Most PGA Major Championship Wins (All Time)
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Jack Nicklaus leads in PGA Major Championship Wins with 18.
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Average PGA Major Championship Wins: 10.50 · median: 9.
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Gap: Jack Nicklaus is 2.6× larger than Gene Sarazen.
About This Dataset
Most PGA Major Championship Wins (All Time)
Golfers ranked by total victories across the four Major championships — The Masters, US Open, The Open Championship, and PGA Championship. Jack Nicklaus holds the all-time record for most major championship victories with 18 — a total that Tiger Woods pursued across two decades and ultimately fell short of at 15, cementing Nicklaus's status as the greatest major champion in golf history despite Woods' record-breaking dominance across many other metrics.
Analysis
The top three in PGA Major Championship Wins are Jack Nicklaus (18), Tiger Woods (15) and Walter Hagen (11). Jack Nicklaus tops the list without dominating it, holding 21.4% of what the 8 entities record between them. The other 6 are bunched between 7 and 11.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 8 observations
- Measure
- PGA Major Championship Wins
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
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