Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 30 | |
| 1921 | 38 | |
| 1922 | 46 | |
| 1923 | 54 | |
| 1924 | 63 | |
| 1925 | 71 | |
| 1926 | 79 | |
| 1927 | 87 | |
| 1928 | 95 | |
| 1929 | 85 | |
| 1930 | 75 | |
| 1931 | 65 | |
| 1932 | 55 | |
| 1933 | 45 | |
| 1934 | 35 | |
| 1935 | 25 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour records
- The R&A championship archives
- World Golf Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tommy Armour ranks #58 in Golf
Tommy Armour ranks 58th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 3081st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 76, Honours 88, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Golf reference universe of 265 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1920–1935 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1928, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 3, pga tour wins 25, canadian open titles 3, western open titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Stephen Ames on 84.9, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Johnny Miller on 84.6. 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.
Tommy Armour GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Armour stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1928. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Armour comparisons
Tommy Armour — frequently asked
- Is Tommy Armour the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tommy Armour ranks 58th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 84.8, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Tommy Armour's GOAT Score?
- 84.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tommy Armour rank all time?
- 3081st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 58th within Golf.
- Tommy Armour vs Stephen Ames: who ranks higher?
- Stephen Ames, on 84.9 against Tommy Armour's 84.8 — a margin of 0.1 points.