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 KoepkaUSA
  2. 2Justin RoseENG
  3. 3Dustin JohnsonUSA
  4. 4Justin ThomasUSA
  5. 5Bryson DeChambeauUSA
  6. 6Jon RahmESP
  7. 7Francesco MolinariITA
  8. 8Rory McIlroyNIR
  9. 9Tony FinauUSA
  10. 10Xander SchauffeleUSA
  11. 11Rickie FowlerUSA
  12. 12Tommy FleetwoodENG
  13. 13Tiger WoodsUSA
  14. 14Jason DayAUS
  15. 15Patrick ReedUSA
  16. 16Bubba WatsonUSA
  17. 17Jordan SpiethUSA
  18. 18Patrick CantlayUSA
  19. 19Alex NorenSWE
  20. 20Marc LeishmanAUS
  21. 21Webb SimpsonUSA
  22. 22Paul CaseyENG
  23. 23Tyrrell HattonENG
  24. 24Sergio GarciaESP
  25. 25Louis OosthuizenRSA
  26. 26Henrik StensonSWE
  27. 27Cameron SmithAUS
  28. 28Hideki MatsuyamaJPN
  29. 29Rafa Cabrera BelloESP
  30. 30Keegan BradleyUSA
  31. 31Gary WoodlandUSA
  32. 32Phil MickelsonUSA
  33. 33Kyle StanleyUSA
  34. 34Matt KucharUSA
  35. 35Eddie PepperellENG
  36. 36Billy HorschelUSA
  37. 37Kiradech AphibarnratTHA
  38. 38Kevin KisnerUSA
  39. 39Matt FitzpatrickENG
  40. 40Ian PoulterENG
  41. 41Adam ScottAUS
  42. 42Haotong LiCHN
  43. 43Thorbjorn OlesenDEN
  44. 44Matt WallaceENG
  45. 45Lucas BjerregaardDEN
  46. 46Satoshi KodairaJPN
  47. 47Emiliano GrilloARG
  48. 48Kevin NaUSA
  49. 49Branden GraceRSA
  50. 50Brandt SnedekerUSA
  51. 51Aaron WiseUSA
  52. 52Byeong Hun AnKOR
  53. 53Shugo ImahiraJPN
  54. 54Brian HarmanUSA
  55. 55Charley HoffmanUSA
  56. 56Abraham AncerMEX
  57. 57Luke ListUSA
  58. 58Charles Howell IIIUSA
  59. 59Alexander BjorkSWE
  60. 60Daniel BergerUSA
  61. 61Si Woo KimKOR
  62. 62Lee WestwoodENG
  63. 63Chez ReavieUSA
  64. 64Pat PerezUSA
  65. 65Chesson HadleyUSA
  66. 66Zach JohnsonUSA
  67. 67Adrian OtaeguiUAE
  68. 68Russell KnoxSCO
  69. 69Adam HadwinCAN
  70. 70Andrew PutnamUSA
  71. 71Shaun NorrisRSA
  72. 72Thomas PietersBEL
  73. 73Kevin ChappellUSA
  74. 74Ross FisherENG
  75. 75Shane LowryIRL
  76. 76Dylan FrittelliRSA
  77. 77Tom LewisENG
  78. 78Ryan PalmerUSA
  79. 79Charl SchwartzelRSA
  80. 80Ryan MooreUSA
  81. 81Danny WillettENG
  82. 82Peter UihleinUSA
  83. 83Lucas HerbertAUS
  84. 84Julian SuriUSA
  85. 85Justin HardingRSA
  86. 86Stewart CinkUSA
  87. 87Beau HosslerUSA
  88. 88Jimmy WalkerUSA
  89. 89Kevin TwayUSA
  90. 90Yuta IkedaJPN
  91. 91Ryan FoxNZL
  92. 92Cameron ChampUSA
  93. 93Chris WoodENG
  94. 94Danny LeeNZL
  95. 95Russell HenleyUSA
  96. 96J.B. HolmesUSA
  97. 97Alexander LevyFRA
  98. 98Sungjae ImKOR
  99. 99Andrea PavanITA
  100. 100C.T. PanTPE

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.