Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | |
| 1977 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | 2 | |
| 1980 | 3 | |
| 1981 | 2 | |
| 1982 | 4 | |
| 1983 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 5 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 4 | |
| 1992 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 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 Pat Bradley ranks #17 in Golf
Pat Bradley ranks 17th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 606th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 1974–1995 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1986, 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 6, lpga wins 31, player of the year awards 1, vare trophy wins 1.
Immediately ahead sits Gene Sarazen on 86.4, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Walter Hagen on 86.3. 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.
Pat Bradley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bradley 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 1986. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Bradley comparisons
Pat Bradley — frequently asked
- Is Pat Bradley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Pat Bradley ranks 17th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 86.1, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Pat Bradley's GOAT Score?
- 86.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Pat Bradley rank all time?
- 606th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Golf.
- Pat Bradley vs Gene Sarazen: who ranks higher?
- Gene Sarazen, on 86.4 against Pat Bradley's 86.1 — a margin of 0.3 points.