Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | |
| 1980 | 2 | |
| 1981 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 3 | |
| 1983 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 3 | |
| 1986 | 2 | |
| 1987 | 4 | |
| 1988 | 3 | |
| 1989 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 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 Curtis Strange ranks #58 in Golf
Curtis Strange ranks 58th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 863rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 78, Honours 78, 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 1976–2005 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1987, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 2, pga tour wins 17, money list titles 3, ryder cup appearances 5.
Immediately ahead sits José María Olazábal on 78.6, a gap of -1.5 points. Directly behind is Louis Oosthuizen on 79.1. 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.
Curtis Strange GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Strange stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1987. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 29 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Strange comparisons
Curtis Strange — frequently asked
- Is Curtis Strange the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Curtis Strange ranks 58th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 80.1, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Curtis Strange's GOAT Score?
- 80.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Curtis Strange rank all time?
- 863rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 58th within Golf.
- Curtis Strange vs José María Olazábal: who ranks higher?
- Curtis Strange, on 80.1 against José María Olazábal's 78.6 — a margin of 1.5 points.