Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 0 |
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 Louis Oosthuizen ranks #59 in Golf
Louis Oosthuizen ranks 59th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 864th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 74, 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 2002–present with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, 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 titles 1, major runner-up finishes 6, dp world tour wins 11, pga tour wins 2.
Immediately ahead sits Curtis Strange on 80.1, a gap of 1.0 points. Directly behind is Mike Weir on 78.7. 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.
Louis Oosthuizen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Oosthuizen stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
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Louis Oosthuizen — frequently asked
- Is Louis Oosthuizen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Louis Oosthuizen ranks 59th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 79.1, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Louis Oosthuizen's GOAT Score?
- 79.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Louis Oosthuizen rank all time?
- 864th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 59th within Golf.
- Louis Oosthuizen vs Curtis Strange: who ranks higher?
- Curtis Strange, on 80.1 against Louis Oosthuizen's 79.1 — a margin of 1.0 points.