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Furyk vs Player

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PlayerWinner
88.0

Player wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours

Furyk
87.5

Furyk wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇿🇦 Gary Player
88.0

Player leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Career Grand Slam winner with 165 professional victories worldwide.

1. Gary Player
88.0
2. Jim Furyk
87.5

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. 🇺🇸 Jim Furyk5 seasons played · career day 2,9216 wins
-57.1% vs Player at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Furyk000017
🇿🇦 Player0000012

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.

MetricFurykActivePlayerRetired
Major titles19
PGA Tour wins17
Ryder Cup appearances9
Lowest PGA Tour round58
FedEx Cup titles1
Professional wins165
Masters titles3
Open Championships3
Career Grand Slams1
Senior major titles9
Dominance w25%8085
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%9294
Honours w20%8687
Statistics w15%9086

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Player88.0
Furyk87.5
The people
Furyk
Player

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