Year-end world ranking
2002 World Golf Rankings
Final published week of 2002, December 29, 2002.
Tiger Woods finished world number one.
- 1Tiger WoodsUSAUSA
- 2Phil MickelsonUSAUSA
- 3Ernie ElsRSARSA
- 4Sergio GarciaESPESP
- 5Retief GoosenRSARSA
- 6David TomsUSAUSA
- 7Padraig HarringtonIRLIRL
- 8Vijay SinghFIJFIJ
- 9Davis Love IIIUSAUSA
- 10Colin MontgomerieSCOSCO
- 11Jim FurykUSAUSA
- 12Chris DiMarcoUSAUSA
- 13Nick PriceZIMZIM
- 14Angel CabreraARGARG
- 15David DuvalUSAUSA
- 16Bernhard LangerGERGER
- 17Justin LeonardUSAUSA
- 18Michael CampbellNZLNZL
- 19Eduardo RomeroARGARG
- 20Charles Howell IIIUSAUSA
- 21Rich BeemUSAUSA
- 22Scott HochUSAUSA
- 23Darren ClarkeNIRNIR
- 24Bob EstesUSAUSA
- 25Robert AllenbyAUSAUS
- 26Rocco MediateUSAUSA
- 27Jerry KellyUSAUSA
- 28Kenny PerryUSAUSA
- 29Shigeki MaruyamaJPNJPN
- 30Scott McCarronUSAUSA
- 31Craig ParryAUSAUS
- 32Stuart ApplebyAUSAUS
- 33Scott VerplankUSAUSA
- 34Fred FunkUSAUSA
- 35Thomas BjornDENDEN
- 36Steve LoweryUSAUSA
- 37Justin RoseENGENG
- 38Jose M OlazabalESPESP
- 39Niclas FasthSWESWE
- 40Adam ScottAUSAUS
- 41K.J. ChoiKORKOR
- 42Paul LawrieSCOSCO
- 43Peter LonardAUSAUS
- 44Chris RileyUSAUSA
- 45Jeff SlumanUSAUSA
- 46Mike WeirCANCAN
- 47Shingo KatayamaJPNJPN
- 48Brad FaxonUSAUSA
- 49Toshimitsu IzawaJPNJPN
- 50Toru TaniguchiJPNJPN
- 51Len MattiaceUSAUSA
- 52John CookUSAUSA
- 53Loren RobertsUSAUSA
- 54Tom LehmanUSAUSA
- 55Alex CejkaGERGER
- 56Tim ClarkRSARSA
- 57Dean WilsonUSAUSA
- 58Mark CalcavecchiaUSAUSA
- 59Anders HansenDENDEN
- 60Stephen LeaneyAUSAUS
- 61Jose CoceresARGARG
- 62Robert KarlssonSWESWE
- 63Nick FaldoENGENG
- 64Bradley DredgeWALWAL
- 65Kevin SutherlandUSAUSA
- 66Paul AzingerUSAUSA
- 67Dudley HartUSAUSA
- 68John HustonUSAUSA
- 69Tommy NakajimaJPNJPN
- 70Phil TataurangiNZLNZL
- 71Stewart CinkUSAUSA
- 72Billy AndradeUSAUSA
- 73Jonathan ByrdUSAUSA
- 74Ricardo GonzalezARGARG
- 75Peter O'MalleyAUSAUS
- 76Ian PoulterENGENG
- 77John RollinsUSAUSA
- 78Steve ElkingtonAUSAUS
- 79Thomas LevetFRAFRA
- 80David SmailNZLNZL
- 81Jesper ParnevikSWESWE
- 82Ian WoosnamWALWAL
- 83Freddie JacobsonSWESWE
- 84Chris SmithUSAUSA
- 85Kirk TriplettUSAUSA
- 86Billy MayfairUSAUSA
- 87Matt KucharUSAUSA
- 88Bob TwayUSAUSA
- 89Steve FleschUSAUSA
- 90Rory SabbatiniSVKSVK
- 91John DalyUSAUSA
- 92Steve StrickerUSAUSA
- 93Luke DonaldENGENG
- 94Bob BurnsUSAUSA
- 95Soren HansenDENDEN
- 96Craig PerksNZLNZL
- 97Scott LaycockAUSAUS
- 98Matt GogelUSAUSA
- 99Paul McGinleyIRLIRL
- 100Dan ForsmanUSAUSA
Biggest climbers of 2002
Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.
- Graeme McDowell#1201 → #185+1016
- S.K. Ho#924 → #128+796
- Gene Sauers#762 → #164+598
- Luke Donald#591 → #93+498
- Pat Perez#524 → #108+416
2002 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.