Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 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 Retief Goosen ranks #33 in Golf
Retief Goosen ranks 33rd among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1744th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 1990–present with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, 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, european tour wins 14, pga tour wins 7, order of merit titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Phil Mickelson on 85.8, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is George Duncan on 85.6. 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.
Retief Goosen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Goosen 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 2001. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 36 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Retief Goosen — frequently asked
- Is Retief Goosen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Retief Goosen ranks 33rd in Golf with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Retief Goosen's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Retief Goosen rank all time?
- 1744th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 33rd within Golf.
- Retief Goosen vs Phil Mickelson: who ranks higher?
- Phil Mickelson, on 85.8 against Retief Goosen's 85.6 — a margin of 0.2 points.