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Cotton vs Sarazen
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CottonWinner
88.4Cotton wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Sarazen
86.4Sarazen wins: Longevity
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Henry Cotton
88.4
Cotton leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Henry Cotton
2. Gene Sarazen
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 season1. 🇬🇧 Henry Cotton5 seasons played · career day 3,2869 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Gene Sarazen5 seasons played · career day 2,5566 wins
-33.3% vs Cotton at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Cotton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 🇺🇸 Sarazen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | CottonRetired | SarazenRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Open Championships | 3 | — |
| Professional wins | 30 | — |
| Ryder Cup appearances | 3 | 6 |
| Ryder Cup captaincies | 2 | — |
| Career span in years | 31 | — |
| Major titles | — | 7 |
| PGA Tour wins | — | 39 |
| PGA Championships | — | 3 |
| US Open titles | — | 2 |
| Career Grand Slams | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 88 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 88 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 86 | 84 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Cotton88.4
Sarazen86.4
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