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 Spieth
  2. 2Jason Day
  3. 3Rory McIlroy
  4. 4Bubba Watson
  5. 5Henrik Stenson
  6. 6Rickie Fowler
  7. 7Justin Rose
  8. 8Dustin Johnson
  9. 9Jim Furyk
  10. 10Patrick Reed
  11. 11Sergio Garcia
  12. 12Adam Scott
  13. 13Zach Johnson
  14. 14Branden Grace
  15. 15Hideki Matsuyama
  16. 16Brooks Koepka
  17. 17Kevin Kisner
  18. 18Louis Oosthuizen
  19. 19Danny Willett
  20. 20Matt Kuchar
  21. 21Shane Lowry
  22. 22Paul Casey
  23. 23Kevin Na
  24. 24J.B. Holmes
  25. 25Jimmy Walker
  26. 26Marc Leishman
  27. 27Martin Kaymer
  28. 28Thongchai Jaidee
  29. 29Byeong Hun An
  30. 30Russell Knox
  31. 31Bernd Wiesberger
  32. 32Emiliano Grillo
  33. 33Victor Dubuisson
  34. 34Phil Mickelson
  35. 35Charl Schwartzel
  36. 36Andy Sullivan
  37. 37Justin Thomas
  38. 38Kiradech Aphibarnrat
  39. 39Robert Streb
  40. 40Anirban Lahiri
  41. 41Billy Horschel
  42. 42Bill Haas
  43. 43Matt Fitzpatrick
  44. 44Chris Wood
  45. 45Soren Kjeldsen
  46. 46Jamie Donaldson
  47. 47Danny Lee
  48. 48Scott Piercy
  49. 49Brandt Snedeker
  50. 50Lee Westwood
  51. 51Chris Kirk
  52. 52Charley Hoffman
  53. 53Daniel Berger
  54. 54Matt Jones
  55. 55David Lingmerth
  56. 56Ian Poulter
  57. 57Graeme McDowell
  58. 58Ryan Palmer
  59. 59Shingo Katayama
  60. 60Kyung-Tae Kim
  61. 61Jason Bohn
  62. 62Ryan Moore
  63. 63Gary Woodland
  64. 64Russell Henley
  65. 65Kristoffer Broberg
  66. 66Francesco Molinari
  67. 67Jaco Van Zyl
  68. 68Hunter Mahan
  69. 69Cameron Tringale
  70. 70Keegan Bradley
  71. 71Marc Warren
  72. 72Steven Bowditch
  73. 73Patton Kizzire
  74. 74Webb Simpson
  75. 75Smylie Kaufman
  76. 76Thorbjorn Olesen
  77. 77Luke Donald
  78. 78Tommy Fleetwood
  79. 79John Senden
  80. 80Brendon Todd
  81. 81Brendan Steele
  82. 82Ross Fisher
  83. 83Ricardo Gouveia
  84. 84Ben Martin
  85. 85Joost Luiten
  86. 86Yuta Ikeda
  87. 87Tony Finau
  88. 88Thomas Pieters
  89. 89George Coetzee
  90. 90Miguel A Jimenez
  91. 91James Morrison
  92. 92Yusaku Miyazato
  93. 93Cameron Smith
  94. 94Patrick Rodgers
  95. 95Yoshinori Fujimoto
  96. 96Alex Noren
  97. 97Alexander Levy
  98. 98David Howell
  99. 99Daniel Summerhays
  100. 100Prayad Marksaeng

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.