# Who is the greatest Davis Cup player of all time?

> National pride, best-of-five matches and hostile crowds on the road. The list rewards the players who delivered when a whole country was watching.

*By YPB Team · Published September 26, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-davis-cup-player-of-all-time*

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1. **John McEnroe**
   Helped the United States win five Davis Cups and holds the American records for ties and singles wins.
2. **Björn Borg**
   Led Sweden to its first Davis Cup in 1975 during a run of 33 straight singles wins.
3. **Rafael Nadal**
   Won five Davis Cups with Spain and lost just one singles rubber in his career.
4. **Nicola Pietrangeli**
   Italian who holds the all-time records for Davis Cup ties played and rubbers won.
5. **Roy Emerson**
   Australian who won eight Davis Cups, more than any other player.
6. **Bill Tilden**
   American who anchored seven straight Davis Cup wins from 1920 to 1926.
7. **Rod Laver**
   Australian who won the Davis Cup four times, either side of his professional exile.
8. **Andy Murray**
   Won 11 of Britain's 12 points in 2015 to end a 79-year wait.
9. **Novak Djokovic**
   Led Serbia to its first and only Davis Cup title in 2010.
10. **Roger Federer**
   Clinched Switzerland's first Davis Cup in 2014 in Lille.
11. **Boris Becker**
   Led West Germany to back-to-back Davis Cups in 1988 and 1989.
12. **Pete Sampras**
   Won three rubbers on Moscow clay to take the 1995 final almost alone.
13. **Andre Agassi**
   Played in three American Davis Cup title runs, in 1990, 1992 and 1995.
14. **Ilie Năstase**
   Carried Romania to three Davis Cup finals between 1969 and 1972.
15. **Mats Wilander**
   Won three Davis Cups with Sweden in the 1980s.
16. **Juan Martín del Potro**
   Beat Andy Murray and Marin Čilić to deliver Argentina's first Davis Cup in 2016.
17. **Stan Wawrinka**
   Federer's partner and second singles player in Switzerland's 2014 title run.

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