Golf Rankings

Year-end world ranking

1992 World Golf Rankings

Final published week of 1992, December 27, 1992.

Nick Faldo finished world number one.

World number one in 1992

The top of the ranking changed hands 4 times during 1992.

  1. Ian WoosnamJan 5, 1992 – Mar 15, 1992 · 11 weeks
  2. Fred CouplesMar 22, 1992 – Mar 22, 1992 · 1 week
  3. Nick FaldoMar 29, 1992 – Mar 29, 1992 · 1 week
  4. Fred CouplesApr 5, 1992 – Jul 12, 1992 · 15 weeks
  5. Nick FaldoJul 19, 1992 – Dec 27, 1992 · 24 weeks · finished the year
  1. 1Nick FaldoENG
  2. 2Fred CouplesUSA
  3. 3Ian WoosnamWAL
  4. 4Jose M OlazabalESP
  5. 5Greg NormanAUS
  6. 6Bernhard LangerGER
  7. 7John CookUSA
  8. 8Nick PriceZIM
  9. 9Paul AzingerUSA
  10. 10Davis Love IIIUSA
  11. 11Tom KiteUSA
  12. 12Mark O'MearaUSA
  13. 13Seve BallesterosESP
  14. 14Raymond FloydUSA
  15. 15Masashi OzakiJPN
  16. 16Corey PavinUSA
  17. 17Bruce LietzkeUSA
  18. 18Steve ElkingtonAUS
  19. 19Mark McNultyIRL
  20. 20Colin MontgomerieSCO
  21. 21Payne StewartUSA
  22. 22Craig ParryAUS
  23. 23Rodger DavisAUS
  24. 24Ian Baker-FinchAUS
  25. 25Chip BeckUSA
  26. 26David FrostRSA
  27. 27Jeff SlumanUSA
  28. 28Tony JohnstoneZIM
  29. 29Sandy LyleSCO
  30. 30Tom WatsonUSA
  31. 31Lanny WadkinsUSA
  32. 32Peter SeniorAUS
  33. 33Brad FaxonUSA
  34. 34Steve PateUSA
  35. 35Ronan RaffertyNIR
  36. 36Craig StadlerUSA
  37. 36Eduardo RomeroARG
  38. 38Vijay SinghFIJ
  39. 39Anders ForsbrandSWE
  40. 40Ernie ElsRSA
  41. 41Gene SauersUSA
  42. 42Jim Gallagher-JrUSA
  43. 43Dan ForsmanUSA
  44. 44Mark BrooksUSA
  45. 45Jose RiveroESP
  46. 46Duffy WaldorfUSA
  47. 47Naomichi Joe OzakiJPN
  48. 48Mark CalcavecchiaUSA
  49. 49Hale IrwinUSA
  50. 50John HustonUSA
  51. 51Ben CrenshawUSA
  52. 52Steven RichardsonENG
  53. 53Larry MizeUSA
  54. 54David EdwardsUSA
  55. 55David FehertyNIR
  56. 56Frank NobiloNZL
  57. 57Mark JamesENG
  58. 58Jay HaasUSA
  59. 59David GilfordENG
  60. 60Barry LaneENG
  61. 61Tom PurtzerUSA
  62. 62Billy AndradeUSA
  63. 63John DalyUSA
  64. 64Rocco MediateUSA
  65. 65Tommy NakajimaJPN
  66. 66Andrew MageeUSA
  67. 67Brett OgleAUS
  68. 68Nolan HenkeUSA
  69. 69Jamie SpenceENG
  70. 70Lee JanzenUSA
  71. 71Christy O'Connor-JnrIRL
  72. 72Michael HarwoodAUS
  73. 73Gil MorganUSA
  74. 74Tom LehmanUSA
  75. 75Billy Ray BrownUSA
  76. 76Wayne GradyAUS
  77. 77Per-Ulrik JohanssonSWE
  78. 78Masahiro KuramotoJPN
  79. 79Gordon Brand-JrSCO
  80. 80Wayne LeviUSA
  81. 81Mike HulbertUSA
  82. 82Jay Don BlakeUSA
  83. 83Russ CochranUSA
  84. 84Robert AllenbyAUS
  85. 85David PeoplesUSA
  86. 86Peter O'MalleyAUS
  87. 87Vicente FernandezARG
  88. 88Rick FehrUSA
  89. 89D A WeibringUSA
  90. 90Fuzzy ZoellerUSA
  91. 91Jeff MaggertUSA
  92. 92Keith ClearwaterUSA
  93. 93Curtis StrangeUSA
  94. 94Roger MackayAUS
  95. 95Joey SindelarUSA
  96. 96Isao AokiJPN
  97. 97Robert KarlssonSWE
  98. 98Larry NelsonUSA
  99. 99Mark RoeENG
  100. 100Wayne WestnerRSA

Biggest climbers of 1992

Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.

  1. Tom Lehman#567 → #74+493
  2. Ernie Els#413 → #40+373
  3. Jim Payne#524 → #159+365
  4. Ian Palmer#409 → #131+278
  5. Todd Hamilton#379 → #113+266

1992 by tour

How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.