Category profile
- Dominance
- 66
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 0 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A Championship records
- LPGA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Rich Beem ranks #189 in Golf
Rich Beem ranks 189th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 2069th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 66, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 72, 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 1994–2019 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, 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 championships 1, pga tour wins 3, pga championship titles 1, seasons on tour 20.
Immediately ahead sits Patrick Cantlay on 76.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Yani Tseng on 75.7. 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.
Rich Beem GOAT Score explained
- Dominance66/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Beem stood above the field while competing. Scored 66/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Beem comparisons
Rich Beem — frequently asked
- Is Rich Beem the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rich Beem ranks 189th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 76.0, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Rich Beem's GOAT Score?
- 76.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 66 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rich Beem rank all time?
- 2069th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 189th within Golf.
- Rich Beem vs Patrick Cantlay: who ranks higher?
- Rich Beem, on 76.0 against Patrick Cantlay's 76.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.