Former tennis player John McEnroe won a total of 155 ATP titles, 77 in ATP Tour singles, 77 in men's doubles, and 1 in mixed doubles. He won 25 singles titles on the ATP Champions tour. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles. He also won a record eight year end championship titles overall, the Masters championships three times, and the WCT Finals, a record five times. His career singles match record was 875–198 (81.55%). He posted the best single-season match record for a male player in the Open Era with win–loss record: 82–3 (96.5%) set in 1984 and has the best carpet court career match winning percentage: 84.18% (411–65) of any player. McEnroe was the third male player to reach three consecutive Grand Slam finals in a calendar year during the open era, in 1984 after Rod Laver reached all four Grand Slam finals in 1969 and Bjorn Borg reached the last three Grand Slam finals in 1978, 1980, and 1981.

McEnroe had winning records against Jimmy Connors (20–14), Stefan Edberg (7–6), Guillermo Vilas (8–6), Mats Wilander (7–6), Michael Chang (4–1), Ilie Năstase (4–2). McEnroe was even with Björn Borg (7–7), but trailed against Goran Ivanišević (2–4), Boris Becker (2–8) and Ivan Lendl (15–21). McEnroe won 12 of his last 14 matches with Connors, beginning with the 1983 Cincinnati tournament. Edberg won his last five matches with McEnroe, beginning with the 1989 tournament in Tokyo. McEnroe won four of his last five matches with Vilas, beginning with the 1981 tournament in Boca Raton, Florida. Lastly, Lendl won 11 of his last 12 matches with McEnroe, beginning with the 1985 US Open.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 11 finals (7 titles, 4 runner–ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1979US OpenHard Vitas Gerulaitis7–5, 6–3, 6–3Loss1980WimbledonGrass Björn Borg6–1, 5–7, 3–6, 7–6(18–16), 6–8Win1980US Open (2)Hard Björn Borg7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 5–7, 6–4Win1981WimbledonGrass Björn Borg4–6, 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–4), 6–4Win1981US Open (3)Hard Björn Borg4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3Loss1982WimbledonGrass Jimmy Connors6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 4–6Win1983Wimbledon (2)Grass Chris Lewis6–2, 6–2, 6–2Loss1984French OpenClay Ivan Lendl6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 5–7Win1984Wimbledon (3)Grass Jimmy Connors6–1, 6–1, 6–2Win1984US Open (4)Hard Ivan Lendl6–3, 6–4, 6–1Loss1985US OpenHard Ivan Lendl6–7(1–7), 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 12 (9 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1978WimbledonGrass Peter Fleming Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan1–6, 4–6, 2–6Win1979WimbledonGrass Peter Fleming Brian Gottfried Raul Ramírez4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2Win1979US OpenHard Peter Fleming Bob Lutz Stan Smith6–2, 6–4Loss1980US OpenHard Peter Fleming Bob Lutz Stan Smith6–7, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6Win1981Wimbledon (2)Grass Peter Fleming Bob Lutz Stan Smith6–4, 6–4, 6–4Win1981US Open (2)Hard Peter Fleming Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamarawalkoverLoss1982Wimbledon (2)Grass Peter Fleming Peter McNamara Paul McNamee3–6, 2–6Win1983Wimbledon (3)Grass Peter Fleming Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson6–4, 6–3, 6–4Win1983US Open (3)Hard Peter Fleming Fritz Buehning Van Winitsky6–3, 6–4, 6–2Win1984Wimbledon (4)Grass Peter Fleming Pat Cash Paul McNamee6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3Win1989US Open (4)Hard Mark Woodforde Ken Flach Robert Seguso6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3Win1992Wimbledon (5)Grass Michael Stich Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg5–7, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 19–17

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1977French OpenClay Mary Carillo Florența Mihai Iván Molina7–6, 6–3

Grand Prix year-end championships finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1978Grand Prix MastersCarpet (i) Arthur Ashe6–7, 6–3, 7–5Loss1982Grand Prix MastersCarpet (i) Ivan Lendl4–6, 4–6, 2–6Win1983Grand Prix MastersCarpet (i) Ivan Lendl6–3, 6–3, 6–4Win1984Grand Prix MastersCarpet (i) Ivan Lendl7–5, 6–0, 6–4 Note: during this period the year-end championships were called the Grand Prix Masters and were played in January of the following year.

WCT year-end championships finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinMay 1979WCT FinalsCarpet (i) Björn Borg7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6LossMay 1980WCT FinalsCarpet (i) Jimmy Connors6–2, 6–7, 1–6, 2–6WinMay 1981WCT FinalsCarpet (i) Johan Kriek6–1, 6–2, 6–4LossApr 1982WCT FinalsCarpet (i) Ivan Lendl6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 3–6WinMay 1983WCT FinalsCarpet (i) Ivan Lendl6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6WinApr 1984WCT FinalsCarpet (i) Jimmy Connors6–1, 6–2, 6–3LossApr 1987WCT FinalsCarpet (i) Miloslav Mečíř0–6, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6WinMar 1989WCT FinalsCarpet (i) Brad Gilbert6–3, 6–3, 7–6

Career finals

Singles: 109 (77 titles, 32 runner-ups)

Tournament category W-LGrand Slam tournaments7–4Year-end championships – Grand Prix3–1Year-end championships – WCT 5–3Grand Prix / WCT / ATP Tour62–24Titles by surfaceClay (4–4)Grass (8–5)Hard (22–9)Carpet (43–14)Titles by settingOutdoor (25–15)Indoor (52–17)