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Lema vs Villegas

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VillegasWinner
78.9

Villegas wins: Longevity

Lema
78.8

Lema wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇴 Camilo Villegas
78.9

Villegas leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Four-time PGA Tour winner and Colombia's most successful golfer.

1. Camilo Villegas
78.9
2. Tony Lema
78.8

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. 🇺🇸 Tony Lema5 seasons played · career day 3,65112 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇴 Camilo Villegas5 seasons played · career day 2,5563 wins
-75.0% vs Lema at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Lema0000011
🇨🇴 Villegas000003

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.

MetricLemaRetiredVillegasActive
Major championships1
PGA Tour wins124
Ryder Cup appearances2
Open titles1
Seasons on tour1020
Presidents Cup appearances2
Career best world ranking7
Tour Championship wins1
Dominance w25%7670
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%6682
Honours w20%7874
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Villegas78.9
Lema78.8
The people
Lema
Villegas

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