Novak Djokovic kicks off milestone 900th career week in Top 10 of ATP rankings

Novak Djokovic has reached a lot of incredible milestones this year—100th career title in Geneva, 100th career win at Roland Garros and 100th career win at Wimbledon, to name a few.

But this week, he turns it up—and not just to 200 or 300, but to 900.

Djokovic kicks off his milestone 900th career week in the Top 10 today, a massive haul split up into two massive stints—555 consecutive weeks from March 19th, 2007 to November 5th, 2017, and 345 consecutive weeks from July 16th, 2018 to this week.

He only dipped out of the elite for 36 weeks in between those two stints, from November 6th, 2017 to July 15th, 2018, after being forced to miss the second half of 2017 due to an elbow injury.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion is the third player to reach this milestone in ATP rankings history, after 20-time major winner Roger Federer (968) and 22-time major winner Rafael Nadal (912).

If Djokovic keeps posting results like he has—he’s reached the semifinals of every major this year and is currently ranked No. 6—there’s no reason he can’t pass both of his fellow Big 3 stars.

None of the Big 3’s above totals include the 22 weeks the ATP rankings were frozen in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

But while 900 career weeks in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings is incredible, when it comes to Djokovic and rankings, it always gets even more incredible the deeper you look.

Of those 900 weeks, he’s spent almost half of them—428, to be exact—at No. 1, the all-time record for most career weeks at No. 1 in ATP rankings history (and even ATP or WTA rankings history).

He’s spent 48% of his Top 10 weeks at No. 1, 67% of them in the Top 2, 84% of them in the Top 3 and 92% of them in the Top 5.

NOVAK'S 900 WEEKS IN THE TOP 10 BY RANKING:

• 428 weeks at No. 1
• 171 weeks at No. 2
• 157 weeks at No. 3
• 40 weeks at No. 4
• 29 weeks at No. 5
• 34 weeks at No. 6 [including this week]
• 32 weeks at No. 7
• 2 weeks at No. 8
• 0 weeks at No. 9
• 7 weeks at No. 10

With only 750 ranking points to defend the entire rest of the year—100 for reaching the third round of the US Open last year, and 650 for reaching the final of Shanghai a month later—there’s lots of room for Djokovic keep moving back up by the end of the season.