GOAT Rank · 33

Greatest Professionals of all time

This ranking is led by Ben Hogan, Sam Snead and Patty Berg. GOAT Rank currently ranks 33 eligible Golf professionals using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Ben Hogan ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 90.3.

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Ben Hogan

90.3

Sport: Golf
Career: 1930–1971
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 91.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Ben Hogan

Sam Snead

89.0

Sport: Golf
Career: 1934–1979
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 96.0

Athlete: Sam Snead

Patty Berg

88.9

Sport: Golf
Career: 1935–1962
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Patty Berg

Kathy Whitworth

88.6

Sport: Golf
Career: 1958–1991
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Kathy Whitworth

Gary Player

88.0

Sport: Golf
Career: 1953–2009
Country: 🇿🇦 South Africa

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 85.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 87.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Gary Player

Arnold Palmer

87.0

Sport: Golf
Career: 1954–2006
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 85.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Arnold Palmer

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

86.5

Sport: Golf
Career: 1935–1955
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Karrie Webb

86.5

Sport: Golf
Career: 1994–2022
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Karrie Webb

Tom Watson

86.4

Sport: Golf
Career: 1971–2019
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 85.0
Honours: 85.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Tom Watson

Gene Sarazen

86.4

Sport: Golf
Career: 1920–1973
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Gene Sarazen

Walter Hagen

86.3

Sport: Golf
Career: 1912–1940
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Walter Hagen

Rory McIlroy

86.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 2007–active
Country: 🇬🇧 Northern Ireland

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Rory McIlroy

Phil Mickelson

85.8

Sport: Golf
Career: 1992–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Phil Mickelson

Byron Nelson

85.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 1932–1946
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 95.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Byron Nelson

Lee Trevino

84.0

Sport: Golf
Career: 1960–2000
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 87.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Lee Trevino

Inbee Park

83.9

Sport: Golf
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Inbee Park

Nick Faldo

83.1

Sport: Golf
Career: 1976–2015
Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Nick Faldo

105

Seve Ballesteros

82.4

Sport: Golf
Career: 1974–2007
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Seve Ballesteros

106

Vijay Singh

82.4

Sport: Golf
Career: 1982–active
Country: 🇫🇯 Fiji

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Vijay Singh

109

Se Ri Pak

82.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 1996–2016
Country: 🇰🇷 South Korea

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Se Ri Pak

120

Scottie Scheffler

81.8

Sport: Golf
Career: 2018–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Scottie Scheffler

122

Greg Norman

81.7

Sport: Golf
Career: 1976–2009
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Greg Norman

123

Ernie Els

81.7

Sport: Golf
Career: 1989–active
Country: 🇿🇦 South Africa

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Ernie Els

150

Lorena Ochoa

80.7

Sport: Golf
Career: 2002–2010
Country: 🇲🇽 Mexico

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Lorena Ochoa

165

Brooks Koepka

79.8

Sport: Golf
Career: 2012–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Brooks Koepka

169

Nelly Korda

79.4

Sport: Golf
Career: 2016–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Nelly Korda

177

Jon Rahm

78.9

Sport: Golf
Career: 2016–active
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Jon Rahm

198

Nick Price

78.0

Sport: Golf
Career: 1977–2014
Country: 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Nick Price

205

Colin Montgomerie

77.5

Sport: Golf
Career: 1987–active
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 United Kingdom

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Colin Montgomerie

212

Henrik Stenson

77.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 1998–active
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Henrik Stenson

227

Yani Tseng

75.7

Sport: Golf
Career: 2007–active
Country: 🇹🇼 Taiwan

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 62.0

Athlete: Yani Tseng

257

Alex Norén

62.1

Sport: Golf
Career: 2005–active
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 66.0
Dominance: 56.0
Statistics: 62.0
Honours: 56.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Alex Norén

258

Ludvig Åberg

57.6

Sport: Golf
Career: 2023–active
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 68.0
Dominance: 58.0
Statistics: 66.0
Honours: 56.0
Longevity: 42.0

Athlete: Ludvig Åberg

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
8	Ben Hogan	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1971	90.3
16	Sam Snead	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1979	89.0
17	Patty Berg	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1962	88.9
18	Kathy Whitworth	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1991	88.6
21	Gary Player	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1953–2009	88.0
26	Arnold Palmer	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1954–2006	87.0
30	Babe Didrikson Zaharias	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1955	86.5
31	Karrie Webb	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1994–2022	86.5
32	Tom Watson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1971–2019	86.4
33	Gene Sarazen	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1973	86.4
34	Walter Hagen	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1940	86.3
37	Rory McIlroy	Golf	🇬🇧 Northern Ireland	2007–active	86.2
41	Phil Mickelson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1992–active	85.8
48	Byron Nelson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1946	85.2
71	Lee Trevino	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1960–2000	84.0
74	Inbee Park	Golf	🇰🇷 South Korea	2006–active	83.9
88	Nick Faldo	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–2015	83.1
105	Seve Ballesteros	Golf	🇪🇸 Spain	1974–2007	82.4
106	Vijay Singh	Golf	🇫🇯 Fiji	1982–active	82.4
109	Se Ri Pak	Golf	🇰🇷 South Korea	1996–2016	82.2
120	Scottie Scheffler	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2018–active	81.8
122	Greg Norman	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1976–2009	81.7
123	Ernie Els	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1989–active	81.7
150	Lorena Ochoa	Golf	🇲🇽 Mexico	2002–2010	80.7
165	Brooks Koepka	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2012–active	79.8
169	Nelly Korda	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2016–active	79.4
177	Jon Rahm	Golf	🇪🇸 Spain	2016–active	78.9
198	Nick Price	Golf	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1977–2014	78.0
205	Colin Montgomerie	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 United Kingdom	1987–active	77.5
212	Henrik Stenson	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	1998–active	77.2
227	Yani Tseng	Golf	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2007–active	75.7
257	Alex Norén	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	2005–active	62.1
258	Ludvig Åberg	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	2023–active	57.6

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