List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
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The PIF ATP rankings are the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) merit-based system for determining the rankings in men's tennis. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the ATP Tour. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The ATP has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since August 23, 1973. Starting in 1979, an updated rankings list is released at the beginning of each week. Since 1973, 29 players have been ranked No. 1 by the ATP, of which 19 have been year-end No. 1.
Ranking method
Since the introduction of the rankings, the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times. As of 2019, the rankings are calculated by totaling the points a player wins in his best eighteen tournaments, subject to certain restrictions. For top players the counting tournaments are the four Grand Slam tournaments, the eight mandatory ATP Masters tournaments, the non-mandatory ATP Masters 1000 event in Monte-Carlo, the player's best four eligible ATP Tour 500 tournaments and his best two results from ATP Tour 250 tournaments. Lower-ranked players who are not eligible for some or all of the top tournaments may include additional ATP 500 and ATP 250 events, and also ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's Circuit tournaments. Players who qualify for the year-end ATP Finals also include any points gained from the tournament in their total, increasing the number of tournaments counted to 19.
ATP singles ranking
1973–1982; ATP ranking's average system as introduced on 23 August 1973.
1983–1989; ATP ranking's average system with bonus points for beating top ranked players.
1990–1999; ‘Best of 14’ ranking system, where a player’s best 14 results in the events counted.
2000–2008; ‘Best of 18’ ranking system, where a player’s best 18 results in the events counted.
2009–2019; A new point scale for ATP rankings to the ‘Best of 18’ ranking system.
2020–2021; ‘Best of 24-month’ ranking system from Aug 23, 2020 to Aug 9, 2021 for the two pandemic-impacted seasons.
2022–2023; Normal ATP’s ranking system over a 52-week period restored since August 2021.
2024–present; An updated ATP Rankings breakdown with increase in points at tour-level events since January 2024.
ATP records and distinctions
Novak Djokovic has spent the most weeks as world No. 1, a record total 428 weeks. Roger Federer has a record 237 consecutive weeks at No. 1. Djokovic also holds the record for the most year-end No. 1 finishes, achieving the feat for eight years (including the two pandemic-impacted seasons). Pete Sampras held the year-end No. 1 ranking for a record six consecutive years.
Carlos Alcaraz is both the youngest world No. 1 (19 years, 4 months and 7 days), and the youngest year-end No. 1 (19 years, 7 months and 21 days). Djokovic is both the oldest world No. 1 (37 years and 18 days) and the oldest year-end No. 1 (36 years, 7 months and 9 days).
Federer is the player with the longest time span (14 years, 142 days) between his first and most recent dates at No. 1 (2 February 2004 – 24 June 2018), while Rafael Nadal is the only player to hold the top ranking in three different decades, spanning 11 years, 168 days (18 August 2008 — 2 February 2020), 46 weeks in the 2000s, 159 weeks in the 2010s, and 4 weeks in the 2020s. Djokovic has the longest time span (12 years) between his first and last year-end No. 1 finish (2011–2023), and is the only player to be ranked No. 1 at least once in a year for 13 different years (2011–2016 & 2018-2024).
Federer holds the record of wire-to-wire No. 1 for three consecutive calendar years. Since 1973 when the ATP rankings started, there have been 13 years in which one player held the top spot for the entire year: Jimmy Connors in 1975, 1976, and 1978; Lendl in 1986 and 1987; Pete Sampras in 1994 and 1997; Hewitt in 2002; Federer in 2005, 2006, and 2007; and Djokovic in 2015 and 2021. In contrast, 1999 saw five players hold the No. 1 ranking (the most in any single year): Sampras, Carlos Moyá, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Andre Agassi, and Patrick Rafter. The 1999 season is also the only season with 3 players making their No. 1 debut.
Prior to 2009, Federer accumulated the most year-end ATP ranking points in any season, with 8,370 points in 2006. Since the introduction of a new point scale for the ATP rankings from 2009, Djokovic achieved the same feat with 16,585 ranking points in 2015 season. Djokovic holds the distinction of having 16,950 ranking points on 6 June 2016, the most ATP points ever accumulated by any player since 2009.
John McEnroe held the No. 1 ranking a record 14 times, Sampras and Djokovic are the only two other players to have held it 10 or more times, with 11 and 10 stints respectively. Rafter spent the least time at number 1 (one week).
Two players, Ivan Lendl and Marcelo Ríos, have reached No. 1 without previously having won a major singles title. Lendl reached No. 1 on February 21, 1983, but did not win his first Grand Slam title until the 1984 French Open. Ríos reached No. 1 on March 30, 1998, but retired without ever having won a Grand Slam title, making him the only No. 1 player with that distinction.
ATP No. 1 ranked singles players
The statistics are updated only when the ATP website revises its rankings (usually on Monday mornings except when tournament finals are postponed).
First-time No. 1 player.
Current world No. 1 (weeks are automatically updated).
‡ ATP rankings record.
No.
Player
Start date
End date
Weeks
Total
1
Ilie Năstase(ROU)
Aug 23, 1973
Jun 2, 1974
40
40
2
John Newcombe(AUS)
Jun 3, 1974
Jul 28, 1974
8
8
3
Jimmy Connors(USA)
Jul 29, 1974
Aug 22, 1977
160
160
4
Björn Borg(SWE)
Aug 23, 1977
Aug 29, 1977
1
1
Jimmy Connors (2)
Aug 30, 1977
Apr 8, 1979
84
244
Björn Borg (2)
Apr 9, 1979
May 20, 1979
6
7
Jimmy Connors (3)
May 21, 1979
Jul 8, 1979
7
251
Björn Borg (3)
Jul 9, 1979
Mar 2, 1980
34
41
5
John McEnroe(USA)
Mar 3, 1980
Mar 23, 1980
3
3
Björn Borg (4)
Mar 24, 1980
Aug 10, 1980
20
61
John McEnroe (2)
Aug 11, 1980
Aug 17, 1980
1
4
Björn Borg (5)
Aug 18, 1980
Jul 5, 1981
46
107
John McEnroe (3)
Jul 6, 1981
Jul 19, 1981
2
6
Björn Borg (6)
Jul 20, 1981
Aug 2, 1981
2
109
John McEnroe (4)
Aug 3, 1981
Sep 12, 1982
58
64
Jimmy Connors (4)
Sep 13, 1982
Oct 31, 1982
7
258
John McEnroe (5)
Nov 1, 1982
Nov 7, 1982
1
65
Jimmy Connors (5)
Nov 8, 1982
Nov 14, 1982
1
259
John McEnroe (6)
Nov 15, 1982
Jan 30, 1983
11
76
Jimmy Connors (6)
Jan 31, 1983
Feb 6, 1983
1
260
John McEnroe (7)
Feb 7, 1983
Feb 13, 1983
1
77
Jimmy Connors (7)
Feb 14, 1983
Feb 27, 1983
2
262
6
Ivan Lendl(TCH)
Feb 28, 1983
May 15, 1983
11
11
Jimmy Connors (8)
May 16, 1983
Jun 5, 1983
3
265
John McEnroe (8)
Jun 6, 1983
Jun 12, 1983
1
78
Jimmy Connors (9)
Jun 13, 1983
Jul 3, 1983
3
268
John McEnroe (9)
Jul 4, 1983
Oct 30, 1983
17
95
Ivan Lendl (2)
Oct 31, 1983
Dec 11, 1983
6
17
John McEnroe (10)
Dec 12, 1983
Jan 8, 1984
4
99
Ivan Lendl (3)
Jan 9, 1984
Mar 11, 1984
9
26
John McEnroe (11)
Mar 12, 1984
Jun 10, 1984
13
112
Ivan Lendl (4)
Jun 11, 1984
Jun 17, 1984
1
27
John McEnroe (12)
Jun 18, 1984
Jul 8, 1984
3
115
Ivan Lendl (5)
Jul 9, 1984
Aug 12, 1984
5
32
John McEnroe (13)
Aug 13, 1984
Aug 18, 1985
53
168
Ivan Lendl (6)
Aug 19, 1985
Aug 25, 1985
1
33
John McEnroe (14)
Aug 26, 1985
Sep 8, 1985
2
170
Ivan Lendl (7)
Sep 9, 1985
Sep 11, 1988
157
190
7
Mats Wilander(SWE)
Sep 12, 1988
Jan 29, 1989
20
20
Ivan Lendl (8)
Jan 30, 1989
Aug 12, 1990
80
270
8
Stefan Edberg(SWE)
Aug 13, 1990
Jan 27, 1991
24
24
9
Boris Becker(GER)
Jan 28, 1991
Feb 17, 1991
3
3
Stefan Edberg (2)
Feb 18, 1991
Jul 7, 1991
20
44
Boris Becker (2)
Jul 8, 1991
Sep 8, 1991
9
12
Stefan Edberg (3)
Sep 9, 1991
Feb 9, 1992
22
66
10
Jim Courier(USA)
Feb 10, 1992
Mar 22, 1992
6
6
Stefan Edberg (4)
Mar 23, 1992
Apr 12, 1992
3
69
Jim Courier (2)
Apr 13, 1992
Sep 13, 1992
22
28
Stefan Edberg (5)
Sep 14, 1992
Oct 4, 1992
3
72
Jim Courier (3)
Oct 5, 1992
Apr 11, 1993
27
55
11
Pete Sampras(USA)
Apr 12, 1993
Aug 22, 1993
19
19
Jim Courier (4)
Aug 23, 1993
Sep 12, 1993
3
58
Pete Sampras (2)
Sep 13, 1993
Apr 9, 1995
82
101
12
Andre Agassi(USA)
Apr 10, 1995
Nov 5, 1995
30
30
Pete Sampras (3)
Nov 6, 1995
Jan 28, 1996
12
113
Andre Agassi (2)
Jan 29, 1996
Feb 11, 1996
2
32
13
Thomas Muster(AUT)
Feb 12, 1996
Feb 18, 1996
1
1
Pete Sampras (4)
Feb 19, 1996
Mar 10, 1996
3
116
Thomas Muster (2)
Mar 11, 1996
Apr 14, 1996
5
6
Pete Sampras (5)
Apr 15, 1996
Mar 29, 1998
102
218
14
Marcelo Ríos(CHI)
Mar 30, 1998
Apr 26, 1998
4
4
Pete Sampras (6)
Apr 27, 1998
Aug 9, 1998
15
233
Marcelo Ríos (2)
Aug 10, 1998
Aug 23, 1998
2
6
Pete Sampras (7)
Aug 24, 1998
Mar 14, 1999
29
262
15
Carlos Moyá(ESP)
Mar 15, 1999
Mar 28, 1999
2
2
Pete Sampras (8)
Mar 29, 1999
May 2, 1999
5
267
16
Yevgeny Kafelnikov(RUS)
May 3, 1999
Jun 13, 1999
6
6
Pete Sampras (9)
Jun 14, 1999
Jul 4, 1999
3
270
Andre Agassi (3)
Jul 5, 1999
Jul 25, 1999
3
35
17
Patrick Rafter(AUS)
Jul 26, 1999
Aug 1, 1999
1
1
Pete Sampras (10)
Aug 2, 1999
Sep 12, 1999
6
276
Andre Agassi (4)
Sep 13, 1999
Sep 10, 2000
52
87
Pete Sampras (11)
Sep 11, 2000
Nov 19, 2000
10
286
18
Marat Safin(RUS)
Nov 20, 2000
Dec 3, 2000
2
2
19
Gustavo Kuerten(BRA)
Dec 4, 2000
Jan 28, 2001
8
8
Marat Safin (2)
Jan 29, 2001
Feb 25, 2001
4
6
Gustavo Kuerten (2)
Feb 26, 2001
Apr 1, 2001
5
13
Marat Safin (3)
Apr 2, 2001
Apr 22, 2001
3
9
Gustavo Kuerten (3)
Apr 23, 2001
Nov 18, 2001
30
43
20
Lleyton Hewitt(AUS)
Nov 19, 2001
Apr 27, 2003
75
75
Andre Agassi (5)
Apr 28, 2003
May 11, 2003
2
89
Lleyton Hewitt (2)
May 12, 2003
Jun 15, 2003
5
80
Andre Agassi (6)
Jun 16, 2003
Sep 7, 2003
12
101
21
Juan Carlos Ferrero(ESP)
Sep 8, 2003
Nov 2, 2003
8
8
22
Andy Roddick(USA)
Nov 3, 2003
Feb 1, 2004
13
13
23
Roger Federer(SUI)
Feb 2, 2004
Aug 17, 2008
237‡
237
24
Rafael Nadal(ESP)
Aug 18, 2008
Jul 5, 2009
46
46
Roger Federer (2)
Jul 6, 2009
Jun 6, 2010
48
285
Rafael Nadal (2)
Jun 7, 2010
Jul 3, 2011
56
102
25
Novak Djokovic(SRB)
Jul 4, 2011
Jul 8, 2012
53
53
Roger Federer (3)
Jul 9, 2012
Nov 4, 2012
17
302
Novak Djokovic (2)
Nov 5, 2012
Oct 6, 2013
48
101
Rafael Nadal (3)
Oct 7, 2013
Jul 6, 2014
39
141
Novak Djokovic (3)
Jul 7, 2014
Nov 6, 2016
122
223
26
Andy Murray(GBR)
Nov 7, 2016
Aug 20, 2017
41
41
Rafael Nadal (4)
Aug 21, 2017
Feb 18, 2018
26
167
Roger Federer (4)
Feb 19, 2018
Apr 1, 2018
6
308
Rafael Nadal (5)
Apr 2, 2018
May 13, 2018
6
173
Roger Federer (5)
May 14, 2018
May 20, 2018
1
309
Rafael Nadal (6)
May 21, 2018
Jun 17, 2018
4
177
Roger Federer (6)
Jun 18, 2018
Jun 24, 2018
1
310
Rafael Nadal (7)
Jun 25, 2018
Nov 4, 2018
19
196
Novak Djokovic (4)
Nov 5, 2018
Nov 3, 2019
52
275
Rafael Nadal (8)
Nov 4, 2019
Feb 2, 2020
13
209
Novak Djokovic (5)
Feb 3, 2020
Mar 22, 2020
7
282
Rankings frozen
Mar 23, 2020
Aug 23, 2020
22
Novak Djokovic (5)
Aug 24, 2020
Feb 27, 2022
79
361
27
Daniil Medvedev(RUS)
Feb 28, 2022
Mar 20, 2022
3
3
Novak Djokovic (6)
Mar 21, 2022
Jun 12, 2022
12
373
Daniil Medvedev (2)
Jun 13, 2022
Sep 11, 2022
13
16
28
Carlos Alcaraz(ESP)
Sep 12, 2022
Jan 29, 2023
20
20
Novak Djokovic (7)
Jan 30, 2023
Mar 19, 2023
7
380
Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Mar 20, 2023
Apr 2, 2023
2
22
Novak Djokovic (8)
Apr 3, 2023
May 21, 2023
7
387
Carlos Alcaraz (3)
May 22, 2023
Jun 11, 2023
3
25
Novak Djokovic (9)
Jun 12, 2023
Jun 25, 2023
2
389
Carlos Alcaraz (4)
Jun 26, 2023
Sep 10, 2023
11
36
Novak Djokovic (10)
Sep 11, 2023
Jun 9, 2024
39
428‡
29
Jannik Sinner(ITA)
Jun 10, 2024
Sep 7, 2025
65
65
Carlos Alcaraz (5)
Sep 8, 2025
Nov 2, 2025
8
44
Jannik Sinner (2)
Nov 3, 2025
Nov 9, 2025
1
66
Carlos Alcaraz (6)
Nov 10, 2025
present
13
57
Updated 26 January 2025.
Weeks at No. 1
Current No. 1 player (weeks are automatically updated).
Active players in bold.
Total
No.
Player
Total
1
Novak Djokovic
428
2
Roger Federer
310
3
Pete Sampras
286
4
Ivan Lendl
270
5
Jimmy Connors
268
6
Rafael Nadal
209
7
John McEnroe
170
8
Björn Borg
109
9
Andre Agassi
101
10
Lleyton Hewitt
80
11
Stefan Edberg
72
12
Jannik Sinner
66
13
Jim Courier
58
14
Carlos Alcaraz
57
15
Gustavo Kuerten
43
16
Andy Murray
41
17
Ilie Năstase
40
18
Mats Wilander
20
19
Daniil Medvedev
16
20
Andy Roddick
13
21
Boris Becker
12
22
Marat Safin
9
23
John Newcombe
8
Juan Carlos Ferrero
25
Thomas Muster
6
Marcelo Ríos
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
28
Carlos Moyá
2
29
Patrick Rafter
1
Consecutive
No.
Player
Weeks
1
Roger Federer
237
2
Jimmy Connors
160
3
Ivan Lendl
157
4
Novak Djokovic
122
5
Pete Sampras
102
6
Novak Djokovic (2)
86
7
Jimmy Connors (2)
84
8
Pete Sampras (2)
82
9
Ivan Lendl (2)
80
10
Lleyton Hewitt
75
11
Jannik Sinner
65
12
John McEnroe
58
13
Rafael Nadal
56
14
John McEnroe (2)
53
Novak Djokovic (3)
16
Andre Agassi
52
Novak Djokovic (4)
18
Roger Federer (2)
48
Novak Djokovic (5)
20
Björn Borg
46
Rafael Nadal (2)
Current streak in bold.
Weeks as No. 1 leaders timeline
Year span
Leader
Date achieved
Duration
Record
1973–1975
Ilie Năstase
August 23, 1973
1 year, 8 months
40
1975–1990
Jimmy Connors
May 5, 1975
15 years, 2 months
268
1990–1999
Ivan Lendl
July 30, 1990
9 years
270
1999–2012
Pete Sampras
August 2, 1999
12 years, 11 months
286
2012–2021
Roger Federer
July 16, 2012
8 years, 7 months
310
2021–present
Novak Djokovic
March 8, 2021
4 years, 10 months
428
Current record in bold.
No. 1 leaders timeline
Year-end No. 1 players
The ATP year-end No. 1 (ATP Player of the Year), in recent decades, it has been determined as the player who ends the year as world No. 1 in the ATP rankings. Prior to the early 1990s this was not always the case, in some instances the "ATP Player of the Year" and the Year-end No. 1 in the rankings were different players (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1989). Novak Djokovic holds the ATP record of eight year-end No. 1 finishes. Overall, 19 players have achieved the year-end No. 1 ranking. Ten of them have achieved this more than once, of which five (Lendl, Federer, Djokovic, Nadal and Alcaraz) have done so in non-consecutive years. Lendl and Federer were the first two players who would regain the Year-end No. 1. Nadal and Djokovic would regain the Year-end No. 1 four times. Six players have stayed at No. 1 in the ATP rankings for every week of the calendar year. Connors and Federer have done so in three years, Connors non-consecutively and Federer consecutively.
* Player was ranked No. 1 throughout the entire calendar year.
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