Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 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 Lydia Ko ranks #52 in Golf
Lydia Ko ranks 52nd among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 850th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 86, Longevity 76, Honours 82, 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 2013–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, 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 3, lpga tour wins 23, olympic medals 3, weeks at no. 1 104.
Immediately ahead sits Suzann Pettersen on 80.4, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Robert Karlsson on 78.3. 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.
Lydia Ko GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ko stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2015. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Ko comparisons
Lydia Ko — frequently asked
- Is Lydia Ko the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lydia Ko ranks 52nd in Golf with a GOAT Score of 81.1, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Lydia Ko's GOAT Score?
- 81.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lydia Ko rank all time?
- 850th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 52nd within Golf.
- Lydia Ko vs Suzann Pettersen: who ranks higher?
- Lydia Ko, on 81.1 against Suzann Pettersen's 80.4 — a margin of 0.7 points.