Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 25 | |
| 1941 | 18 | |
| 1942 | 12 | |
| 1943 | 8 | |
| 1944 | 1 | |
| 1945 | 7 | |
| 1946 | 10 | |
| 1947 | 14 | |
| 1948 | 18 | |
| 1949 | 22 | |
| 1950 | 28 | |
| 1951 | 34 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A Open Championship records
- USGA championship records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bob Hamilton ranks #79 in Golf
Bob Hamilton ranks 79th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1865th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 76, Statistics 88. 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 1938–1965 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1951, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes pga championships 1, pga tour wins 6, career years 28, lowest round shot 59.
Immediately ahead sits Johnny Farrell on 82.4, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Anders Hansen on 82.5. 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.
Bob Hamilton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hamilton stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1951. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 27 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Hamilton comparisons
Bob Hamilton — frequently asked
- Is Bob Hamilton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob Hamilton ranks 79th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 82.5, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Bob Hamilton's GOAT Score?
- 82.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob Hamilton rank all time?
- 1865th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 79th within Golf.
- Bob Hamilton vs Johnny Farrell: who ranks higher?
- Bob Hamilton, on 82.5 against Johnny Farrell's 82.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.