Year-end world ranking
2016 World Golf Rankings
Final published week of 2016, December 25, 2016.
Jason Day finished world number one.
World number one in 2016
The top of the ranking changed hands 1 time during 2016.
- Jordan SpiethJan 3, 2016 – Mar 20, 2016 · 12 weeks
- Jason DayMar 27, 2016 – Dec 25, 2016 · 40 weeks · finished the year
- 1Jason DayAUSAUS
- 2Rory McIlroyNIRNIR
- 3Dustin JohnsonUSAUSA
- 4Henrik StensonSWESWE
- 5Jordan SpiethUSAUSA
- 6Hideki MatsuyamaJPNJPN
- 7Adam ScottAUSAUS
- 8Patrick ReedUSAUSA
- 9Alex NorenSWESWE
- 10Bubba WatsonUSAUSA
- 11Danny WillettENGENG
- 12Rickie FowlerUSAUSA
- 13Sergio GarciaESPESP
- 14Paul CaseyENGENG
- 15Justin RoseENGENG
- 16Brooks KoepkaUSAUSA
- 17Branden GraceRSARSA
- 18Russell KnoxSCOSCO
- 19Phil MickelsonUSAUSA
- 20Matt KucharUSAUSA
- 21Jimmy WalkerUSAUSA
- 22Justin ThomasUSAUSA
- 23Charl SchwartzelRSARSA
- 24Tyrrell HattonENGENG
- 25Emiliano GrilloARGARG
- 26Louis OosthuizenRSARSA
- 27Rafa Cabrera BelloESPESP
- 28Brandt SnedekerUSAUSA
- 29J.B. HolmesUSAUSA
- 30Matt FitzpatrickENGENG
- 31Francesco MolinariITAITA
- 32Kevin ChappellUSAUSA
- 33Yuta IkedaJPNJPN
- 34Daniel BergerUSAUSA
- 35Ryan MooreUSAUSA
- 36Scott PiercyUSAUSA
- 37Jim FurykUSAUSA
- 38Zach JohnsonUSAUSA
- 39Chris WoodENGENG
- 40Bernd WiesbergerAUTAUT
- 41Bill HaasUSAUSA
- 42Lee WestwoodENGENG
- 43Shane LowryIRLIRL
- 44Andy SullivanENGENG
- 45Kevin NaUSAUSA
- 46Byeong Hun AnKORKOR
- 47Thomas PietersBELBEL
- 48Soren KjeldsenDENDEN
- 49Gary WoodlandUSAUSA
- 50William McGirtUSAUSA
- 51Kevin KisnerUSAUSA
- 52Martin KaymerGERGER
- 53Si Woo KimKORKOR
- 54Thongchai JaideeTHATHA
- 55Hideto TaniharaJPNJPN
- 56Marc LeishmanAUSAUS
- 57Kyung-Tae KimKORKOR
- 58Joost LuitenNEDNED
- 59Scott HendAUSAUS
- 60Brendan SteeleUSAUSA
- 61Jeunghun WangKORKOR
- 62Jason DufnerUSAUSA
- 63Thorbjorn OlesenDENDEN
- 64James HahnUSAUSA
- 65Ross FisherENGENG
- 66Charley HoffmanUSAUSA
- 67Danny LeeNZLNZL
- 68David LingmerthSWESWE
- 69Roberto CastroUSAUSA
- 70Billy HorschelUSAUSA
- 71Jhonattan VegasVENVEN
- 72Brandon StoneRSARSA
- 73Daniel SummerhaysUSAUSA
- 74Chris KirkUSAUSA
- 75Ryan PalmerUSAUSA
- 76Harris EnglishUSAUSA
- 77Anirban LahiriINDIND
- 78Younghan SongKORKOR
- 79Victor DubuissonFRAFRA
- 80Kiradech AphibarnratTHATHA
- 81Luke DonaldENGENG
- 82Graeme McDowellNIRNIR
- 83Fabian GomezARGARG
- 84Webb SimpsonUSAUSA
- 85Sean O'HairUSAUSA
- 86Andrew JohnstonENGENG
- 87Rikard KarlbergSWESWE
- 88Tony FinauUSAUSA
- 89Jason KokrakUSAUSA
- 90Patton KizzireUSAUSA
- 91Richard SterneRSARSA
- 92Bradley DredgeWALWAL
- 93Jim HermanUSAUSA
- 94Steve StrickerUSAUSA
- 95Ryo IshikawaJPNJPN
- 96Satoshi KodairaJPNJPN
- 97Shingo KatayamaJPNJPN
- 98Robert StrebUSAUSA
- 99Tommy FleetwoodENGENG
- 100Jamie LovemarkUSAUSA
Biggest climbers of 2016
Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.
- Grayson Murray#1746 → #162+1584
- Thomas Detry#1711 → #190+1521
- Romain Langasque#1373 → #181+1192
- Alexander Knappe#1230 → #111+1119
- Wesley Bryan#1127 → #127+1000
2016 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.