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Golf · Professional golfer · England

Laura Davies

1985–present · Four majors and more than 80 worldwide wins across four decades.

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100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
78.2
Cultural & brand footprint 52/100 · total legacy 73.5
Major titles
4
LPGA Tour wins
20
Ladies European Tour wins
45
Solheim Cup appearances
12
Career worldwide wins
87

Category profile

Dominance
78
Peak
84
Longevity
92
Honours
80
Statistics
82

Career timeline · Wins per season

SeasonWins per seasonShare of career
19853
19864
19873
19882
19893
19902
19914
19923
19935
19944
19953
19965
19973
19982
19993
20002
20012
20021
20032
20041
20051
20061
20070
20081
20090
20100

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 Laura Davies ranks #24 in Golf

Laura Davies ranks 24th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 701st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 84, Longevity 92, Honours 80, Statistics 82. 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 1985–present with 26 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 84. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 4, lpga tour wins 20, ladies european tour wins 45, solheim cup appearances 12.

Immediately ahead sits Babe Didrikson Zaharias on 86.5, a gap of 3.5 points. Directly behind is Peter Thomson on 84.4. 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.

Laura Davies GOAT Score explained

Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Davies stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Golf cohort.
Peak84/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 84/100.
Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 41 years of competition and 26 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
Honours80/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.

Laura Davies — frequently asked

Is Laura Davies the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Laura Davies ranks 24th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 83.0, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
What is Laura Davies's GOAT Score?
83.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Laura Davies rank all time?
701st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 24th within Golf.
Laura Davies vs Babe Didrikson Zaharias: who ranks higher?
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, on 86.5 against Laura Davies's 83.0 — a margin of 3.5 points.
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