Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 0 | |
| 1894 | 0 | |
| 1895 | 1 | |
| 1896 | 0 | |
| 1897 | 1 | |
| 1898 | 1 | |
| 1899 | 1 | |
| 1900 | 1 | |
| 1901 | 0 | |
| 1902 | 0 | |
| 1903 | 1 | |
| 1904 | 0 | |
| 1905 | 0 | |
| 1906 | 0 | |
| 1907 | 1 | |
| 1908 | 0 | |
| 1909 | 0 | |
| 1910 | 1 | |
| 1911 | 0 | |
| 1912 | 0 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- LPGA
- DP World Tour
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Harry Vardon ranks #11 in Golf
Harry Vardon ranks 11th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 529th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 1890–1930 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1895, 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 7, open championships 6, us open titles 1, career tournament wins 62.
Immediately ahead sits Mickey Wright on 90.7, a gap of 2.1 points. Directly behind is Karrie Webb 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.
Harry Vardon GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Vardon stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1895. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 40 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Vardon comparisons
Harry Vardon — frequently asked
- Is Harry Vardon the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Harry Vardon ranks 11th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 88.6, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Harry Vardon's GOAT Score?
- 88.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Harry Vardon rank all time?
- 529th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 11th within Golf.
- Harry Vardon vs Mickey Wright: who ranks higher?
- Mickey Wright, on 90.7 against Harry Vardon's 88.6 — a margin of 2.1 points.