Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 25 | |
| 1947 | 30 | |
| 1948 | 36 | |
| 1949 | 41 | |
| 1950 | 46 | |
| 1951 | 51 | |
| 1952 | 57 | |
| 1953 | 62 | |
| 1954 | 67 | |
| 1955 | 72 | |
| 1956 | 78 | |
| 1957 | 83 | |
| 1958 | 88 | |
| 1959 | 83 | |
| 1960 | 78 | |
| 1961 | 72 | |
| 1962 | 67 | |
| 1963 | 62 | |
| 1964 | 57 | |
| 1965 | 51 | |
| 1966 | 46 | |
| 1967 | 41 | |
| 1968 | 36 | |
| 1969 | 30 | |
| 1970 | 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 Bolt ranks #211 in Golf
Tommy Bolt ranks 211th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 3614th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 77.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 86, Longevity 78, Honours 74, Statistics 78. 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 1946–1970 with 25 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes major titles 1, pga tour wins 15, ryder cup appearances 2, senior pga titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Abraham Ancer on 77.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Henrik Stenson on 77.2. 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 Bolt GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bolt stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1958. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 25 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Bolt comparisons
Tommy Bolt — frequently asked
- Is Tommy Bolt the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tommy Bolt ranks 211th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 77.3, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Tommy Bolt's GOAT Score?
- 77.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tommy Bolt rank all time?
- 3614th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 211th within Golf.
- Tommy Bolt vs Abraham Ancer: who ranks higher?
- Tommy Bolt, on 77.3 against Abraham Ancer's 77.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.