Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 64
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- LPGA
- DP World Tour
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jin Young Ko ranks #84 in Golf
Jin Young Ko ranks 84th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1000th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 74.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 84, Longevity 64, Honours 72, Statistics 80. 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 2013–present with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 2, lpga tour wins 15, weeks at no. 1 163, player of the year awards 2.
Immediately ahead sits Payne Stewart on 72.9, a gap of -1.6 points. Directly behind is Justin Thomas on 73.7. 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.
Jin Young Ko GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far J.Y. Ko stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2021. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity64/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 64/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
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Jin Young Ko — frequently asked
- Is Jin Young Ko the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jin Young Ko ranks 84th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 74.5, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Jin Young Ko's GOAT Score?
- 74.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 64 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jin Young Ko rank all time?
- 1000th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 84th within Golf.
- Jin Young Ko vs Payne Stewart: who ranks higher?
- Jin Young Ko, on 74.5 against Payne Stewart's 72.9 — a margin of 1.6 points.