grandmaster vs past master

grandmaster

noun
  • A master in a field, whose skills or accomplishments exceed those of other masters. 

past master

noun
  • One who has an extremely high level of ability or knowledge within an area of achievement or expertise. 

  • Someone who has previously been a master at a given lodge. 

How often have the words grandmaster and past master occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )