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Player vs Whitworth

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WhitworthWinner
88.6

Whitworth wins: Dominance, Statistics

Player
88.0

Player wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Kathy Whitworth
88.6

Whitworth leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. 88 professional tour wins — more than any golfer, male or female.

1. Kathy Whitworth
88.6
2. Gary Player
88.0

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. 🇺🇸 Kathy Whitworth5 seasons played · career day 3,28630 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇿🇦 Gary Player5 seasons played · career day 3,65114 wins
-53.3% vs Whitworth at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Player0000012
🇺🇸 Whitworth0000130

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.

MetricPlayerRetiredWhitworthRetired
Major titles96
Professional wins165
Masters titles3
Open Championships3
Career Grand Slams1
Senior major titles9
LPGA Tour wins88
Player of the Year7
Vare Trophies7
Money titles8
Top-10 finishes480
Dominance w25%8586
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%9494
Honours w20%8786
Statistics w15%8690

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Whitworth88.6
Player88.0
The people
Player
Whitworth

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