Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A Championship records
- LPGA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dustin Johnson ranks #7 in Golf
Dustin Johnson ranks 7th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1535th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 94. 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 2007–present with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, 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 championships 2, pga tour wins 24, weeks at world number one 135, fedex cup titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Ben Hogan on 90.3, a gap of 1.0 points. Directly behind is Old Tom Morris on 89.1. 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.
Dustin Johnson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Johnson stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Johnson comparisons
Dustin Johnson — frequently asked
- Is Dustin Johnson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dustin Johnson ranks 7th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 89.3, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Dustin Johnson's GOAT Score?
- 89.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dustin Johnson rank all time?
- 1535th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 7th within Golf.
- Dustin Johnson vs Ben Hogan: who ranks higher?
- Ben Hogan, on 90.3 against Dustin Johnson's 89.3 — a margin of 1.0 points.