Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1 | |
| 1952 | 2 | |
| 1953 | 4 | |
| 1954 | 3 | |
| 1955 | 5 | |
| 1956 | 4 | |
| 1957 | 3 | |
| 1958 | 4 | |
| 1959 | 3 | |
| 1960 | 2 | |
| 1961 | 4 | |
| 1962 | 4 | |
| 1963 | 3 | |
| 1964 | 2 | |
| 1965 | 1 | |
| 1966 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 0 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- LPGA
- DP World Tour
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Betsy Rawls ranks #44 in Golf
Betsy Rawls ranks 44th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 794th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 84, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 82. 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 1951–1975 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1955, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 8, lpga tour wins 55, us women's open titles 4, vare trophies 1.
Immediately ahead sits Byron Nelson on 85.2, a gap of 2.9 points. Directly behind is Nancy Lopez on 83.1. 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.
Betsy Rawls GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rawls stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1955. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Rawls comparisons
Betsy Rawls — frequently asked
- Is Betsy Rawls the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Betsy Rawls ranks 44th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 82.3, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Betsy Rawls's GOAT Score?
- 82.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Betsy Rawls rank all time?
- 794th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 44th within Golf.
- Betsy Rawls vs Byron Nelson: who ranks higher?
- Byron Nelson, on 85.2 against Betsy Rawls's 82.3 — a margin of 2.9 points.