Year-end world ranking
2008 World Golf Rankings
Final published week of 2008, December 28, 2008.
Tiger Woods finished world number one.
- 1Tiger WoodsUSAUSA
- 2Sergio GarciaESPESP
- 3Phil MickelsonUSAUSA
- 4Padraig HarringtonIRLIRL
- 5Vijay SinghFIJFIJ
- 6Robert KarlssonSWESWE
- 7Camilo VillegasCOLCOL
- 8Henrik StensonSWESWE
- 9Ernie ElsRSARSA
- 10Lee WestwoodENGENG
- 11Anthony KimUSAUSA
- 12Geoff OgilvyAUSAUS
- 13Jim FurykUSAUSA
- 14Kenny PerryUSAUSA
- 15Steve StrickerUSAUSA
- 16Stewart CinkUSAUSA
- 17Adam ScottAUSAUS
- 18K.J. ChoiKORKOR
- 19Justin RoseENGENG
- 20Trevor ImmelmanRSARSA
- 21Mike WeirCANCAN
- 22Miguel A JimenezESPESP
- 23Justin LeonardUSAUSA
- 24Ben CurtisUSAUSA
- 25Martin KaymerGERGER
- 26Ian PoulterENGENG
- 27Robert AllenbyAUSAUS
- 28Tim ClarkRSARSA
- 29Ross FisherENGENG
- 30Andres RomeroARGARG
- 31Luke DonaldENGENG
- 32Shingo KatayamaJPNJPN
- 33Graeme McDowellNIRNIR
- 34Rory SabbatiniSVKSVK
- 35Jeev Milkha SinghINDIND
- 36Aaron BaddeleyAUSAUS
- 37Stephen AmesCANCAN
- 38Stuart ApplebyAUSAUS
- 39Rory McIlroyNIRNIR
- 40Oliver WilsonENGENG
- 41Paul CaseyENGENG
- 42Angel CabreraARGARG
- 43Richard SterneRSARSA
- 44Hunter MahanUSAUSA
- 45Retief GoosenRSARSA
- 46Zach JohnsonUSAUSA
- 47Soren HansenDENDEN
- 48Boo WeekleyUSAUSA
- 49Lin Wen-TangTPETPE
- 50Soren KjeldsenDENDEN
- 51Kevin SutherlandUSAUSA
- 52Prayad MarksaengTHATHA
- 53Brendan JonesAUSAUS
- 54Dudley HartUSAUSA
- 55Peter HansonSWESWE
- 56Rod PamplingAUSAUS
- 57Woody AustinUSAUSA
- 58Mathew GogginAUSAUS
- 59Sean O'HairUSAUSA
- 60Ryo IshikawaJPNJPN
- 61Richard GreenAUSAUS
- 62Carl PetterssonSWESWE
- 63Scott VerplankUSAUSA
- 64Brandt SnedekerUSAUSA
- 65Chad CampbellUSAUSA
- 66Ryuji ImadaJPNJPN
- 67Freddie JacobsonSWESWE
- 68Charl SchwartzelRSARSA
- 69Azuma YanoJPNJPN
- 70Darren ClarkeNIRNIR
- 71Rocco MediateUSAUSA
- 72James KingstonRSARSA
- 73Alvaro QuirosESPESP
- 74D.J. TrahanUSAUSA
- 75J.B. HolmesUSAUSA
- 76Gonzalo Fdez-CastanoESPESP
- 77Hideto TaniharaJPNJPN
- 78Nick DoughertyENGENG
- 79Francesco MolinariITAITA
- 80Davis Love IIIUSAUSA
- 81Ken DukeUSAUSA
- 82Pat PerezUSAUSA
- 83Hiroyuki FujitaJPNJPN
- 84David SmailNZLNZL
- 85Bart BryantUSAUSA
- 86Peter HedblomSWESWE
- 87Jeff QuinneyUSAUSA
- 88Shintaro KaiJPNJPN
- 89Anders HansenDENDEN
- 90Gareth MaybinNIRNIR
- 91Thongchai JaideeTHATHA
- 92Billy MayfairUSAUSA
- 93Toru TaniguchiJPNJPN
- 94Hennie OttoRSARSA
- 95Nick O'HernAUSAUS
- 96Pablo Larrazábal——
- 97Alex NorenSWESWE
- 98Paul GoydosUSAUSA
- 99Steve FleschUSAUSA
- 100Heath SlocumUSAUSA
Biggest climbers of 2008
Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.
- Kevin Streelman#1375 → #123+1252
- Taco Remkes#1376 → #127+1249
- Dustin Johnson#1375 → #143+1232
- Tano Goya#1375 → #191+1184
- Chris Wood#1375 → #194+1181
2008 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.