Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 1 | |
| 1861 | 2 | |
| 1862 | 3 | |
| 1863 | 2 | |
| 1864 | 4 | |
| 1865 | 3 | |
| 1866 | 2 | |
| 1867 | 4 | |
| 1868 | 2 | |
| 1869 | 1 | |
| 1870 | 1 | |
| 1871 | 1 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A
- DP World Tour
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Old Tom Morris ranks #8 in Golf
Old Tom Morris ranks 8th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1544th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 86, 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 1851–1896 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1864, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 open championships 4, oldest open champion age 46, open appearances 36, courses designed 75.
Immediately ahead sits Dustin Johnson on 89.3, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Sergio García on 89.2. 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.
Old Tom Morris GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Morris stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1864. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 45 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Morris comparisons
Old Tom Morris — frequently asked
- Is Old Tom Morris the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Old Tom Morris ranks 8th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 89.1, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Old Tom Morris's GOAT Score?
- 89.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Old Tom Morris rank all time?
- 1544th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 8th within Golf.
- Old Tom Morris vs Dustin Johnson: who ranks higher?
- Dustin Johnson, on 89.3 against Old Tom Morris's 89.1 — a margin of 0.2 points.