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Golf · Professional · Taiwan

Yani Tseng

2007–present · The youngest golfer, male or female, to win five majors.

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100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
67.3
Cultural & brand footprint 52/100 · total legacy 64.5
Major titles
5
LPGA Tour wins
15
Weeks at No. 1
109
Player of the Year
2
Vare Trophies
1
Wins in 2011
7

Category profile

Dominance
74
Peak
88
Longevity
62
Honours
76
Statistics
80

Career timeline · Wins per season

SeasonWins per seasonShare of career
20081
20092
20102
20117
20123
20130
20140
20150
20160
20170

Data sources

  • LPGA
  • OWGR
  • USGA

Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method

Why Yani Tseng ranks #82 in Golf

Yani Tseng ranks 82nd among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 994th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 75.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 88, Longevity 62, Honours 76, Statistics 80. 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 2007–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2011, 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 major titles 5, lpga tour wins 15, weeks at no. 1 109, player of the year 2.

Immediately ahead sits Viktor Hovland on 76.4, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Payne Stewart on 72.9. 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.

Yani Tseng GOAT Score explained

Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Tseng stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Golf cohort.
Peak88/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2011. Scored 88/100.
Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
Honours76/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.

Yani Tseng — frequently asked

Is Yani Tseng the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Yani Tseng ranks 82nd in Golf with a GOAT Score of 75.7, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
What is Yani Tseng's GOAT Score?
75.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Yani Tseng rank all time?
994th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 82nd within Golf.
Yani Tseng vs Viktor Hovland: who ranks higher?
Viktor Hovland, on 76.4 against Yani Tseng's 75.7 — a margin of 0.7 points.
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