Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- DP World Tour
- OWGR
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Vijay Singh ranks #30 in Golf
Vijay Singh ranks 30th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 738th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 86, Longevity 90, Honours 78, Statistics 84. 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 1982–present with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 86. Longevity 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 3, pga tour wins 34, pga championships 2, weeks at no. 1 32.
Immediately ahead sits Bobby Jones on 86.9, a gap of 4.5 points. Directly behind is Nick Faldo on 83.1. 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.
Vijay Singh GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Singh stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 44 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Singh comparisons
Vijay Singh — frequently asked
- Is Vijay Singh the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Vijay Singh ranks 30th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 82.4, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Vijay Singh's GOAT Score?
- 82.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Vijay Singh rank all time?
- 738th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Golf.
- Vijay Singh vs Bobby Jones: who ranks higher?
- Bobby Jones, on 86.9 against Vijay Singh's 82.4 — a margin of 4.5 points.