Year-end world ranking
2004 World Golf Rankings
Final published week of 2004, December 26, 2004.
Vijay Singh finished world number one.
World number one in 2004
The top of the ranking changed hands 1 time during 2004.
- Tiger WoodsJan 4, 2004 – Aug 29, 2004 · 35 weeks
- Vijay SinghSep 5, 2004 – Dec 26, 2004 · 17 weeks · finished the year
#PlayerCtry
- 1Vijay SinghFIJ
- 2Tiger WoodsUSA
- 3Ernie ElsRSA
- 4Retief GoosenRSA
- 5Phil MickelsonUSA
- 6Padraig HarringtonIRL
- 7Sergio GarciaESP
- 8Mike WeirCAN
- 9Davis Love IIIUSA
- 10Stewart CinkUSA
- 11Adam ScottAUS
- 12Miguel A JimenezESP
- 13Stuart ApplebyAUS
- 14Darren ClarkeNIR
- 15Chris DiMarcoUSA
- 16Todd HamiltonUSA
- 17Stephen AmesCAN
- 18Kenny PerryUSA
- 19Chad CampbellUSA
- 20David TomsUSA
- 21Jim FurykUSA
- 22Scott VerplankUSA
- 23Thomas BjornDEN
- 24Lee WestwoodENG
- 25K.J. ChoiKOR
- 26Luke DonaldENG
- 27Jay HaasUSA
- 28Shigeki MaruyamaJPN
- 29Paul CaseyENG
- 30Angel CabreraARG
- 31Fred CouplesUSA
- 32Jerry KellyUSA
- 33Robert AllenbyAUS
- 34Rory SabbatiniSVK
- 35Ian PoulterENG
- 36Steve FleschUSA
- 37Peter LonardAUS
- 38Mark HensbyAUS
- 39Justin LeonardUSA
- 40Freddie JacobsonSWE
- 41John DalyUSA
- 42Thomas LevetFRA
- 43David HowellENG
- 44Zach JohnsonUSA
- 45Nick O'HernAUS
- 46Chris RileyUSA
- 47Jonathan KayeUSA
- 48Joakim HaeggmanSWE
- 49Trevor ImmelmanRSA
- 50Rod PamplingAUS
- 51Nick PriceZIM
- 52Kirk TriplettUSA
- 53Fred FunkUSA
- 54Shingo KatayamaJPN
- 55Graeme McDowellNIR
- 56Alex CejkaGER
- 57Charles Howell IIIUSA
- 58Jeff MaggertUSA
- 59Tom LehmanUSA
- 60Stephen LeaneyAUS
- 61Richard GreenAUS
- 62Toru TaniguchiJPN
- 63Brad FaxonUSA
- 64Bob TwayUSA
- 65Tim HerronUSA
- 66Stephen GallacherSCO
- 67Duffy WaldorfUSA
- 68Paul McGinleyIRL
- 69Briny BairdUSA
- 70Geoff OgilvyAUS
- 71Justin RoseENG
- 72Carlos FrancoPAR
- 73Shaun MicheelUSA
- 74Tim ClarkRSA
- 75Jesper ParnevikSWE
- 76Bob EstesUSA
- 77Y.E. YangKOR
- 78Craig ParryAUS
- 79Loren RobertsUSA
- 80Bernhard LangerGER
- 81Colin MontgomerieSCO
- 82Phillip PriceWAL
- 83Toshimitsu IzawaJPN
- 84Brian DavisENG
- 85John HustonUSA
- 86Joey SindelarUSA
- 87Carl PetterssonSWE
- 88S.K. HoKOR
- 89Michael CampbellNZL
- 90Scott HochUSA
- 91Arron OberholserUSA
- 92Raphael JacquelinFRA
- 93Ryan PalmerUSA
- 94Ben CurtisUSA
- 95Thongchai JaideeTHA
- 96Brent GeibergerUSA
- 97Eduardo RomeroARG
- 98Jonathan ByrdUSA
- 99Alastair ForsythSCO
- 100Anders HansenDEN
Biggest climbers of 2004
Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.
- Takashi Kamiyama#1132 → #143+989
- Terry Pilkadaris#904 → #190+714
- Y.E. Yang#685 → #77+608
- Michael Allen#757 → #187+570
- Tag Ridings#510 → #166+344
2004 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.