Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 9 | |
| 1979 | 8 | |
| 1980 | 3 | |
| 1981 | 3 | |
| 1982 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 5 | |
| 1985 | 3 | |
| 1986 | 2 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 3 | |
| 1989 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 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 Nancy Lopez ranks #45 in Golf
Nancy Lopez ranks 45th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 797th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 80, 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 1977–2002 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1978, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 3, lpga tour wins 48, player of the year awards 4, vare trophies 3.
Immediately ahead sits Betsy Rawls on 82.3, a gap of -0.8 points. Directly behind is Catriona Matthew on 80.8. 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.
Nancy Lopez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lopez stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1978. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Lopez comparisons
Nancy Lopez — frequently asked
- Is Nancy Lopez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nancy Lopez ranks 45th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 83.1, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Nancy Lopez's GOAT Score?
- 83.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nancy Lopez rank all time?
- 797th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 45th within Golf.
- Nancy Lopez vs Betsy Rawls: who ranks higher?
- Nancy Lopez, on 83.1 against Betsy Rawls's 82.3 — a margin of 0.8 points.