A Novak Djokovic superfan has done a numerical comparison between the Big Three of Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer and there is a clear winner in terms of the greatest player of all time when it comes to the overall statistics.
@Yolitatennis has been keeping a spreadsheet for a couple of years now and the latest figures once again make for pretty reading if you are a Djokovic fan.
The Serbian won his 40th ATP Masters 1000 title on Sunday when he defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the final of the Paris Masters with the trophy also taking him to 97 career titles – just six behind Federer and 12 adrift of Jimmy Connors’ overall Open Era record of 109.
But Djokovic’s latest singles title moved him to 70 “Big Titles” (Grand Slams, ATP Finals and ATP Masters 1000), well clear of his two rivals as Nadal is on 58 titles and Federer on 54.
Their tallies are broken down as follows:
Novak Djokovic Big Titles
24 – Grand Slams
6 – ATP Finals
40 – ATP Masters 1000
Rafael Nadal Big Titles
22 – Grand Slams
0 – ATP Finals
36 – ATP Masters 1000
Roger Federer Big Titles
20 – Grand Slams
6 – ATP Finals
28 – ATP Masters 1000
With his win today, Novak only needs to win one RR match in Turin to guarantee the YE#1 ranking for a record 8th time and 406 weeks as #1.
It is *almost* guaranteed, but not quite.
Here is my table updated: 40 masters, 70 big titles.
Total ranking points earned are also taken into consideration and it is adjusted to the current format as before 2009 a different system was used. Djokovic started his 398th week at No 1 on Monday and his total ranking points are 166,864 with Federer second in this particular category with 164,384 and Nadal with 148,997.
Other categories include Win-Loss Percentage with Djokovic on 83.68%, Nadal on 82.92% and Federer on 81.98% for “general wins” and Big Five Wins (Djokovic on 57 against Big Three, Nadal on 53 and Federer on 39).
Djokovic also leads the Streaks classification for Big Titles (Grand Slams, ATP Finals, ATP Masters, Big Titles, Weeks at No 1) and Other Achievements.
The Other Achievement list includes the Career Grand Slam with Djokovic achieving the feat three times, Nadal twice and Federer once. Djokovic is the only player with a Career Masters as he has won all nine ATP Masters 1000 titles twice over the course of his career with his two rivals on zero. Djokovic has also twice done the “Big Titles Sweep”.
However, Nadal leads the way with the most Olympic medals as he has two gold medals to his name (one in singles and one in doubles) while Federer has one gold medal in doubles and Djokovic has one bronze medal in singles.
There is one clear winner for numerical comparisons and it is Djokovic.
