Top Career Performance Stats among Those Who Joined the LPGA since 2005

Last post, I revisited my ranking of the top 50 golfers to join the LPGA since 2005.  What allows me to compare golfers who joined the LPGA at such different times is assigning points based on career averages in different outcomes.  Let's break it down and see who's best at what!

Finish Rate (ratio of non-WD, -DQ, or -MC finish to starts)
1. Lydia Ko (100%)
2. Na Yeon Choi (97.44%)
3. Ji-Yai Shin (96.94%)
4. Paula Creamer (95.37%)
5. So Yeon Ryu (94.92%)
6. Anna Nordqvist (94.35%)
7. Amy Yang (89.76%)
8. Stacy Lewis (88.89%)
9. Lizette Salas (88.68%)
10. Ya Ni Tseng (88.24%)

Top-20 Rate
1. Na Yeon Choi (71.15%)
2. Ji-Yai Shin (70.41%)
3. Paula Creamer (70.37%)
4. Lydia Ko (66.67%)
5. So Yeon Ryu (66.10%)
6. Stacy Lewis (60.74%)
7. Ya Ni Tseng (57.52%)
8. Anna Nordqvist (54.84%)
9. Lexi Thompson (53.45%)
10. In-Kyung Kim (50.88%)

Top-10 Rate
1. So Yeon Ryu (54.24%)
2. Lydia Ko (50%)
3. Stacy Lewis (47.41%)
4. Ji-Yai Shin (46.94%)
5. Na Yeon Choi (43.59%)
6. Paula Creamer (43.06%)
7. Ya Ni Tseng (41.18%)
8. In-Kyung Kim (33.92%)
9. Inbee Park (33.14%)
10. Ai Miyazato (31.35%)

Top-3 Rate
1. Lydia Ko (25%)
2. Ya Ni Tseng (24.84%)
3. Ji-Yai Shin (22.45%)
4. Paula Creamer (19.91%)
5. Na Yeon Choi (19.87%)
6. Stacy Lewis (18.52%)
7. Lexi Thompson (15.52%)
8. Inbee Park (14.20%)
9. So Yeon Ryu (13.56%)
10. Michelle Wie (12.71%)

Winning Percentage
1. Lydia Ko (21.43%)
2. Ji-Yai Shin (10.89%)
3. Ya Ni Tseng (9.80%)
4. Stacy Lewis (7.41%)
5. Lexi Thompson (6.78%)
6. Inbee Park (5.92%)
7. Ai Miyazato (4.86%)
8. Paula Creamer (4.63%)
9. Jessica Korda (4.55%)
10. Na Yeon Choi (4.49%)

$/Start
1. Ji-Yai Shin ($62.7K)
2. Ya Ni Tseng ($62.4K)
3. Na Yeon Choi ($56.8K)
4. Stacy Lewis ($53.2K)
5. Lydia Ko ($52.4K)
6. Paula Creamer ($50.3K)
7. Inbee Park ($50.1K)
8. So Yeon Ryu ($48.6K)
9. Lexi Thompson ($42.6K)
10. Ai Miyazato ($41.3K)

$/Finish
1. Ya Ni Tseng ($70.7K)
2. Ji-Yai Shin ($64.7K)
3. Stacy Lewis ($59.8K)
4. Inbee Park ($58.8K)
5. Na Yeon Choi ($58.3K)
6. Paula Creamer ($52.8K)
7. Lydia Ko ($52.4K)
8. So Yeon Ryu ($51.2K)
9. Lexi Thompson ($49.4K)
10. Ai Miyazato ($48.6K)

More analyses of these patterns to come as I break down career performances by rookie year and LPGA generation in the coming days!