the current rest of the top ten looks like a joke because the top 3 are so dominant.
much like how the top ten looked when federer and nadal were so dominant.
much like how the top ten looked when federer was so dominant.
if the slam wins were split up more evenly this era would look as strong as any.say if you give half of Federer's slam wins to to another player on tour,e.g. Jurgen Melzer. each would have 8 slams each. in roughly 13 years, they were able to rack up as many slams as Connors and Agassi have in their entire 20+ year careers. each have 1 more than Mcenroe and Wilander.
if you were to give 3 of Nadal's majors to djokovic, each would have 7. each equalling mcenroe and wilander and surpassing becker and edberg.
in this hypothetical world of more evenly distributed slam wins, this era would consist of two connors/agassi caliber players playing with a mcenroe and a wilander. all 4 racking up their slam wins in 13 years. no one would be seen as a GOAT candidate, but the era wouldn't be dismissed as a weak one.