Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 18 | |
| 1930 | 12 | |
| 1931 | 8 | |
| 1932 | 5 | |
| 1933 | 1 | |
| 1934 | 4 | |
| 1935 | 3 | |
| 1936 | 1 | |
| 1937 | 6 | |
| 1938 | 9 | |
| 1939 | 14 | |
| 1940 | 20 |
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 Johnny Goodman ranks #38 in Golf
Johnny Goodman ranks 38th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1764th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 82, Statistics 88. 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 1927–1950 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1940, 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 us open titles 1, us amateur titles 1, walker cup appearances 3, last amateur us open champion 1.
Immediately ahead sits Carol Mann on 85.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Darren Clarke on 85.1. 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.
Johnny Goodman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Goodman stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1940. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Goodman comparisons
Johnny Goodman — frequently asked
- Is Johnny Goodman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Johnny Goodman ranks 38th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 85.2, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Johnny Goodman's GOAT Score?
- 85.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Johnny Goodman rank all time?
- 1764th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 38th within Golf.
- Johnny Goodman vs Carol Mann: who ranks higher?
- Johnny Goodman, on 85.2 against Carol Mann's 85.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.