Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 0 | |
| 1923 | 1 | |
| 1924 | 1 | |
| 1925 | 0 | |
| 1926 | 2 | |
| 1927 | 1 | |
| 1928 | 1 | |
| 1929 | 1 | |
| 1930 | 1 | |
| 1931 | 4 |
Data sources
- USGA
- The Open
- Masters
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bobby Jones ranks #29 in Golf
Bobby Jones ranks 29th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 723rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 74, Honours 88, 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 1916–1930 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1931, 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 7, us open titles 4, open championships 3, us amateur titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits Juli Inkster on 83.0, a gap of -3.9 points. Directly behind is Vijay Singh on 82.4. 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.
Bobby Jones GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jones stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1931. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Jones comparisons
Bobby Jones — frequently asked
- Is Bobby Jones the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bobby Jones ranks 29th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 86.9, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Bobby Jones's GOAT Score?
- 86.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bobby Jones rank all time?
- 723rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within Golf.
- Bobby Jones vs Juli Inkster: who ranks higher?
- Bobby Jones, on 86.9 against Juli Inkster's 83.0 — a margin of 3.9 points.