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Zaharias vs Davies

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ZahariasWinner
86.5

Zaharias wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Davies
83.0

Davies wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Babe Didrikson Zaharias
86.5

Zaharias leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic athletics champion turned golf pioneer with 10 majors and 41 wins.

1. Babe Didrikson Zaharias
86.5
2. Laura Davies
83.0

Category breakdown

Season form · Wins per season

Career timeline · Wins per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Wins per season
1. 🇺🇸 Babe Didrikson Zaharias5 seasons played · career day 3,65215 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Laura Davies5 seasons played · career day 1,82515 wins
0.0% vs Zaharias at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Zaharias0000010
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Davies00371529

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricZahariasRetiredDaviesActive
Major titles104
LPGA Tour wins4120
Olympic golds2
US Women's Open titles3
Player of the Year2
Consecutive wins14
Ladies European Tour wins45
Solheim Cup appearances12
Career worldwide wins87
Dominance w25%8878
Peak w20%9284
Longevity w20%7892
Honours w20%8880
Statistics w15%8682

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GOAT Rank · the data
Zaharias86.5
Davies83.0
The people
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