Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | 1 | |
| 1980 | 2 | |
| 1981 | 2 | |
| 1982 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 5 | |
| 1984 | 2 | |
| 1985 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 2 | |
| 1988 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 4 | |
| 1990 | 4 | |
| 1991 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 5 | |
| 1993 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 2 |
Data sources
- DP World Tour
- The Open
- Masters
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nick Faldo ranks #31 in Golf
Nick Faldo ranks 31st among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 749th 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 80, Peak 86, Longevity 86, 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 1976–2015 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1983, 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 6, masters titles 3, open championships 3, european tour wins 30.
Immediately ahead sits Vijay Singh on 82.4, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Chi-Chi Rodríguez on 81.4. 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.
Nick Faldo GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Faldo 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 1983. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 39 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- 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 Faldo comparisons
Nick Faldo — frequently asked
- Is Nick Faldo the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nick Faldo ranks 31st in Golf with a GOAT Score of 83.1, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Nick Faldo's GOAT Score?
- 83.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nick Faldo rank all time?
- 749th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 31st within Golf.
- Nick Faldo vs Vijay Singh: who ranks higher?
- Nick Faldo, on 83.1 against Vijay Singh's 82.4 — a margin of 0.7 points.