Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 1 | |
| 1947 | 3 | |
| 1948 | 2 | |
| 1949 | 2 | |
| 1950 | 2 | |
| 1951 | 1 | |
| 1952 | 1 | |
| 1953 | 1 | |
| 1954 | 1 | |
| 1955 | 1 | |
| 1956 | 0 | |
| 1957 | 0 | |
| 1958 | 0 | |
| 1959 | 0 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A
- USGA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Fred Daly ranks #129 in Golf
Fred Daly ranks 129th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1956th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 74, Statistics 80. 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 1936–1970 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1947, 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 open championship titles 1, ryder cup appearances 4, news of the world match play titles 3, professional wins 12.
Immediately ahead sits Lucas Glover on 80.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Brooks Koepka on 79.8. 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.
Fred Daly GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Daly stood above the field while competing. Scored 70/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1947. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 34 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Daly comparisons
Fred Daly — frequently asked
- Is Fred Daly the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Fred Daly ranks 129th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 79.9, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Fred Daly's GOAT Score?
- 79.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Fred Daly rank all time?
- 1956th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 129th within Golf.
- Fred Daly vs Lucas Glover: who ranks higher?
- Lucas Glover, on 80.0 against Fred Daly's 79.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.