How about putting a % of total weeks spent at #1? It would be another metric to compare say Graf and Djokovic’s total weeks at #1 to their total weeks with any ranking. Careers are longer now with recovery science and larger teams. I am sure Graf will have highest % weeks at #1.
Shriver suggests new metric to compare Djokovic and Graf amid record being broken: "I'm sure Graf will have highest percentage weeks"
ATPWednesday, 01 March 2023 at 13:00
Former player Pam Shriver suggested a new way of comparing the all-time weeks as the number one record that Djokovic took over from Graff recently.
The American suggested that Graff would have a comfortable lead if you compared the percentage of weeks she held the number one spot out of the total weeks played. While Djokovic now holds the record for most weeks as number one in tennis at 378, Shriver pointed out that Graff's percentage of career weeks spent as one is higher than that of Djokovic.
She wrote on Twitter:
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"How about putting a % of total weeks spent at #1? It would be another metric to compare say Graf and Djokovic’s total weeks at #1 to their total weeks with any ranking. Careers are longer now with recovery science and larger teams. I am sure Graf will have highest % weeks at #1."
The comparison would show how much of their career was spent dominating it and being ranked number one which would be an interesting way to compare the two achievements.
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