About this chart race
Rod Laver won all four majors in 1969 and led the young Open Era on five titles. Bjorn Borg passed him in 1978 and stopped at 11 in 1981, aged 25 - a mark that then stood untouched for seventeen years.
Pete Sampras drew level in 1998, went ahead in 1999 and finished on 14 in 2002. That number was widely described as unbreakable. It lasted seven years.
Roger Federer reached 15 in 2009 and pushed on to 20. Then the chart does something it had never done before: Rafael Nadal drew level at 20 in 2020, and in 2021 Novak Djokovic joined them - three men tied at the top on 20 titles at the same time. Nadal broke the deadlock in 2022 with 22, and Djokovic went clear in 2023 to finish on 24.
Only the Open Era is counted here, starting with the 1968 French Open, the first major open to professionals. Titles won before that are excluded, which is why Laver (five here, eleven in his career), Ken Rosewall (four here, eight) and John Newcombe (five here, seven) show lower totals than their all-time figures. The 1977 season contains two Australian Opens, played in January and December; there was no Australian Open at all in 1986, and Wimbledon 2020 was cancelled.
This animated ranking shows how cumulative grand slam singles titles changed across 59 series between 1968 and 2026. The bars re-order themselves as the years advance, so overtakes are visible as they happen rather than hidden inside a table. Use the list on the left to choose exactly who competes, drag the slider to jump to any year, or open the table view to read the underlying numbers.
As of 2026, Novak Djokovic leads with 24 titles.
Included in this race
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi, Mats Wilander, John McEnroe, Carlos Alcaraz, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Rod Laver, John Newcombe, Jannik Sinner, Ken Rosewall, Jim Courier, Guillermo Vilas, Stan Wawrinka, Jan Kodeš, Gustavo Kuerten, Arthur Ashe, Andy Murray, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Stan Smith, Sergi Bruguera, Patrick Rafter, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Johan Kriek, Ilie Năstase, Yannick Noah, Vitas Gerulaitis, Thomas Muster, Thomas Johansson, Roscoe Tanner, Richard Krajicek, Petr Korda, Pat Cash, Michael Stich, Michael Chang, Mark Edmondson, Marin Čilić, Manuel Orantes, Juan Martín del Potro, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Goran Ivanišević, Gastón Gaudio, Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev, Carlos Moyá, Brian Teacher, Andy Roddick, Andrés Gómez, Andrés Gimeno, Alexander Zverev, Albert Costa, Adriano Panatta.
Source
Data from Wikipedia - List of Grand Slam men’s singles champions. Every figure shown comes from this source — nothing is estimated or generated.
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