Alcaraz and the opportunity to achieve one of the highest scores ever seen in the ATP ranking

Diego Jiménez Rubio | 9 Sep 2025 | 20.27

Carlos Alcaraz achieves the highest score in ATP ranking. Photo: gettyimages

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A dream season that is reflected in the ATP ranking. What Carlos Alcaraz is achieving in this 2025 seems historic and could be even more so if he maintains his level in the coming months. With the 11,540 points he now holds, he achieves his personal best, but he has room to exceed the 12,000-point barrier, and much more.

Since the establishment of the current calendar and scoring system in 2009, only five players have surpassed 12,000 points. The latest to do so was Jannik Sinner this season, and there are ample reasons to believe that Carlos Alcaraz could soon join that club, significantly increasing his tally in the ATP ranking.

Evidence of this is that of the 4,000 points at stake for the Spaniard in the remaining part of the season (500 in Tokyo, 1,000 in Shanghai, 1,000 in Paris, and 1,500 in ATP Finals), he only defends 900 points, so he could potentially add 3,100 points. It is unrealistic to think that the Spaniard will emerge as the undefeated champion of all four events, but if he achieves good results in all of them, there is a clear possibility that he could end the year with over 12,000 points.

- Alcaraz may finish 2025 with a maximum of 14,640 points and will have plenty of room to add in the first quarter of 2026

The astute reader will have noticed that, in the event of winning everything he plays, Alcaraz would finish the year with 14,640 points, which would be the third-highest score ever seen on the men's circuit. As previously mentioned, it is difficult to imagine this scenario playing out, but the opportunity to continue accumulating points will extend into the beginning of the next season. With quarterfinals in Australia, semifinals in Indian Wells, and being eliminated in the second round of the Miami tournament, the Spaniard will have many chances to score points in the first third of 2026.

In the first three months of competition in the upcoming season, Alcaraz will only defend 1,410 points out of the 5,000 at stake, in case he participates in two ATP 500 events, as well as the oceanic Grand Slam and the first Masters 1000 of the year. In essence, a field of opportunities for the Spaniard, who could explore his limits in the ATP ranking and present a score that challenges historical precedents.

- Highest ATP ranking scores from 2009 to present, by player