Year-end world ranking
1996 World Golf Rankings
Final published week of 1996, December 29, 1996.
Greg Norman finished world number one.
- 1Greg NormanAUSAUS
- 2Tom LehmanUSAUSA
- 3Colin MontgomerieSCOSCO
- 4Ernie ElsRSARSA
- 5Fred CouplesUSAUSA
- 6Nick FaldoENGENG
- 7Phil MickelsonUSAUSA
- 8Masashi OzakiJPNJPN
- 9Davis Love IIIUSAUSA
- 10Mark O'MearaUSAUSA
- 11Corey PavinUSAUSA
- 12Steve StrickerUSAUSA
- 13Nick PriceZIMZIM
- 14Steve ElkingtonAUSAUS
- 15Scott HochUSAUSA
- 16Bernhard LangerGERGER
- 17Tom WatsonUSAUSA
- 18Mark BrooksUSAUSA
- 19David DuvalUSAUSA
- 20Vijay SinghFIJFIJ
- 21Mark McNultyIRLIRL
- 22Loren RobertsUSAUSA
- 23Brad FaxonUSAUSA
- 24Costantino RoccaITAITA
- 25Kenny PerryUSAUSA
- 26Ian WoosnamWALWAL
- 27Jeff MaggertUSAUSA
- 28Steve JonesUSAUSA
- 29Justin LeonardUSAUSA
- 30Mark McCumberUSAUSA
- 31Frank NobiloNZLNZL
- 32Lee JanzenUSAUSA
- 33Tiger WoodsUSAUSA
- 34Payne StewartUSAUSA
- 35Bob TwayUSAUSA
- 36Jay HaasUSAUSA
- 37Robert AllenbyAUSAUS
- 38Mark CalcavecchiaUSAUSA
- 39Jesper ParnevikSWESWE
- 40Sam TorranceSCOSCO
- 41Duffy WaldorfUSAUSA
- 42Craig StadlerUSAUSA
- 43Billy MayfairUSAUSA
- 44Jim Gallagher-JrUSAUSA
- 45Peter JacobsenUSAUSA
- 46Peter SeniorAUSAUS
- 47Tommy TollesUSAUSA
- 47Michael BradleyUSAUSA
- 49Jim FurykUSAUSA
- 50Brian WattsUSAUSA
- 51Fred FunkUSAUSA
- 52Craig ParryAUSAUS
- 53Jeff SlumanUSAUSA
- 54Scott SimpsonUSAUSA
- 55D A WeibringUSAUSA
- 56Shigeki MaruyamaJPNJPN
- 57David FrostRSARSA
- 58Ben CrenshawUSAUSA
- 59Paul StankowskiUSAUSA
- 60John CookUSAUSA
- 61Rocco MediateUSAUSA
- 62Darren ClarkeNIRNIR
- 63Woody AustinUSAUSA
- 64Lee WestwoodENGENG
- 65Wayne WestnerRSARSA
- 66Naomichi Joe OzakiJPNJPN
- 67Yoshinori KanekoJPNJPN
- 68John HustonUSAUSA
- 69Kirk TriplettUSAUSA
- 70Andrew ColtartSCOSCO
- 71Miguel A JimenezESPESP
- 72Per-Ulrik JohanssonSWESWE
- 73Brandt JobeUSAUSA
- 74Frankie MinozaPHIPHI
- 75Wayne RileyAUSAUS
- 76Hidemichi TanakaJPNJPN
- 77Todd HamiltonUSAUSA
- 78Michael CampbellNZLNZL
- 79John MorseUSAUSA
- 80Stephen AmesCANCAN
- 81Paul McGinleyIRLIRL
- 82Lennie ClementsUSAUSA
- 83Tom PurtzerUSAUSA
- 84Tom KiteUSAUSA
- 84Clarence RoseUSAUSA
- 86Carlos FrancoPARPAR
- 87Paul GoydosUSAUSA
- 88Larry MizeUSAUSA
- 89Fuzzy ZoellerUSAUSA
- 90Brad BryantUSAUSA
- 91John DalyUSAUSA
- 92Peter O'MalleyAUSAUS
- 93Alex CejkaGERGER
- 94Greg TurnerNZLNZL
- 95Kazuhiko HosokawaJPNJPN
- 95Padraig HarringtonIRLIRL
- 97Peter MitchellENGENG
- 98David OgrinUSAUSA
- 99Tim HerronUSAUSA
- 100Barry LaneENGENG
Biggest climbers of 1996
Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.
- Clarence Rose#891 → #84+807
- Padraig Harrington#891 → #95+796
- Thomas Bjorn#891 → #112+779
- Raymond Russell#891 → #146+745
- Tim Herron#711 → #99+612
1996 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.