Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- DP World Tour
- The Open
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Henrik Stenson ranks #69 in Golf
Henrik Stenson ranks 69th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 902nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 77.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 84, Longevity 80, Honours 72, 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 1998–present with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 1, dp world tour wins 11, pga tour wins 6, olympic medals 1.
Immediately ahead sits Charl Schwartzel on 77.5, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Webb Simpson on 77.4. 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.
Henrik Stenson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Stenson stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 28 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Stenson comparisons
Henrik Stenson — frequently asked
- Is Henrik Stenson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Henrik Stenson ranks 69th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 77.2, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Henrik Stenson's GOAT Score?
- 77.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Henrik Stenson rank all time?
- 902nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 69th within Golf.
- Henrik Stenson vs Charl Schwartzel: who ranks higher?
- Charl Schwartzel, on 77.5 against Henrik Stenson's 77.2 — a margin of 0.3 points.