Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 45 | |
| 1950 | 49 | |
| 1951 | 54 | |
| 1952 | 58 | |
| 1953 | 63 | |
| 1954 | 67 | |
| 1955 | 72 | |
| 1956 | 76 | |
| 1957 | 81 | |
| 1958 | 85 | |
| 1959 | 90 | |
| 1960 | 94 | |
| 1961 | 90 | |
| 1962 | 86 | |
| 1963 | 82 | |
| 1964 | 77 | |
| 1965 | 73 | |
| 1966 | 69 | |
| 1967 | 65 | |
| 1968 | 61 | |
| 1969 | 57 | |
| 1970 | 52 | |
| 1971 | 48 | |
| 1972 | 44 | |
| 1973 | 40 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour official records
- USGA championship archive
- Golf Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jay Hebert ranks #87 in Golf
Jay Hebert ranks 87th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 3180th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1949–1973 with 25 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1960, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major championships 1, pga tour wins 7, ryder cup appearances 2, seasons on tour 24.
Immediately ahead sits Stewart Cink on 83.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Nick Faldo on 83.1. 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.
Jay Hebert GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hebert stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1960. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 25 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Hebert comparisons
Jay Hebert — frequently asked
- Is Jay Hebert the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jay Hebert ranks 87th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 83.2, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Jay Hebert's GOAT Score?
- 83.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jay Hebert rank all time?
- 3180th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 87th within Golf.
- Jay Hebert vs Stewart Cink: who ranks higher?
- Stewart Cink, on 83.3 against Jay Hebert's 83.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.