Year End Singles Rankings
| Type | 1959 | 1960 | '61 | '62 | '63 | '64 | '65 | '66 | '67 | '68 | '69 | 1970 | '71 | '72 | '73 | '74 | '75 | '76 | '77 | '78 | '79 | 1980 | '81 | '82 | '83 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World1 | N | N | N | N | 42 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 26 | N | 26 | 5 | 5 | 7 | N | N | N |
| WTA7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 414 | N | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | N | 14 | 13 |
| U.S.8 | N | 49 | 310 | 310 | 211 | 212 | 1C | 1 | 1 | E | E | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | E | N | 26 | 26 | 413 | 5 | N | 7 | E |
- E = excluded from the rankings, because she was a contract professional player (1968–69), had retired (1975), or for unknown reasons (1983).
- N = not ranked in top ten.
- C = co-ranked U.S. No. 1 with Nancy Richey.
1 The world rankings in this table are from Lance Tingay of the London Daily Telegraph for 1959 through 1967 and from Bud Collins for 1968 through 1983.
2 King was ranked behind Margaret Court, Lesley Turner Bowrey, and Maria Bueno.
3 King was ranked behind Court, Bueno, and Bowrey.
4 King was ranked behind Court and Ann Haydon-Jones.
5 King was ranked behind Court.
6 King was ranked behind Chris Evert.
7 The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings began in 1975.
8 The U.S. rankings are from the United States Tennis Association.
9 King was ranked behind Darlene Hard, Karen Hantze Susman, and Richey.
10 King was ranked behind Hard and Susman.
11 King was ranked behind Hard.
12 King was ranked behind Richey.
13 King was ranked behind Martina Navratilova, Evert, and Tracy Austin.
14 King was ranked behind Evert, Virginia Wade, and Navratilova.
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