Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 9 | |
| 1892 | 5 | |
| 1893 | 1 | |
| 1894 | 6 | |
| 1895 | 8 | |
| 1896 | 11 | |
| 1897 | 14 | |
| 1898 | 18 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour
- R&A Open Championship records
- USGA championship records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why William Auchterlonie ranks #118 in Golf
William Auchterlonie ranks 118th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 1938th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 76, 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 1890–1920 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1898, 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 open championships 1, open top-ten finishes 5, career years 31, r&a honorary professional years 28.
Immediately ahead sits Thomas Bjørn on 80.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Georgia Hall on 80.5. 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.
William Auchterlonie GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Auchterlonie stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1898. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 30 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- 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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William Auchterlonie — frequently asked
- Is William Auchterlonie the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. William Auchterlonie ranks 118th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 80.6, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is William Auchterlonie's GOAT Score?
- 80.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does William Auchterlonie rank all time?
- 1938th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 118th within Golf.
- William Auchterlonie vs Thomas Bjørn: who ranks higher?
- Thomas Bjørn, on 80.7 against William Auchterlonie's 80.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.