Year-end world ranking
2017 World Golf Rankings
Final published week of 2017, December 31, 2017.
Dustin Johnson finished world number one.
World number one in 2017
The top of the ranking changed hands 1 time during 2017.
- Jason DayJan 1, 2017 – Feb 12, 2017 · 7 weeks
- Dustin JohnsonFeb 19, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 · 46 weeks · finished the year
- 1Dustin JohnsonUSAUSA
- 2Jordan SpiethUSAUSA
- 3Justin ThomasUSAUSA
- 4Jon RahmESPESP
- 5Hideki MatsuyamaJPNJPN
- 6Justin RoseENGENG
- 7Rickie FowlerUSAUSA
- 8Brooks KoepkaUSAUSA
- 9Henrik StensonSWESWE
- 10Sergio GarciaESPESP
- 11Rory McIlroyNIRNIR
- 12Marc LeishmanAUSAUS
- 13Jason DayAUSAUS
- 14Paul CaseyENGENG
- 15Matt KucharUSAUSA
- 16Tyrrell HattonENGENG
- 17Tommy FleetwoodENGENG
- 18Alex NorenSWESWE
- 19Pat PerezUSAUSA
- 20Rafa Cabrera BelloESPESP
- 21Francesco MolinariITAITA
- 22Charley HoffmanUSAUSA
- 23Louis OosthuizenRSARSA
- 24Patrick ReedUSAUSA
- 25Xander SchauffeleUSAUSA
- 26Kevin KisnerUSAUSA
- 27Brian HarmanUSAUSA
- 28Daniel BergerUSAUSA
- 29Matt FitzpatrickENGENG
- 30Branden GraceRSARSA
- 31Adam ScottAUSAUS
- 32Ross FisherENGENG
- 33Charl SchwartzelRSARSA
- 34Kevin ChappellUSAUSA
- 35Yuta IkedaJPNJPN
- 36Thomas PietersBELBEL
- 37Phil MickelsonUSAUSA
- 38Patrick CantlayUSAUSA
- 39Bernd WiesbergerAUTAUT
- 40Tony FinauUSAUSA
- 41Jason DufnerUSAUSA
- 42Si Woo KimKORKOR
- 43Webb SimpsonUSAUSA
- 44Jhonattan VegasVENVEN
- 45Brendan SteeleUSAUSA
- 46Russell HenleyUSAUSA
- 47Zach JohnsonUSAUSA
- 48Kyle StanleyUSAUSA
- 49Kiradech AphibarnratTHATHA
- 50Yusaku MiyazatoJPNJPN
- 51Satoshi KodairaJPNJPN
- 52Peter UihleinUSAUSA
- 53Dylan FrittelliRSARSA
- 54Ian PoulterENGENG
- 55Gary WoodlandUSAUSA
- 56Bill HaasUSAUSA
- 57Ryan MooreUSAUSA
- 58Haotong LiCHNCHN
- 59Brandt SnedekerUSAUSA
- 60Adam HadwinCANCAN
- 61Cameron SmithAUSAUS
- 62Shane LowryIRLIRL
- 63Julian SuriUSAUSA
- 64Lee WestwoodENGENG
- 65Charles Howell IIIUSAUSA
- 66Anirban LahiriINDIND
- 67Wesley BryanUSAUSA
- 68Jimmy WalkerUSAUSA
- 69Hideto TaniharaJPNJPN
- 70Billy HorschelUSAUSA
- 71Keegan BradleyUSAUSA
- 72Martin KaymerGERGER
- 73Emiliano GrilloARGARG
- 74Alexander LevyFRAFRA
- 75Paul DunneIRLIRL
- 76Chan KimUSAUSA
- 77Russell KnoxSCOSCO
- 78Thorbjorn OlesenDENDEN
- 79Chesson HadleyUSAUSA
- 80Seungsu HanUSAUSA
- 81Sunghoon KangKORKOR
- 82Joost LuitenNEDNED
- 83James HahnUSAUSA
- 84J.B. HolmesUSAUSA
- 85Shugo ImahiraJPNJPN
- 86Lucas GloverUSAUSA
- 87William McGirtUSAUSA
- 88Chris WoodENGENG
- 89Bubba WatsonUSAUSA
- 90Jordan SmithENGENG
- 91Kevin NaUSAUSA
- 92Victor DubuissonFRAFRA
- 93Hudson SwaffordUSAUSA
- 94Jamie LovemarkUSAUSA
- 95Chez ReavieUSAUSA
- 96Sean O'HairUSAUSA
- 97Byeong Hun AnKORKOR
- 98Younghan SongKORKOR
- 99Bryson DeChambeauUSAUSA
- 100Wade OrmsbyAUSAUS
Biggest climbers of 2017
Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.
- Patrick Cantlay#1866 → #38+1828
- Julian Suri#1137 → #63+1074
- Tapio Pulkkanen#1039 → #167+872
- Brian Gay#759 → #198+561
- Erik van Rooyen#636 → #141+495
2017 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.