Year-end world ranking
1996 World Golf Rankings
Final published week of 1996, December 29, 1996.
Greg Norman finished world number one.
#PlayerCtry
- 1Greg NormanAUS
- 2Tom LehmanUSA
- 3Colin MontgomerieSCO
- 4Ernie ElsRSA
- 5Fred CouplesUSA
- 6Nick FaldoENG
- 7Phil MickelsonUSA
- 8Masashi OzakiJPN
- 9Davis Love IIIUSA
- 10Mark O'MearaUSA
- 11Corey PavinUSA
- 12Steve StrickerUSA
- 13Nick PriceZIM
- 14Steve ElkingtonAUS
- 15Scott HochUSA
- 16Bernhard LangerGER
- 17Tom WatsonUSA
- 18Mark BrooksUSA
- 19David DuvalUSA
- 20Vijay SinghFIJ
- 21Mark McNultyIRL
- 22Loren RobertsUSA
- 23Brad FaxonUSA
- 24Costantino RoccaITA
- 25Kenny PerryUSA
- 26Ian WoosnamWAL
- 27Jeff MaggertUSA
- 28Steve JonesUSA
- 29Justin LeonardUSA
- 30Mark McCumberUSA
- 31Frank NobiloNZL
- 32Lee JanzenUSA
- 33Tiger WoodsUSA
- 34Payne StewartUSA
- 35Bob TwayUSA
- 36Jay HaasUSA
- 37Robert AllenbyAUS
- 38Mark CalcavecchiaUSA
- 39Jesper ParnevikSWE
- 40Sam TorranceSCO
- 41Duffy WaldorfUSA
- 42Craig StadlerUSA
- 43Billy MayfairUSA
- 44Jim Gallagher-JrUSA
- 45Peter JacobsenUSA
- 46Peter SeniorAUS
- 47Tommy TollesUSA
- 47Michael BradleyUSA
- 49Jim FurykUSA
- 50Brian WattsUSA
- 51Fred FunkUSA
- 52Craig ParryAUS
- 53Jeff SlumanUSA
- 54Scott SimpsonUSA
- 55D A WeibringUSA
- 56Shigeki MaruyamaJPN
- 57David FrostRSA
- 58Ben CrenshawUSA
- 59Paul StankowskiUSA
- 60John CookUSA
- 61Rocco MediateUSA
- 62Darren ClarkeNIR
- 63Woody AustinUSA
- 64Lee WestwoodENG
- 65Wayne WestnerRSA
- 66Naomichi Joe OzakiJPN
- 67Yoshinori KanekoJPN
- 68John HustonUSA
- 69Kirk TriplettUSA
- 70Andrew ColtartSCO
- 71Miguel A JimenezESP
- 72Per-Ulrik JohanssonSWE
- 73Brandt JobeUSA
- 74Frankie MinozaPHI
- 75Wayne RileyAUS
- 76Hidemichi TanakaJPN
- 77Todd HamiltonUSA
- 78Michael CampbellNZL
- 79John MorseUSA
- 80Stephen AmesCAN
- 81Paul McGinleyIRL
- 82Lennie ClementsUSA
- 83Tom PurtzerUSA
- 84Tom KiteUSA
- 84Clarence RoseUSA
- 86Carlos FrancoPAR
- 87Paul GoydosUSA
- 88Larry MizeUSA
- 89Fuzzy ZoellerUSA
- 90Brad BryantUSA
- 91John DalyUSA
- 92Peter O'MalleyAUS
- 93Alex CejkaGER
- 94Greg TurnerNZL
- 95Kazuhiko HosokawaJPN
- 95Padraig HarringtonIRL
- 97Peter MitchellENG
- 98David OgrinUSA
- 99Tim HerronUSA
- 100Barry LaneENG
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.