Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1 | |
| 1941 | 2 | |
| 1942 | 3 | |
| 1943 | 4 | |
| 1944 | 5 | |
| 1945 | 6 | |
| 1946 | 7 | |
| 1947 | 4 | |
| 1948 | 3 | |
| 1949 | 2 | |
| 1950 | 1 | |
| 1951 | 1 |
Data sources
- LPGA
- USGA
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Babe Didrikson Zaharias ranks #23 in Golf
Babe Didrikson Zaharias ranks 23rd among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 697th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 88, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Golf reference universe of 266 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1935–1955 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1946, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 10, lpga tour wins 41, olympic golds 2, us women's open titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Lee Trevino on 84.0, a gap of -2.5 points. Directly behind is Laura Davies on 83.0. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Zaharias stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1946. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias — frequently asked
- Is Babe Didrikson Zaharias the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Babe Didrikson Zaharias ranks 23rd in Golf with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Babe Didrikson Zaharias's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Babe Didrikson Zaharias rank all time?
- 697th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 23rd within Golf.
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias vs Lee Trevino: who ranks higher?
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias, on 86.5 against Lee Trevino's 84.0 — a margin of 2.5 points.