Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 25 | |
| 1980 | 31 | |
| 1981 | 36 | |
| 1982 | 42 | |
| 1983 | 47 | |
| 1984 | 53 | |
| 1985 | 59 | |
| 1986 | 64 | |
| 1987 | 70 | |
| 1988 | 75 | |
| 1989 | 81 | |
| 1990 | 86 | |
| 1991 | 92 | |
| 1992 | 79 | |
| 1993 | 66 | |
| 1994 | 54 | |
| 1995 | 41 | |
| 1996 | 28 | |
| 1997 | 15 |
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 Ian Baker-Finch ranks #233 in Golf
Ian Baker-Finch ranks 233rd among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 3738th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 75.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 90, Longevity 72, Honours 72, Statistics 74. 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 1979–1997 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, 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 major titles 1, professional wins 17, pga tour wins 2, australian pga titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Wyndham Clark on 75.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Adam Scott on 75.2. 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.
Ian Baker-Finch GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Baker-Finch 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 1991. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
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Ian Baker-Finch — frequently asked
- Is Ian Baker-Finch the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ian Baker-Finch ranks 233rd in Golf with a GOAT Score of 75.4, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Ian Baker-Finch's GOAT Score?
- 75.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ian Baker-Finch rank all time?
- 3738th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 233rd within Golf.
- Ian Baker-Finch vs Wyndham Clark: who ranks higher?
- Ian Baker-Finch, on 75.4 against Wyndham Clark's 75.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.