Golf Rankings

Year-end world ranking

2018 World Golf Rankings

Final published week of 2018, December 30, 2018.

Brooks Koepka finished world number one.

World number one in 2018

The top of the ranking changed hands 9 times during 2018.

  1. Dustin JohnsonJan 7, 2018 – May 6, 2018 · 18 weeks
  2. Justin ThomasMay 13, 2018 – Jun 3, 2018 · 4 weeks
  3. Dustin JohnsonJun 10, 2018 – Sep 2, 2018 · 13 weeks
  4. Justin RoseSep 9, 2018 – Sep 16, 2018 · 2 weeks
  5. Dustin JohnsonSep 23, 2018 – Oct 14, 2018 · 4 weeks
  6. Brooks KoepkaOct 21, 2018 – Oct 28, 2018 · 2 weeks
  7. Justin RoseNov 4, 2018 – Nov 4, 2018 · 1 week
  8. Brooks KoepkaNov 11, 2018 – Nov 11, 2018 · 1 week
  9. Justin RoseNov 18, 2018 – Nov 18, 2018 · 1 week
  10. Brooks KoepkaNov 25, 2018 – Dec 30, 2018 · 6 weeks · finished the year
  1. 1Brooks Koepka
  2. 2Justin Rose
  3. 3Dustin Johnson
  4. 4Justin Thomas
  5. 5Bryson DeChambeau
  6. 6Jon Rahm
  7. 7Francesco Molinari
  8. 8Rory McIlroy
  9. 9Tony Finau
  10. 10Xander Schauffele
  11. 11Rickie Fowler
  12. 12Tommy Fleetwood
  13. 13Tiger Woods
  14. 14Jason Day
  15. 15Patrick Reed
  16. 16Bubba Watson
  17. 17Jordan Spieth
  18. 18Patrick Cantlay
  19. 19Alex Noren
  20. 20Marc Leishman
  21. 21Webb Simpson
  22. 22Paul Casey
  23. 23Tyrrell Hatton
  24. 24Sergio Garcia
  25. 25Louis Oosthuizen
  26. 26Henrik Stenson
  27. 27Cameron Smith
  28. 28Hideki Matsuyama
  29. 29Rafa Cabrera Bello
  30. 30Keegan Bradley
  31. 31Gary Woodland
  32. 32Phil Mickelson
  33. 33Kyle Stanley
  34. 34Matt Kuchar
  35. 35Eddie Pepperell
  36. 36Billy Horschel
  37. 37Kiradech Aphibarnrat
  38. 38Kevin Kisner
  39. 39Matt Fitzpatrick
  40. 40Ian Poulter
  41. 41Adam Scott
  42. 42Haotong Li
  43. 43Thorbjorn Olesen
  44. 44Matt Wallace
  45. 45Lucas Bjerregaard
  46. 46Satoshi Kodaira
  47. 47Emiliano Grillo
  48. 48Kevin Na
  49. 49Branden Grace
  50. 50Brandt Snedeker
  51. 51Aaron Wise
  52. 52Byeong Hun An
  53. 53Shugo Imahira
  54. 54Brian Harman
  55. 55Charley Hoffman
  56. 56Abraham Ancer
  57. 57Luke List
  58. 58Charles Howell III
  59. 59Alexander Bjork
  60. 60Daniel Berger
  61. 61Si Woo Kim
  62. 62Lee Westwood
  63. 63Chez Reavie
  64. 64Pat Perez
  65. 65Chesson Hadley
  66. 66Zach Johnson
  67. 67Adrian Otaegui
  68. 68Russell Knox
  69. 69Adam Hadwin
  70. 70Andrew Putnam
  71. 71Shaun Norris
  72. 72Thomas Pieters
  73. 73Kevin Chappell
  74. 74Ross Fisher
  75. 75Shane Lowry
  76. 76Dylan Frittelli
  77. 77Tom Lewis
  78. 78Ryan Palmer
  79. 79Charl Schwartzel
  80. 80Ryan Moore
  81. 81Danny Willett
  82. 82Peter Uihlein
  83. 83Lucas Herbert
  84. 84Julian Suri
  85. 85Justin Harding
  86. 86Stewart Cink
  87. 87Beau Hossler
  88. 88Jimmy Walker
  89. 89Kevin Tway
  90. 90Yuta Ikeda
  91. 91Ryan Fox
  92. 92Cameron Champ
  93. 93Chris Wood
  94. 94Danny Lee
  95. 95Russell Henley
  96. 96J.B. Holmes
  97. 97Alexander Levy
  98. 98Sungjae Im
  99. 99Andrea Pavan
  100. 100C.T. Pan

Biggest climbers of 2018

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

  1. Sam Horsfield#1925 → #165+1760
  2. Kim Koivu#1925 → #196+1729
  3. Oliver Wilson#1819 → #171+1648
  4. Joaquin Niemann#1487 → #155+1332
  5. Kurt Kitayama#1173 → #190+983

2018 by tour

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