Most weeks at No.1 in the ATP singles world rankings

As of the week commencing 28 October 2024, Novak Djokovic (Serbia) had topped the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) world rankings for a career total of 428 weeks, most recently on 3 June 2024 – the day he won his fourth-round match at the French Open, only to withdraw from the tournament with a knee injury 24 hours later, thus allowing semi-finalist Jannik Sinner and winner Carlos Alcaraz to pick up enough points to relegate him to No.3.

Djokovic’s longest consecutive run at No.1 was 122 weeks (weeks commencing 7 July 2014 to 31 October 2016), and he finished a record eight seasons as the No.1-ranked male player (2011–12, 2014–15, 2018, 2020–21 and 2023).

Djokovic is set to retain the record for the most weeks at No.1 for years to come, with all of his nearest rivals – Roger Federer (310 weeks), Pete Sampras (286), Ivan Lendl (270) and Jimmy Connors (268) – now retired and Rafael Nadal (209 weeks) set to hang up his racket after the Davis Cup Finals in November 2024.

Jannik Sinner (21 weeks) and Carlos Alcaraz (36), the highest-ranked active No.1s and the two leading players in the world (as of 28 October 2024), each have more than seven full years of catching up to do!

Djokovic first reached the top of the ATP rankings on 4 July 2011. His most recent week at No.1, w/c 3 June 2024, came 12 years 335 days later. At 37 years 12 days old on 3 June 2024, Djokovic (b. 22 May 1987) became the ATP Tour’s oldest-ever world No.1.