Category profile
- Dominance
- 91
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 4 | |
| 1941 | 5 | |
| 1942 | 6 | |
| 1943 | 0 | |
| 1944 | 0 | |
| 1945 | 5 | |
| 1946 | 13 | |
| 1947 | 7 | |
| 1948 | 10 | |
| 1949 | 1 | |
| 1950 | 1 | |
| 1951 | 3 | |
| 1952 | 1 | |
| 1953 | 5 | |
| 1954 | 0 | |
| 1955 | 1 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- USGA
- Masters
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ben Hogan ranks #6 in Golf
Ben Hogan ranks 6th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 424th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 91, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 90, Statistics 90. 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 1930–1971 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1946, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 9, pga tour wins 64, us open titles 4, masters titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Kathy Whitworth on 88.6, a gap of -1.7 points. Directly behind is Gary Player on 88.0. 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.
Ben Hogan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance91/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hogan stood above the field while competing. Scored 91/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1946. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 41 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Hogan comparisons
Ben Hogan — frequently asked
- Is Ben Hogan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ben Hogan ranks 6th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 90.3, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Ben Hogan's GOAT Score?
- 90.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 91 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ben Hogan rank all time?
- 424th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within Golf.
- Ben Hogan vs Kathy Whitworth: who ranks higher?
- Ben Hogan, on 90.3 against Kathy Whitworth's 88.6 — a margin of 1.7 points.