Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 8 | |
| 1886 | 5 | |
| 1887 | 3 | |
| 1888 | 1 | |
| 1889 | 6 | |
| 1890 | 9 | |
| 1891 | 12 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A Open Championship records
- USGA championship records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jack Burns ranks #159 in Golf
Jack Burns ranks 159th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 2003rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 74, Statistics 84. 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 1880–1895 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1891, 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 open championships 1, open top-ten finishes 4, career years 16, open appearances 12.
Immediately ahead sits Tom Kidd on 78.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Nick Price on 78.0. 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 Burns GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Burns stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1891. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Burns comparisons
Jack Burns — frequently asked
- Is Jack Burns the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jack Burns ranks 159th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 78.2, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Jack Burns's GOAT Score?
- 78.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jack Burns rank all time?
- 2003rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 159th within Golf.
- Jack Burns vs Tom Kidd: who ranks higher?
- Jack Burns, on 78.2 against Tom Kidd's 78.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.