Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 40 | |
| 1898 | 48 | |
| 1899 | 56 | |
| 1900 | 64 | |
| 1901 | 72 | |
| 1902 | 80 | |
| 1903 | 88 | |
| 1904 | 96 | |
| 1905 | 88 | |
| 1906 | 79 | |
| 1907 | 71 | |
| 1908 | 62 | |
| 1909 | 54 | |
| 1910 | 45 |
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 Willie Anderson ranks #44 in Golf
Willie Anderson ranks 44th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 3028th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 94, Longevity 66, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 1897–1910 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1904, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes us open titles 4, consecutive us open titles 3, western open titles 4, professional wins 11.
Immediately ahead sits George Duncan on 85.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Eduardo Romero on 85.4. 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.
Willie Anderson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Anderson stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1904. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Anderson comparisons
Willie Anderson — frequently asked
- Is Willie Anderson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Willie Anderson ranks 44th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 85.5, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Willie Anderson's GOAT Score?
- 85.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Willie Anderson rank all time?
- 3028th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 44th within Golf.
- Willie Anderson vs George Duncan: who ranks higher?
- George Duncan, on 85.6 against Willie Anderson's 85.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.