Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 10 | |
| 1897 | 6 | |
| 1898 | 1 | |
| 1899 | 5 | |
| 1900 | 9 | |
| 1901 | 13 | |
| 1902 | 18 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A Open Championship records
- USGA championship records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Fred Herd ranks #181 in Golf
Fred Herd ranks 181st among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 2046th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 90, Longevity 72, Honours 72, Statistics 84. 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 1895–1910 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1902, 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 us open titles 1, first 72-hole us open won 1, us open top-ten finishes 3, career years 16.
Immediately ahead sits Jerry Barber on 76.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Joe Lloyd on 76.9. 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 Herd GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Herd 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 1902. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Herd comparisons
Fred Herd — frequently asked
- Is Fred Herd the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Fred Herd ranks 181st in Golf with a GOAT Score of 76.9, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Fred Herd's GOAT Score?
- 76.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Fred Herd rank all time?
- 2046th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 181st within Golf.
- Fred Herd vs Jerry Barber: who ranks higher?
- Fred Herd, on 76.9 against Jerry Barber's 76.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.