Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1 | |
| 1951 | 2 | |
| 1952 | 4 | |
| 1953 | 1 | |
| 1954 | 1 | |
| 1955 | 1 | |
| 1956 | 2 | |
| 1957 | 1 | |
| 1958 | 1 | |
| 1959 | 1 | |
| 1960 | 0 | |
| 1961 | 1 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A Championship records
- LPGA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jack Burke Jr. ranks #58 in Golf
Jack Burke Jr. ranks 58th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1826th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 82, 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 1950–1975 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1952, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major championships 2, pga tour wins 16, ryder cup appearances 5, ryder cup captaincies 2.
Immediately ahead sits Bryson DeChambeau on 83.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Susie Maxwell Berning on 83.6. 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.
Jack Burke Jr. GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Burke stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1952. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Burke comparisons
Jack Burke Jr. — frequently asked
- Is Jack Burke Jr. the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jack Burke Jr. ranks 58th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Jack Burke Jr.'s GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jack Burke Jr. rank all time?
- 1826th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 58th within Golf.
- Jack Burke Jr. vs Bryson DeChambeau: who ranks higher?
- Bryson DeChambeau, on 83.7 against Jack Burke Jr.'s 83.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.