Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A
- DP World Tour
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Hideki Matsuyama ranks #20 in Golf
Hideki Matsuyama ranks 20th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1698th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 90. 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 2013–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, 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 1, pga tour wins 11, olympic medals 1, presidents cup appearances 6.
Immediately ahead sits Arnold Palmer on 87.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Doug Ford on 86.8. 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.
Hideki Matsuyama GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Matsuyama stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Matsuyama comparisons
Hideki Matsuyama — frequently asked
- Is Hideki Matsuyama the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hideki Matsuyama ranks 20th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 86.9, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Hideki Matsuyama's GOAT Score?
- 86.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hideki Matsuyama rank all time?
- 1698th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 20th within Golf.
- Hideki Matsuyama vs Arnold Palmer: who ranks higher?
- Arnold Palmer, on 87.0 against Hideki Matsuyama's 86.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.