Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 8 | |
| 1894 | 1 | |
| 1895 | 1 | |
| 1896 | 2 | |
| 1897 | 2 | |
| 1898 | 4 | |
| 1899 | 4 | |
| 1900 | 1 | |
| 1901 | 3 | |
| 1902 | 2 | |
| 1903 | 3 | |
| 1904 | 2 | |
| 1905 | 1 | |
| 1906 | 2 | |
| 1907 | 3 | |
| 1908 | 4 | |
| 1909 | 1 | |
| 1910 | 3 | |
| 1911 | 5 | |
| 1912 | 6 | |
| 1913 | 8 | |
| 1914 | 10 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A Open Championship records
- European Tour
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why J.H. Taylor ranks #5 in Golf
J.H. Taylor ranks 5th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1432nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 92, Statistics 92. 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 1893–1926 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1914, 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 open championships 5, open runner-up finishes 6, professional wins 30, ryder cup captaincies 1.
Immediately ahead sits Mickey Wright on 90.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Ben Hogan on 90.3. 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.
J.H. Taylor GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Taylor stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1914. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 33 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Taylor comparisons
J.H. Taylor — frequently asked
- Is J.H. Taylor the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. J.H. Taylor ranks 5th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 90.6, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is J.H. Taylor's GOAT Score?
- 90.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does J.H. Taylor rank all time?
- 1432nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 5th within Golf.
- J.H. Taylor vs Mickey Wright: who ranks higher?
- Mickey Wright, on 90.7 against J.H. Taylor's 90.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.