Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 1 | |
| 1953 | 2 | |
| 1954 | 3 | |
| 1955 | 4 | |
| 1956 | 2 | |
| 1957 | 2 | |
| 1958 | 2 | |
| 1959 | 1 | |
| 1960 | 1 | |
| 1961 | 1 | |
| 1962 | 0 | |
| 1963 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 0 | |
| 1967 | 0 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A
- DP World Tour
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Doug Ford ranks #21 in Golf
Doug Ford ranks 21st among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1703rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 84, 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 1949–2001 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1955, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 2, pga tour wins 19, ryder cup appearances 4, pga player of the year awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Hideki Matsuyama on 86.9, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Babe Didrikson Zaharias on 86.5. 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.
Doug Ford GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ford stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1955. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 52 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Ford comparisons
Doug Ford — frequently asked
- Is Doug Ford the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Doug Ford ranks 21st in Golf with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Doug Ford's GOAT Score?
- 86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Doug Ford rank all time?
- 1703rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 21st within Golf.
- Doug Ford vs Hideki Matsuyama: who ranks higher?
- Hideki Matsuyama, on 86.9 against Doug Ford's 86.8 — a margin of 0.1 points.