Who is better, Kaymer or Woods?
Tiger Woods leads with a GOAT score of 94.4 against 84.3 for Martin Kaymer — a gap of 10.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Kaymer vs Woods
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Tiger Woods above Martin Kaymer: 94.4 vs 84.3. Tiger Woods leads on Dominance, Statistics, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
WoodsWinner
94.4Woods wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Kaymer
84.3Kaymer wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Tiger Woods
94.4
Woods leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
Kaymer — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
1. Tiger Woods
2. Martin Kaymer
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Tiger Woods2 wins
1 season by age 21 · 2 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Kaymer — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | KaymerActive | WoodsActive |
|---|---|---|
| Major titles | 2 | — |
| Players Championships | 1 | — |
| European Tour wins | 11 | — |
| Weeks at world number one | 8 | — |
| Ryder Cup appearances | 4 | — |
| Major championships | — | 15 |
| PGA Tour wins | — | 82 |
| Weeks at world No. 1 | — | 683 |
| Player of the Year awards | — | 11 |
| Career prize money (M$) | — | 120.9 |
| Cuts made streak | — | 142 |
| Dominance w25% | 80 | 99 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 100 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 82 |
| Honours w20% | 84 | 94 |
| Statistics w15% | 82 | 96 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Woods94.4
Kaymer84.3
FAQ
Where does Kaymer beat Woods?
Kaymer does not lead any of the five categories; Woods is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Kaymer vs Woods score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Kaymer: 84.3, Woods: 94.4.
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