Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 58
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1865 | 40 | |
| 1866 | 52 | |
| 1867 | 63 | |
| 1868 | 75 | |
| 1869 | 86 | |
| 1870 | 98 | |
| 1871 | 88 | |
| 1872 | 79 | |
| 1873 | 69 | |
| 1874 | 60 | |
| 1875 | 50 |
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 Young Tom Morris ranks #60 in Golf
Young Tom Morris ranks 60th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 3095th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 96, Longevity 58, Honours 88, Statistics 84. 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 1865–1875 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1870, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes open championships 4, consecutive open titles 4, championship belt retired 1, age at first open win 17.
Immediately ahead sits Johnny Miller on 84.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Bob Charles on 84.5. 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.
Young Tom Morris GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Morris stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1870. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity58/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 58/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Morris comparisons
Young Tom Morris — frequently asked
- Is Young Tom Morris the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Young Tom Morris ranks 60th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 84.5, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Young Tom Morris's GOAT Score?
- 84.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 58 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Young Tom Morris rank all time?
- 3095th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 60th within Golf.
- Young Tom Morris vs Johnny Miller: who ranks higher?
- Johnny Miller, on 84.6 against Young Tom Morris's 84.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.