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Lawrie vs Korda

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LawrieWinner
79.7

Lawrie wins: Peak, Longevity

Korda
79.4

Korda wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Paul Lawrie
79.7

Lawrie leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Won The Open at Carnoustie in 1999 from ten shots back.

1. Paul Lawrie
79.7
2. Nelly Korda
79.4

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. 🇺🇸 Nelly Korda5 seasons played · career day 2,1917 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Paul Lawrie5 seasons played · career day 4,0172 wins
-71.4% vs Korda at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Lawrie000001
🇺🇸 Korda0000216

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.

MetricLawrieRetiredKordaActive
Major titles12
European Tour wins8
Ryder Cup appearances2
Career span in years34
Best world ranking21
LPGA Tour wins15
Olympic golds1
Consecutive wins5
Weeks at No. 160
Player of the Year2
Dominance w25%6880
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8666
Honours w20%7478
Statistics w15%8284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lawrie79.7
Korda79.4
The people
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