11 Stats That Show How Far Scottie Scheffler Has To Go To Catch Up To Tiger Woods

Scottie Scheffler has established himself as the man to beat on the PGA Tour over the past couple of years, and it’s become increasingly tempting to compare him to Tiger Woods thanks to how dominant he’s been since cementing himself as the best golfer on the planet. However, he’d be the first person to admit he’s not even close to matching the legacy of one of the greatest golfers to ever pick up a club.

 

Scottie Scheffler earned his fourth major victory with his first win at The British Open, and at this point, it’s pretty clear he’s currently the best golfer on the planet as he continues an impressive run that shows no sign of coming to an end in the foreseeable future.

Plenty of people have started to compare Scheffler to Tiger Woods—they both won their fourth major exactly 1,197 days after their first—but the former acknowledged it was “silly” to do so after completing the third leg of the career grand slam while alluding to just how far he has to go to equal the latter’s legacy.

When you take a look at the numbers, it’s obvious that’s the case.

Consecutive Weeks At Number One: 281 vs. 114

Tiger Woods initially set the record for the most consecutive weeks at the top of the Official World Golf Ranking (which Greg Norman originally set with 96) with a run of 261 between 1999 and 2004 before Vijay Singh brought it to an end.

However, he regained the top spot in 2005 and went on to break his own record by sitting at No. 1 for 281 weeks before Lee Westwood snapped the streak in 2010.

Scheffler, on the other hand, is currently riding an unbroken stretch of 114 weeks, which means he’ll have to stay at the top for more than three years if he wants to set a record of his own.

Total Overall Weeks At Number One: 683 vs. 149

Tiger’s two longest streaks help account for the record 683 weeks he cumulatively spent at No. 1 (Norman is second all-time with a relatively paltry 331).

Scheffler currently has the silver medal at just under 150, but if he wants to top Tiger, he’ll need to go unchallenged for more than a decade.

Most Consecutive Wins With A Lead After 54 Holes: 36 vs. 10

Scheffler had a four-stroke lead heading into the final round of The British Open, and his win marked the 10th straight tournament where he’d earned a victory after heading into the last 18 holes ahead of the rest of the field.

Tiger managed to do that 36 times in a row in his prime, so Scottie obviously has some work to do.

Consecutive Cuts Made: 142 vs. 60

The 2022 PGA Championship marks the last time Scottie Scheffler missed the cut, and he’s earned the right to play the weekend in the last 60 tournaments he’s competed in (an active streak that’s only second to the run of 69 that Xander Schauffele currently possesses).

However, Tiger made the cut 142 times in a row starting in 1998 before he came in below the threshold at The Byron Nelson in 2005.

Overall PGA Tour Victories: 82 vs. 17

I think most golf fans are aware Tiger Woods is tied with Sam Snead for the most PGA Tour victories of all time; there’s a small chance the former eventually takes sole possession of first place, but they’re currently knotted at 82.

Scheffler has plenty of time to narrow the gap he’s facing, but it’s still going to be quite an uphill battle when you consider he’s only racked up 17 since getting his first in 2022.

Major Victories: 15 vs. 4

Scheffler became one of 30 golfers who’ve won at least four majors over the course of their career with his win at The British Open, which is certainly no small feat.

However, Tiger has managed to get 15 in total, and Jack Nicklaus is the only person who ended up with more at 18.

Biggest Margin Of Victory At A Major: 15 Strokes vs. 5 Strokes

Stats concerning overall victories only do so much to highlight just how dominant Tiger was, as many of his wins came in truly resounding fashion.

That included his triumph at the U.S. Open in 2000, where he set the record for the largest margin of victory at a major by beating Miguel Angel Jimenez and Ernie Els by a whopping 15 strokes (three years after he’d set another record at The Masters by topping Tom Kite by 12).

All of Scheffler’s major wins have been by single digits, and his five-stroke victory at the PGA Championship in 2025 is currently his most impressive.

Most Wins In One PGA Tour Season: 9 vs. 7

Scheffler had a pretty impressive run in 2024 by winning seven tournaments, which included his victory at The Masters before he capped things off by besting everyone who earned the right to play in The Tour Championship.

He theoretically has the opportunity to outdo himself in 2025, but he’ll struggle to surpass the nine wins Tiger had in 2000 while also finishing at the top of the leaderboard at the U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship.

Career PGA Tour Winnings: $121 Million vs. $91 Million

This one comes with a slight asterisk, as the PGA Tour doesn’t factor in bonuses when it comes to its list of the players who’ve officially made the most money on the circuit.

If you take that extra dough into consideration, Tiger and Scottie are essentially tied with close to $155 million each. However, Woods still leads the latter if you’re basing the rankings entirely on tournament purses—although it seems very safe to assume Scheffler is going to surpass him at some point.

Most Holes-In-One On The PGA Tour: 3 vs. 2

This is another category where Scheffler has a realistic chance at surpassing Tiger. He was a 17-year-old amateur when he got his first hole-in-one at a PGA Tour tournament at The Byron Nelson in 2014, and he recorded another ace at the Charles Schwab Challenge in 2023.

Woods says he’s made 20 of them since he first started golfing, but only three of those came as a pro. They all transpired pretty early on in his career: he had one at the 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open, the 1997 Phoenix Open (an electric ace on the 16th at TPC Scottsdale), and the 1998 Sprint International.

Highest Average OWGR Points: 32.4364 vs. 18.4391

The Official World Golf Ranking offers insight into a player’s dominance by averaging the number of points they’ve accumulated over a 104-week (two-year) span.

Tiger peaked at the start of June in 2001 with around 32.4, while Scheffler hit his current apex at around 18.4 at the beginning of the same month in 2025.