Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 35 | |
| 1891 | 40 | |
| 1892 | 46 | |
| 1893 | 51 | |
| 1894 | 56 | |
| 1895 | 62 | |
| 1896 | 67 | |
| 1897 | 73 | |
| 1898 | 78 | |
| 1899 | 83 | |
| 1900 | 89 | |
| 1901 | 94 | |
| 1902 | 88 | |
| 1903 | 83 | |
| 1904 | 77 | |
| 1905 | 71 | |
| 1906 | 65 | |
| 1907 | 60 | |
| 1908 | 54 | |
| 1909 | 48 | |
| 1910 | 42 | |
| 1911 | 37 | |
| 1912 | 31 | |
| 1913 | 25 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour records
- The R&A championship archives
- World Golf Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Harold Hilton ranks #63 in Golf
Harold Hilton ranks 63rd among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 3098th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 80. Those categories are normalised against the full Golf reference universe of 265 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1890–1913 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1901, 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 open championships 2, amateur championships 4, us amateur titles 1, irish open amateur titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Chick Evans on 84.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Peter Thomson on 84.4. 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.
Harold Hilton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hilton stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1901. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Hilton comparisons
Harold Hilton — frequently asked
- Is Harold Hilton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Harold Hilton ranks 63rd in Golf with a GOAT Score of 84.5, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Harold Hilton's GOAT Score?
- 84.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Harold Hilton rank all time?
- 3098th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 63rd within Golf.
- Harold Hilton vs Chick Evans: who ranks higher?
- Harold Hilton, on 84.5 against Chick Evans's 84.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.