Majors Won: 18 (1962 U.S. Open, 1963 Masters, 1963 PGA Championship, 1965 Masters, 1966 Masters, 1966 British Open, 1967 U.S. Open, 1970 British Open, 1971 PGA Championship, 1972 Masters, 1972 U.S. Open, 1973 PGA Championship, 1975 Masters, 1975 PGA Championship, 1978 British Open, 1980 U.S. Open, 1980 PGA Championship, 1986 Masters)

No other golfer had more than 46 top-10 finishes, but Nicklaus was a top-10 finisher 73 times and finished in the top five 56 times. At his peak from 1971 thorough 1977, Nicklaus placed top five in 23 of 28 majors, including six wins.

From 1960 through 1982, though, Nicklaus played in a total of 88 majors. He won 19.3 percent of them (17), placed in the top five 60.2 percent of the time (53) and finished 10th or better 75.0 percent of the time (66). Even at Woods' 12-year peak from 1998 through 2009, he only finished in the top 10 in 33 of 48 majors (68.8 percent). It's almost not fair that Nicklaus was even more consistent, and for a decade longer.