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Zaharias vs Snead

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SneadWinner
89.0

Snead wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Zaharias
20.4

Zaharias wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sam Snead
89.0

Snead leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. 82 PGA Tour wins — a record that stood for half a century.

ZahariasInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Sam Snead
89.0
2. Babe Zaharias
Pending verification

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. 🇺🇸 Sam Snead5 seasons played · career day 2,92125 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🌍 Babe Zaharias0 seasons played0 wins
-100.0% vs Snead at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🌍 Zaharias000000
🇺🇸 Snead00001328

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.

MetricZahariasRetiredSneadRetired
PGA Tour wins82
Major titles7
Masters titles3
PGA Championships3
Vardon Trophies4
Ryder Cup appearances7
Dominance w25%20.386
Peak w20%22.388
Longevity w20%18.396
Honours w20%21.386
Statistics w15%19.390

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GOAT Rank · the data
Snead89.0
Zaharias20.4
The people
Zaharias
Snead

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