The ATP rankings represents the official ranking of the world’s best male tennis players according to the number of points won at tournaments in the past 52 weeks. The absolute record holder (both men and women) for the number of weeks spent in first place is Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic.
On our website you can view the latest ATP rankings for ten best players on the world at the moment.
ATP RANKINGS, TOP 10
So far, 181 tennis players have been in the top ten at some point since the official ranking was established, ie. ATP rankings.
MOST WEEKS ON TOP OF THE ATP RANKINGS
From August 23, 1973, when the ATP list was first published, until today, 28 players have been ranked first. And they are:
1. 
Novak Djokovic – 424 weeks
2. 
Roger Federer – 310 weeks
3. 
Pete Sampras – 286 weeks
4. 
Ivan Lendl – 270 weeks
5. Jimmy Connors – 268 weeks
6. 
Rafael Nadal – 209 weeks
7. John McEnroe – 170 weeks
8. 
Bjorn Borg – 109 weeks
9. Andre Agassi – 101 weeks
10. 
Leighton Hewitt – 80 weeks
11. Stefan Edberg – 72 weeks
12. Jim Courier – 58 weeks
13. 
Gustavo Kuerten – 43 weeks
14. 
Andy Murray – 41 weeks
15. 
Ilie Nastase – 40 weeks
16. Carlos Alcaraz – 36 weeks
17. Mats Wilander – 20 weeks
18. 
Danil Medvedev – 16 weeks
19. Andy Roddick – 13 weeks
20. 
Boris Becker – 12 weeks
21. Marat Safin – 9 weeks
22. John Newcomb – 8 weeks
23. Juan Carlos Ferrero – 8 weeks
24. 
Thomas Muster – 6 weeks
25. 
Marcelo Rios – 6 weeks
26. Yevgeny Kafelnikov – 6 weeks
27. Carlos Moya – 2 weeks
28. Patrick Rafter – 1 week
Note: Players in bold are still active
