Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 4 | |
| 1950 | 3 | |
| 1951 | 5 | |
| 1952 | 7 | |
| 1953 | 4 | |
| 1954 | 5 | |
| 1955 | 3 | |
| 1956 | 4 | |
| 1957 | 6 | |
| 1958 | 3 | |
| 1959 | 2 | |
| 1960 | 3 | |
| 1961 | 1 | |
| 1962 | 1 | |
| 1963 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 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 Louise Suggs ranks #38 in Golf
Louise Suggs ranks 38th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 778th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 86, Longevity 80, Honours 86, Statistics 84. 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 1946–1969 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1952, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 11, lpga tour wins 61, us women's open titles 2, vare trophies 1.
Immediately ahead sits Cristie Kerr on 81.0, a gap of -2.5 points. Directly behind is Greg Norman on 81.7. 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.
Louise Suggs GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Suggs stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1952. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Suggs comparisons
Louise Suggs — frequently asked
- Is Louise Suggs the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Louise Suggs ranks 38th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 83.5, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Louise Suggs's GOAT Score?
- 83.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Louise Suggs rank all time?
- 778th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 38th within Golf.
- Louise Suggs vs Cristie Kerr: who ranks higher?
- Louise Suggs, on 83.5 against Cristie Kerr's 81.0 — a margin of 2.5 points.