Men's Singles Players who hold the No.1 Tennis Ranking in ATP Tour history.
Some of the men who have held the top spot in singles since the inception of the ATP Tour's rankings on August 23, 1973. Scroll through to see every player and how many weeks each one spent at No. 1.
Top Ranked Tennis Players: Total Weeks At Number 1
As it stands, Novak Djokovic has spent the most weeks as world No. 1, with a record total of 400 weeks, and it’s hard to see anyone toppling that record any time soon.
Although Novak leads the way cumulatively, Roger Federer holds the record as the tennis player with the most consecutive weeks as number one, holding firm for 237 weeks, 77 weeks longer than second place Ivan Lendl.
Federer is also the player with the longest period between his first and last appearance at No. 1, 14 years. (February 2004 – June 2018).
Country - Player -- Total Weeks At No. 1 -- Max Consecutive Weeks At No. 1 -- Year-End No. 1s
1 - SRB Novak Djokovic 400 - 122 - 7
2 - SUI Roger Federer 310 - 237 - 5
3 - USA Pete Sampras 286 - 102 - 6
4 - USA Ivan Lendl 270 - 157 - 4
5 - USA Jimmy Connors 268 - 160 - 5
6 - ESP Rafael Nadal 209 - 56 - 5
7 - USA John McEnroe 170 - 58 - 4
8 - SWE Bjorn Borg 109 - 46 - 2
9 - USA Andre Agassi 101 - 52 - 1
10 - AUS Lleyton Hewitt 80 - 75 - 2
11 - SWE Stefan Edberg 72 - 24 - 2
12 - USA Jim Courier 58 - 27 - 1
13 - BRA Gustavo Kuerten 43 - 30 - 1
14 - GBR Andy Murray 41 - 41 - 1
15 - ROU Ilie Nastase 40 - 40 - 1
16 - ESP Carlos Alcaraz 36 - 20 - 1
17 - SWE Mats Wilander 20 - 20 - 1
18 - RUS Daniil Medvedev 16 - 13 - 0
19 - USA Andy Roddick 13 - 13 - 1
20 - GER Boris Becker 12 - 9 - 0
Full List of Year-End ATP Number One Singles Players
At the end of the year, one player is crowned the season-ending world number one.
The first to land that accolade was Ilie Năstase, and since then, an additional sixteen players have joined the year-end number-one club, making it a select bunch of players.
The most recent was teenager Carlos Alcaraz, who finished the 2022 season at the top of the tree, thanks partly to his maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open.
The young Spaniard has a long way to go to catch Novak Djokovic, who has finished year-end number one on seven separate occasions, while Pete Sampras holds the record for consecutive seasons, leading the way from 1993 to 1998.
YEAR PLAYER COUNTRY
1973 Ilie Năstase Romania
1974 Jimmy Connors United States
1975 Jimmy Connors United States
1976 Jimmy Connors United States
1977 Jimmy Connors United States
1978 Jimmy Connors United States
1979 Björn Borg Sweden
1980 Björn Borg Sweden
1981 John McEnroe United States
1982 John McEnroe United States
1983 John McEnroe United States
1984 John McEnroe United States
1985 Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia
1986 Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia
1987 Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia
1988 Mats Wilander Sweden
1989 Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia
1990 Stefan Edberg Sweden
1991 Stefan Edberg Sweden
1992 Jim Courier United States
1993 Pete Sampras United States
1994 Pete Sampras United States
1995 Pete Sampras United States
1996 Pete Sampras United States
1997 Pete Sampras United States
1998 Pete Sampras United States
1999 Andre Agassi United States
2000 Gustavo Kuerten Brazil
2001 Lleyton Hewitt Australian
2002 Lleyton Hewitt Australian
2003 Andy Roddick United States
2004 Roger Federer Switzerland
2005 Roger Federer Switzerland
2006 Roger Federer Switzerland
2007 Roger Federer Switzerland
2008 Rafael Nadal Spain
2009 Roger Federer Switzerland
2010 Rafael Nadal Spain
2011 Novak Djokovic Serbia
2012 Novak Djokovic Serbia
2013 Rafael Nadal Spain
2014 Novak Djokovic Serbia
2015 Novak Djokovic Serbia
2016 Andy Murray United Kingdom
2017 Rafael Nadal Spain
2018 Novak Djokovic Serbia
2019 Rafael Nadal Spain
2020 Novak Djokovic Serbia
2021 Novak Djokovic Serbia
2022 Carlos Alcaraz Spain
2023 Novak Djokovic Serbia
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