for a grand slam quarter-final participation, 3 points for a semifinal, 9 points for a final, and 27 points for a title. Hence every win in the later stages of a slam triples the score. 

For players who split their careers between the pre-open era and the open era - including Margaret Court, Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Billie Jean King, John Newcombe Anne Haydon-Jones - adjustments are made to give credit to achievements during both periods. In the men's ranking, points accumulated on the pro tour have a weight of 2/3 per tournament (note: there were only three pro slams), points accumulated on the amateur tour have a weight of 1/2. This ensures that the total points per year remain the same as in the open era. In the ladies' game, there was only the amateur tour, hence pre-open era points count fully. 

In case of points equality, the number of tournament victories/finals/semifinals (in this order) serve as tiebreaker. Players who had most their successes before the open era are not included, for example Ray Emerson, Pancho Gonzalez or Maria Bueno.

Updated: September 17, 2026