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Farrell vs Seve

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FarrellWinner
82.4

Farrell wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Seve
82.4

Seve wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Johnny Farrell
82.4

Farrell leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Beat Bobby Jones in a playoff to win the 1928 US Open.

1. Johnny Farrell
82.4
2. Seve Ballesteros
82.4

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. 🇪🇸 Seve Ballesteros5 seasons played · career day 2,55623 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Johnny Farrell5 seasons played · career day 1,82511 wins
-52.2% vs Seve at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Farrell00121125
🇪🇸 Seve00001431

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.

MetricFarrellRetiredSeveRetired
Major titles15
PGA Tour wins22
Ryder Cup appearances38
Consecutive tour wins7
Career span in years29
European Tour wins50
Open Championships3
Masters titles2
Order of Merit titles6
Dominance w25%7680
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%7882
Statistics w15%8480

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Farrell82.4
Seve82.4
The people
Farrell
Seve

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