Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
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 Viktor Hovland ranks #81 in Golf
Viktor Hovland ranks 81st among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 985th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 62, Honours 74, 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 2019–present with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2023, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes fedex cup titles 1, pga tour wins 6, dp world tour wins 3, ryder cup appearances 2.
Immediately ahead sits Patrick Cantlay on 76.0, a gap of -0.4 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.
Viktor Hovland GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hovland stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2023. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
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Viktor Hovland — frequently asked
- Is Viktor Hovland the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Viktor Hovland ranks 81st in Golf with a GOAT Score of 76.4, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Viktor Hovland's GOAT Score?
- 76.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Viktor Hovland rank all time?
- 985th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 81st within Golf.
- Viktor Hovland vs Patrick Cantlay: who ranks higher?
- Viktor Hovland, on 76.4 against Patrick Cantlay's 76.0 — a margin of 0.4 points.