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Player vs Berg

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BergWinner
88.9

Berg wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Player
88.0

Player wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Patty Berg
88.9

Berg leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. 15 major titles — still the record in women's golf — and an LPGA founder.

1. Patty Berg
88.9
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. 🇿🇦 Gary Player5 seasons played · career day 3,65114 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Patty Berg5 seasons played · career day 4,01712 wins
-14.3% vs Player at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇿🇦 Player0000012
🇺🇸 Berg000006

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.

MetricPlayerRetiredBergRetired
Major titles915
Professional wins165
Masters titles3
Open Championships3
Career Grand Slams1
Senior major titles9
LPGA Tour wins60
Player of the Year1
Vare Trophies3
Money titles3
LPGA founding members1
Dominance w25%8588
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%9488
Honours w20%8792
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Berg88.9
Player88.0
The people
Player
Berg

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