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
#PlayerCtry
- 1Jason DayAUS
- 2Rory McIlroyNIR
- 3Dustin JohnsonUSA
- 4Henrik StensonSWE
- 5Jordan SpiethUSA
- 6Hideki MatsuyamaJPN
- 7Adam ScottAUS
- 8Patrick ReedUSA
- 9Alex NorenSWE
- 10Bubba WatsonUSA
- 11Danny WillettENG
- 12Rickie FowlerUSA
- 13Sergio GarciaESP
- 14Paul CaseyENG
- 15Justin RoseENG
- 16Brooks KoepkaUSA
- 17Branden GraceRSA
- 18Russell KnoxSCO
- 19Phil MickelsonUSA
- 20Matt KucharUSA
- 21Jimmy WalkerUSA
- 22Justin ThomasUSA
- 23Charl SchwartzelRSA
- 24Tyrrell HattonENG
- 25Emiliano GrilloARG
- 26Louis OosthuizenRSA
- 27Rafa Cabrera BelloESP
- 28Brandt SnedekerUSA
- 29J.B. HolmesUSA
- 30Matt FitzpatrickENG
- 31Francesco MolinariITA
- 32Kevin ChappellUSA
- 33Yuta IkedaJPN
- 34Daniel BergerUSA
- 35Ryan MooreUSA
- 36Scott PiercyUSA
- 37Jim FurykUSA
- 38Zach JohnsonUSA
- 39Chris WoodENG
- 40Bernd WiesbergerAUT
- 41Bill HaasUSA
- 42Lee WestwoodENG
- 43Shane LowryIRL
- 44Andy SullivanENG
- 45Kevin NaUSA
- 46Byeong Hun AnKOR
- 47Thomas PietersBEL
- 48Soren KjeldsenDEN
- 49Gary WoodlandUSA
- 50William McGirtUSA
- 51Kevin KisnerUSA
- 52Martin KaymerGER
- 53Si Woo KimKOR
- 54Thongchai JaideeTHA
- 55Hideto TaniharaJPN
- 56Marc LeishmanAUS
- 57Kyung-Tae KimKOR
- 58Joost LuitenNED
- 59Scott HendAUS
- 60Brendan SteeleUSA
- 61Jeunghun WangKOR
- 62Jason DufnerUSA
- 63Thorbjorn OlesenDEN
- 64James HahnUSA
- 65Ross FisherENG
- 66Charley HoffmanUSA
- 67Danny LeeNZL
- 68David LingmerthSWE
- 69Roberto CastroUSA
- 70Billy HorschelUSA
- 71Jhonattan VegasVEN
- 72Brandon StoneRSA
- 73Daniel SummerhaysUSA
- 74Chris KirkUSA
- 75Ryan PalmerUSA
- 76Harris EnglishUSA
- 77Anirban LahiriIND
- 78Younghan SongKOR
- 79Victor DubuissonFRA
- 80Kiradech AphibarnratTHA
- 81Luke DonaldENG
- 82Graeme McDowellNIR
- 83Fabian GomezARG
- 84Webb SimpsonUSA
- 85Sean O'HairUSA
- 86Andrew JohnstonENG
- 87Rikard KarlbergSWE
- 88Tony FinauUSA
- 89Jason KokrakUSA
- 90Patton KizzireUSA
- 91Richard SterneRSA
- 92Bradley DredgeWAL
- 93Jim HermanUSA
- 94Steve StrickerUSA
- 95Ryo IshikawaJPN
- 96Satoshi KodairaJPN
- 97Shingo KatayamaJPN
- 98Robert StrebUSA
- 99Tommy FleetwoodENG
- 100Jamie LovemarkUSA
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.