Golf Rankings

Year-end world ranking

2020 World Golf Rankings

Final published week of 2020, December 27, 2020.

Dustin Johnson finished world number one.

World number one in 2020

The top of the ranking changed hands 5 times during 2020.

  1. Brooks KoepkaJan 5, 2020 – Feb 2, 2020 · 5 weeks
  2. Rory McIlroyFeb 9, 2020 – Jul 12, 2020 · 11 weeks
  3. Jon RahmJul 19, 2020 – Jul 26, 2020 · 2 weeks
  4. Justin ThomasAug 2, 2020 – Aug 2, 2020 · 1 week
  5. Jon RahmAug 9, 2020 – Aug 16, 2020 · 2 weeks
  6. Dustin JohnsonAug 23, 2020 – Dec 27, 2020 · 19 weeks · finished the year
  1. 1Dustin JohnsonUSA
  2. 2Jon RahmESP
  3. 3Justin ThomasUSA
  4. 4Rory McIlroyNIR
  5. 5Bryson DeChambeauUSA
  6. 6Webb SimpsonUSA
  7. 7Collin MorikawaUSA
  8. 8Xander SchauffeleUSA
  9. 9Patrick CantlayUSA
  10. 10Tyrrell HattonENG
  11. 11Patrick ReedUSA
  12. 12Brooks KoepkaUSA
  13. 13Daniel BergerUSA
  14. 14Viktor HovlandNOR
  15. 15Matthew WolffUSA
  16. 16Matt FitzpatrickENG
  17. 17Tommy FleetwoodENG
  18. 18Sungjae ImKOR
  19. 19Tony FinauUSA
  20. 20Hideki MatsuyamaJPN
  21. 21Adam ScottAUS
  22. 22Louis OosthuizenRSA
  23. 23Abraham AncerMEX
  24. 24Paul CaseyENG
  25. 25Kevin KisnerUSA
  26. 26Jason KokrakUSA
  27. 27Cameron SmithAUS
  28. 28Harris EnglishUSA
  29. 29Marc LeishmanAUS
  30. 30Ryan PalmerUSA
  31. 31Scottie SchefflerUSA
  32. 32Victor PerezFRA
  33. 33Shane LowryIRL
  34. 34Christiaan BezuidenhoutRSA
  35. 35Justin RoseENG
  36. 36Lee WestwoodENG
  37. 37Matt KucharUSA
  38. 38Kevin NaUSA
  39. 39Gary WoodlandUSA
  40. 40Bernd WiesbergerAUT
  41. 41Tiger WoodsUSA
  42. 42Billy HorschelUSA
  43. 43Jason DayAUS
  44. 44Bubba WatsonUSA
  45. 45Joaquin NiemannCHI
  46. 46Sergio GarciaESP
  47. 47Brendon ToddUSA
  48. 48Ian PoulterENG
  49. 49Mackenzie HughesCAN
  50. 50Matt WallaceENG
  51. 51Erik van RooyenRSA
  52. 52Kevin StreelmanUSA
  53. 53Rickie FowlerUSA
  54. 54Corey ConnersCAN
  55. 55Robert MacIntyreSCO
  56. 56Chez ReavieUSA
  57. 57Russell HenleyUSA
  58. 58Andy SullivanENG
  59. 59Will ZalatorisUSA
  60. 60Sebastian MunozCOL
  61. 61Carlos OrtizMEX
  62. 62Adam LongUSA
  63. 63Lanto GriffinUSA
  64. 64Joel DahmenUSA
  65. 65Henrik StensonSWE
  66. 66Phil MickelsonUSA
  67. 67Danny WillettENG
  68. 68Dylan FrittelliRSA
  69. 69Sami ValimakiFIN
  70. 70Lucas HerbertAUS
  71. 71Cameron ChampUSA
  72. 72J.T. PostonUSA
  73. 73Tom LewisENG
  74. 74Chan KimUSA
  75. 75Byeong Hun AnKOR
  76. 76Shugo ImahiraJPN
  77. 77Aaron RaiENG
  78. 78Adam HadwinCAN
  79. 79Martin KaymerGER
  80. 80Graeme McDowellNIR
  81. 81Talor GoochUSA
  82. 82Jordan SpiethUSA
  83. 83Thomas DetryBEL
  84. 84Thomas PietersBEL
  85. 85Martin LairdSCO
  86. 86Sunghoon KangKOR
  87. 87Rasmus HojgaardDEN
  88. 88Jazz JanewattananondTHA
  89. 89Doc RedmanUSA
  90. 90Garrick HiggoRSA
  91. 91Brian HarmanUSA
  92. 92George CoetzeeRSA
  93. 93Ryo IshikawaJPN
  94. 94Alex NorenSWE
  95. 95Si Woo KimKOR
  96. 96Jim HermanUSA
  97. 97Zach JohnsonUSA
  98. 98Brandt SnedekerUSA
  99. 99John CatlinUSA
  100. 100Max HomaUSA

Biggest climbers of 2020

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

  1. Wilco Nienaber#1664 → #161+1503
  2. Marcus Armitage#1398 → #189+1209
  3. Brandon Wu#965 → #170+795
  4. Will Zalatoris#671 → #59+612
  5. Laurie Canter#510 → #127+383

2020 by tour

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