Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 2 | |
| 1952 | 3 | |
| 1953 | 4 | |
| 1954 | 5 | |
| 1955 | 4 | |
| 1956 | 5 | |
| 1957 | 3 | |
| 1958 | 4 | |
| 1959 | 3 | |
| 1960 | 4 | |
| 1961 | 3 | |
| 1962 | 2 | |
| 1963 | 3 | |
| 1964 | 2 | |
| 1965 | 3 | |
| 1966 | 2 | |
| 1967 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 1 | |
| 1969 | 1 | |
| 1970 | 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 Peter Thomson ranks #25 in Golf
Peter Thomson ranks 25th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 707th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 86, Honours 84, 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 1949–1988 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1954, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 5, open championships 5, career worldwide wins 90, senior tour wins 11.
Immediately ahead sits Laura Davies on 83.0, a gap of -1.4 points. Directly behind is Amy Alcott on 84.1. 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.
Peter Thomson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Thomson stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1954. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 39 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Thomson comparisons
Peter Thomson — frequently asked
- Is Peter Thomson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Peter Thomson ranks 25th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 84.4, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Peter Thomson's GOAT Score?
- 84.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Peter Thomson rank all time?
- 707th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within Golf.
- Peter Thomson vs Laura Davies: who ranks higher?
- Peter Thomson, on 84.4 against Laura Davies's 83.0 — a margin of 1.4 points.