# Who is the greatest ATP world No. 1 of all time?

> Some held the top spot for years, others for a single week. Weeks at No. 1 and Slam counts only settle part of this argument.

*By YPB Team · Published October 29, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-atp-world-no-1-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Novak Djokovic** — score 1000/1000
   Twenty-four-time major champion who holds the record of 428 weeks and eight year-end finishes at No. 1.
2. **Roger Federer** — score 747/1000
   Twenty-time major champion who held No. 1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks.
3. **Patrick Rafter** — score 585/1000
   Australian two-time US Open champion whose single week at No. 1 in 1999 is the shortest reign ever.
4. **John Newcombe** — score 569/1000
   Australian seven-time major champion who held the No. 1 spot briefly in 1974.
5. **Jimmy Connors** — score 569/1000
   Fiery American with a record 109 titles who spent 160 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the 1970s.
6. **Stefan Edberg** — score 569/1000
   Graceful serve-and-volleyer and six-time major champion who spent 72 weeks at No. 1.
7. **Andy Murray** — score 529/1000
   Three-time major champion who ended the Big Three's grip to finish 2016 as world No. 1.
8. **Mats Wilander** — score 529/1000
   Swede who won three majors in 1988 to seize the No. 1 ranking from Lendl.
9. **Björn Borg** — score 529/1000
   Ice-cool Swede who won six French Opens and five straight Wimbledons as world No. 1.
10. **Yevgeny Kafelnikov** — score 483/1000
   Two-time major champion and the first Russian man to be ranked world No. 1.
11. **Pete Sampras** — score 433/1000
   Fourteen-time major champion who finished a record six straight years as year-end No. 1.
12. **Thomas Muster** — score 432/1000
   Austrian clay-court king and 1995 French Open champion who briefly topped the rankings in 1996.
13. **Juan Carlos Ferrero** — score 375/1000
   Spanish 2003 French Open champion who rose to No. 1 that year and later coached Carlos Alcaraz.
14. **Carlos Alcaraz** — score 375/1000
   Spanish prodigy who became the youngest world No. 1 in ATP history at 19 in 2022.
15. **Marcelo Ríos** — score 375/1000
   Gifted Chilean left-hander and the first South American man to reach world No. 1.
16. **John McEnroe** — score 375/1000
   Volleying genius and seven-time major champion who topped the rankings for 170 weeks.
17. **Andre Agassi** — score 309/1000
   Career Grand Slam winner who returned to No. 1 at 33, the oldest to hold it until 2018.
18. **Marat Safin** — score 309/1000
   Explosive Russian who crushed Sampras in the 2000 US Open final and reached No. 1 at 20.
19. **Jim Courier** — score 309/1000
   American four-time major champion who led the rankings for 58 weeks in the early 1990s.
20. **Carlos Moyá** — score 309/1000
   Spanish 1998 French Open champion who became his country's first world No. 1 in 1999.
21. **Jannik Sinner** — score 309/1000
   Italy's first world No. 1, a multiple major champion who dominated the rankings from 2024.
22. **Ilie Năstase** — score 309/1000
   The Romanian showman who became the first ATP world No. 1 when the rankings began in 1973.
23. **Gustavo Kuerten** — score 233/1000
   Beloved Brazilian three-time French Open champion who finished 2000 as year-end No. 1.
24. **Andy Roddick** — score 233/1000
   Big-serving American who won the 2003 US Open and finished that year as world No. 1.
25. **Rafael Nadal** — score 233/1000
   Twenty-two-time major champion and 14-time French Open winner who spent 209 weeks at No. 1.
26. **Daniil Medvedev** — score 233/1000
   Russian 2021 US Open champion who broke the Big Four's 18-year hold on No. 1 in 2022.
27. **Boris Becker** — score 144/1000
   German power server, youngest Wimbledon men's champion and six-time major winner who reached No. 1 in 1991.
28. **Lleyton Hewitt** — score 144/1000
   Australian who became the youngest year-end No. 1 in history at 20 in 2001.
29. **Alexander Zverev** — score 0/1000
   German Olympic gold medallist who replaced Jannik Sinner as world No. 1 in October 2026.
30. **Ivan Lendl** — score 0/1000
   Eight-time major winner whose 270 weeks at No. 1 defined the power-baseline era of the 1980s.

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