Slam matches against top5

[Lew II]

Slam matches vs top5 (10+ Slam finalists)

Djokovic 51/330 (15.45%)
McEnroe 29/205 (14.15%)
Borg 22/157 (14.01%)
Nadal 42/314 (13.38%)
Federer 55/421 (13.06%)
Lendl 35/271 (12.92%)
Connors 34/282 (12.06%)
Edberg 27/255 (12.00%)
Murray 28/234 (11.97%)
Wilander 21/181 (11.60%)
Agassi 31/277 (11.19%)
Becker 22/203 (10.84%)
Sampras 24/241 (9.96%)

Slam finals vs top5 (10+ Slam finalists)

Murray, McEnroe 10/11 (90.91%)
Djokovic 22/26 (84.62%)
Becker 8/10 (80.00%)
Nadal 20/27 (74.07%)
Edberg 8/11 (72.73%)
Borg 11/16 (68.75%)
Connors 10/15 (66.7%)
Lendl 13/19 (68.42%)
Federer 18/31 (58.06%)
Sampras 10/18 (55.56%)
Wilander 6/11 (54.55%)
Agassi 6/15 (40.00%)

Slam semifinals vs top5 (10+ Slam finalists)

McEnroe, Edberg 12/19 (63.16%)
Federer 28/46 (60.87%)
Djokovic 22/37 (59.46%)
Connors 18/31 (58.06%)
Agassi 15/26 (57.69%)
Murray 12/21 (57.14%)
Wilander 8/14 (57.14%)
Becker 10/18 (55.56%)
Lendl 14/28 (50.00%)
Nadal 13/33 (39.39%)
Borg 6/17 (35.29%)
Sampras 8/23 (34.78%)

 

[Lew II]

Most slam matches vs top5 in a year

2012 Djokovic - 9
2011 Nadal - 7
1969 Roche, 2007 Federer, 2011 Djokovic - 6

2012 Djokovic had he beaten Federer in the Wimbledon semi would have met 10 top5 in the year

 

[EdSWright]

I keep crunching the numbers and always arrive at 20. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Lew II]

Lowest average ranking of players met in Slam finals/semifinals per year:

1) 2012 Djokovic 3.1
2) 2011 Djokovic 3.2
3) 2013 Djokovic 4.1
4) 2016 Djokovic 4.3
5) 2007 Federer 4.5
6) 2015 Djokovic 5.1
7) 2014 Djokovic 6.3
8) 1993 Pioline 6.9
9) 2009 Federer 7.0
10) 2008 Federer 7.2

From 2007 to 2016 it was almost impossible to face a low ranked player

 

[Backspin1183]

Astonishing stats. Djokovic is quite good from what the numbers suggest. He's gotta be considered an all time great for sure.

 

[weakera]

Astonishing stats. Djokovic is quite good from what the numbers suggest. He's gotta be considered an all time great for sure.

Nadal looks pretty epic with a beard