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
- 1Vijay SinghFIJFIJ
- 2Tiger WoodsUSAUSA
- 3Ernie ElsRSARSA
- 4Retief GoosenRSARSA
- 5Phil MickelsonUSAUSA
- 6Padraig HarringtonIRLIRL
- 7Sergio GarciaESPESP
- 8Mike WeirCANCAN
- 9Davis Love IIIUSAUSA
- 10Stewart CinkUSAUSA
- 11Adam ScottAUSAUS
- 12Miguel A JimenezESPESP
- 13Stuart ApplebyAUSAUS
- 14Darren ClarkeNIRNIR
- 15Chris DiMarcoUSAUSA
- 16Todd HamiltonUSAUSA
- 17Stephen AmesCANCAN
- 18Kenny PerryUSAUSA
- 19Chad CampbellUSAUSA
- 20David TomsUSAUSA
- 21Jim FurykUSAUSA
- 22Scott VerplankUSAUSA
- 23Thomas BjornDENDEN
- 24Lee WestwoodENGENG
- 25K.J. ChoiKORKOR
- 26Luke DonaldENGENG
- 27Jay HaasUSAUSA
- 28Shigeki MaruyamaJPNJPN
- 29Paul CaseyENGENG
- 30Angel CabreraARGARG
- 31Fred CouplesUSAUSA
- 32Jerry KellyUSAUSA
- 33Robert AllenbyAUSAUS
- 34Rory SabbatiniSVKSVK
- 35Ian PoulterENGENG
- 36Steve FleschUSAUSA
- 37Peter LonardAUSAUS
- 38Mark HensbyAUSAUS
- 39Justin LeonardUSAUSA
- 40Freddie JacobsonSWESWE
- 41John DalyUSAUSA
- 42Thomas LevetFRAFRA
- 43David HowellENGENG
- 44Zach JohnsonUSAUSA
- 45Nick O'HernAUSAUS
- 46Chris RileyUSAUSA
- 47Jonathan KayeUSAUSA
- 48Joakim HaeggmanSWESWE
- 49Trevor ImmelmanRSARSA
- 50Rod PamplingAUSAUS
- 51Nick PriceZIMZIM
- 52Kirk TriplettUSAUSA
- 53Fred FunkUSAUSA
- 54Shingo KatayamaJPNJPN
- 55Graeme McDowellNIRNIR
- 56Alex CejkaGERGER
- 57Charles Howell IIIUSAUSA
- 58Jeff MaggertUSAUSA
- 59Tom LehmanUSAUSA
- 60Stephen LeaneyAUSAUS
- 61Richard GreenAUSAUS
- 62Toru TaniguchiJPNJPN
- 63Brad FaxonUSAUSA
- 64Bob TwayUSAUSA
- 65Tim HerronUSAUSA
- 66Stephen GallacherSCOSCO
- 67Duffy WaldorfUSAUSA
- 68Paul McGinleyIRLIRL
- 69Briny BairdUSAUSA
- 70Geoff OgilvyAUSAUS
- 71Justin RoseENGENG
- 72Carlos FrancoPARPAR
- 73Shaun MicheelUSAUSA
- 74Tim ClarkRSARSA
- 75Jesper ParnevikSWESWE
- 76Bob EstesUSAUSA
- 77Y.E. YangKORKOR
- 78Craig ParryAUSAUS
- 79Loren RobertsUSAUSA
- 80Bernhard LangerGERGER
- 81Colin MontgomerieSCOSCO
- 82Phillip PriceWALWAL
- 83Toshimitsu IzawaJPNJPN
- 84Brian DavisENGENG
- 85John HustonUSAUSA
- 86Joey SindelarUSAUSA
- 87Carl PetterssonSWESWE
- 88S.K. HoKORKOR
- 89Michael CampbellNZLNZL
- 90Scott HochUSAUSA
- 91Arron OberholserUSAUSA
- 92Raphael JacquelinFRAFRA
- 93Ryan PalmerUSAUSA
- 94Ben CurtisUSAUSA
- 95Thongchai JaideeTHATHA
- 96Brent GeibergerUSAUSA
- 97Eduardo RomeroARGARG
- 98Jonathan ByrdUSAUSA
- 99Alastair ForsythSCOSCO
- 100Anders HansenDENDEN
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.