- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1996–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 100.0
- Dominance
- 99.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
GOAT Rank · 28
Greatest Golf athletes of the 1990s
This ranking uses verified career records and GOAT Rank's published model. Every listed athlete clears the data eligibility threshold.
#AthleteGOAT Score
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1992–2008
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 95.0
- Statistics
- 95.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1999–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1992–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1994–2022
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1992–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1990–active
- Country
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1990–active
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1993–2019
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1995–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1992–2015
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1996–2018
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1996–2016
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1992–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1998–2019
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1996–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1994–active
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1993–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1994–2018
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1993–2016
- Country
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1992–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1998–active
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1995–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1999–2020
- Country
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1998–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1994–2019
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 66.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1995–active
- Country
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 68.0
- Statistics
- 72.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Golf
- Career
- 1992–2019
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 60.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 64.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tiger Woods | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1996–— | 94.4 |
| 3 | Annika Sörenstam | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1992–2008 | 92.8 |
| 13 | Sergio García | Golf | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1999–— | 89.2 |
| 24 | Jim Furyk | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1992–— | 87.5 |
| 31 | Karrie Webb | Golf | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1994–2022 | 86.5 |
| 41 | Phil Mickelson | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1992–— | 85.8 |
| 42 | Retief Goosen | Golf | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1990–— | 85.6 |
| 51 | Darren Clarke | Golf | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1990–— | 85.1 |
| 70 | David Duval | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1993–2019 | 84.1 |
| 86 | Stewart Cink | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1995–— | 83.3 |
| 94 | Shigeki Maruyama | Golf | 🇯🇵 Japan | 1992–2015 | 83 |
| 104 | Anders Hansen | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1996–2018 | 82.5 |
| 109 | Se Ri Pak | Golf | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 1996–2016 | 82.2 |
| 132 | Alex Čejka | Golf | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1992–— | 81.5 |
| 137 | Peter Hanson | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1998–2019 | 81.2 |
| 141 | Cristie Kerr | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1996–— | 81 |
| 148 | Catriona Matthew | Golf | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1994–— | 80.8 |
| 151 | Thomas Bjørn | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1993–— | 80.7 |
| 168 | Justin Leonard | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1994–2018 | 79.7 |
| 175 | Michael Campbell | Golf | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 1993–2016 | 79.1 |
| 181 | Mike Weir | Golf | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1992–— | 78.7 |
| 185 | Justin Rose | Golf | 🏴 England | 1998–— | 78.5 |
| 189 | Søren Kjeldsen | Golf | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1995–— | 78.5 |
| 193 | Trevor Immelman | Golf | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1999–2020 | 78.2 |
| 212 | Henrik Stenson | Golf | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1998–— | 77.2 |
| 226 | Rich Beem | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1994–2019 | 76 |
| 241 | Pádraig Harrington | Golf | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 1995–— | 74.6 |
| 253 | Shaun Micheel | Golf | 🇺🇸 United States | 1992–2019 | 72.7 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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