Golf Rankings

Year-end world ranking

2015 World Golf Rankings

Final published week of 2015, December 27, 2015.

Jordan Spieth finished world number one.

World number one in 2015

The top of the ranking changed hands 8 times during 2015.

  1. Rory McIlroyJan 4, 2015 – Aug 9, 2015 · 32 weeks
  2. Jordan SpiethAug 16, 2015 – Aug 23, 2015 · 2 weeks
  3. Rory McIlroyAug 30, 2015 – Aug 30, 2015 · 1 week
  4. Jordan SpiethSep 6, 2015 – Sep 6, 2015 · 1 week
  5. Rory McIlroySep 13, 2015 – Sep 13, 2015 · 1 week
  6. Jason DaySep 20, 2015 – Sep 20, 2015 · 1 week
  7. Jordan SpiethSep 27, 2015 – Oct 11, 2015 · 3 weeks
  8. Jason DayOct 18, 2015 – Nov 1, 2015 · 3 weeks
  9. Jordan SpiethNov 8, 2015 – Dec 27, 2015 · 8 weeks · finished the year
  1. 1Jordan SpiethUSA
  2. 2Jason DayAUS
  3. 3Rory McIlroyNIR
  4. 4Bubba WatsonUSA
  5. 5Henrik StensonSWE
  6. 6Rickie FowlerUSA
  7. 7Justin RoseENG
  8. 8Dustin JohnsonUSA
  9. 9Jim FurykUSA
  10. 10Patrick ReedUSA
  11. 11Sergio GarciaESP
  12. 12Adam ScottAUS
  13. 13Zach JohnsonUSA
  14. 14Branden GraceRSA
  15. 15Hideki MatsuyamaJPN
  16. 16Brooks KoepkaUSA
  17. 17Kevin KisnerUSA
  18. 18Louis OosthuizenRSA
  19. 19Danny WillettENG
  20. 20Matt KucharUSA
  21. 21Shane LowryIRL
  22. 22Paul CaseyENG
  23. 23Kevin NaUSA
  24. 24J.B. HolmesUSA
  25. 25Jimmy WalkerUSA
  26. 26Marc LeishmanAUS
  27. 27Martin KaymerGER
  28. 28Thongchai JaideeTHA
  29. 29Byeong Hun AnKOR
  30. 30Russell KnoxSCO
  31. 31Bernd WiesbergerAUT
  32. 32Emiliano GrilloARG
  33. 33Victor DubuissonFRA
  34. 34Phil MickelsonUSA
  35. 35Charl SchwartzelRSA
  36. 36Andy SullivanENG
  37. 37Justin ThomasUSA
  38. 38Kiradech AphibarnratTHA
  39. 39Robert StrebUSA
  40. 40Anirban LahiriIND
  41. 41Billy HorschelUSA
  42. 42Bill HaasUSA
  43. 43Matt FitzpatrickENG
  44. 44Chris WoodENG
  45. 45Soren KjeldsenDEN
  46. 46Jamie DonaldsonWAL
  47. 47Danny LeeNZL
  48. 48Scott PiercyUSA
  49. 49Brandt SnedekerUSA
  50. 50Lee WestwoodENG
  51. 51Chris KirkUSA
  52. 52Charley HoffmanUSA
  53. 53Daniel BergerUSA
  54. 54Matt JonesAUS
  55. 55David LingmerthSWE
  56. 56Ian PoulterENG
  57. 57Graeme McDowellNIR
  58. 58Ryan PalmerUSA
  59. 59Shingo KatayamaJPN
  60. 60Kyung-Tae KimKOR
  61. 61Jason BohnUSA
  62. 62Ryan MooreUSA
  63. 63Gary WoodlandUSA
  64. 64Russell HenleyUSA
  65. 65Kristoffer BrobergSWE
  66. 66Francesco MolinariITA
  67. 67Jaco Van ZylRSA
  68. 68Hunter MahanUSA
  69. 69Cameron TringaleUSA
  70. 70Keegan BradleyUSA
  71. 71Marc WarrenSCO
  72. 72Steven BowditchAUS
  73. 73Patton KizzireUSA
  74. 74Webb SimpsonUSA
  75. 75Smylie KaufmanUSA
  76. 76Thorbjorn OlesenDEN
  77. 77Luke DonaldENG
  78. 78Tommy FleetwoodENG
  79. 79John SendenAUS
  80. 80Brendon ToddUSA
  81. 81Brendan SteeleUSA
  82. 82Ross FisherENG
  83. 83Ricardo GouveiaPOR
  84. 84Ben MartinUSA
  85. 85Joost LuitenNED
  86. 86Yuta IkedaJPN
  87. 87Tony FinauUSA
  88. 88Thomas PietersBEL
  89. 89George CoetzeeRSA
  90. 90Miguel A JimenezESP
  91. 91James MorrisonENG
  92. 92Yusaku MiyazatoJPN
  93. 93Cameron SmithAUS
  94. 94Patrick RodgersUSA
  95. 95Yoshinori FujimotoJPN
  96. 96Alex NorenSWE
  97. 97Alexander LevyFRA
  98. 98David HowellENG
  99. 99Daniel SummerhaysUSA
  100. 100Prayad MarksaengTHA

Biggest climbers of 2015

Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.

  1. Patton Kizzire#1548 → #73+1475
  2. Smylie Kaufman#1548 → #75+1473
  3. Sebastien Gros#1146 → #166+980
  4. Chez Reavie#809 → #156+653
  5. Patrick Rodgers#718 → #94+624

2015 by tour

How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.