Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Data sources
- LPGA
- OWGR
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nelly Korda ranks #75 in Golf
Nelly Korda ranks 75th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 930th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 66, Honours 78, 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 2016–present with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2024, 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 2, lpga tour wins 15, olympic golds 1, consecutive wins 5.
Immediately ahead sits Jon Rahm on 78.9, a gap of -0.5 points. Directly behind is Cameron Smith on 78.8. 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.
Nelly Korda GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Korda stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2024. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
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Nelly Korda — frequently asked
- Is Nelly Korda the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nelly Korda ranks 75th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 79.4, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Nelly Korda's GOAT Score?
- 79.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nelly Korda rank all time?
- 930th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 75th within Golf.
- Nelly Korda vs Jon Rahm: who ranks higher?
- Nelly Korda, on 79.4 against Jon Rahm's 78.9 — a margin of 0.5 points.