Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 2 | |
| 1972 | 4 | |
| 1973 | 5 | |
| 1974 | 3 | |
| 1975 | 4 | |
| 1976 | 5 | |
| 1977 | 6 | |
| 1978 | 4 | |
| 1979 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 5 | |
| 1981 | 6 | |
| 1982 | 4 | |
| 1983 | 3 | |
| 1984 | 2 | |
| 1985 | 3 | |
| 1986 | 2 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 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 Masashi Ozaki ranks #8 in Golf
Masashi Ozaki ranks 8th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 458th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 94, Honours 84, Statistics 92. 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 1970–2019 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1977, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity 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 japan golf tour wins 94, japan money list titles 12, career professional wins 113, top-10 world ranking seasons 6.
Immediately ahead sits Gary Player on 88.0, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Patty Berg on 88.9. 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.
Masashi Ozaki GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ozaki stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1977. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 49 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Masashi Ozaki — frequently asked
- Is Masashi Ozaki the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Masashi Ozaki ranks 8th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Masashi Ozaki's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Masashi Ozaki rank all time?
- 458th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 8th within Golf.
- Masashi Ozaki vs Gary Player: who ranks higher?
- Gary Player, on 88.0 against Masashi Ozaki's 87.5 — a margin of 0.5 points.