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 Johnson
  2. 2Jon Rahm
  3. 3Justin Thomas
  4. 4Rory McIlroy
  5. 5Bryson DeChambeau
  6. 6Webb Simpson
  7. 7Collin Morikawa
  8. 8Xander Schauffele
  9. 9Patrick Cantlay
  10. 10Tyrrell Hatton
  11. 11Patrick Reed
  12. 12Brooks Koepka
  13. 13Daniel Berger
  14. 14Viktor Hovland
  15. 15Matthew Wolff
  16. 16Matt Fitzpatrick
  17. 17Tommy Fleetwood
  18. 18Sungjae Im
  19. 19Tony Finau
  20. 20Hideki Matsuyama
  21. 21Adam Scott
  22. 22Louis Oosthuizen
  23. 23Abraham Ancer
  24. 24Paul Casey
  25. 25Kevin Kisner
  26. 26Jason Kokrak
  27. 27Cameron Smith
  28. 28Harris English
  29. 29Marc Leishman
  30. 30Ryan Palmer
  31. 31Scottie Scheffler
  32. 32Victor Perez
  33. 33Shane Lowry
  34. 34Christiaan Bezuidenhout
  35. 35Justin Rose
  36. 36Lee Westwood
  37. 37Matt Kuchar
  38. 38Kevin Na
  39. 39Gary Woodland
  40. 40Bernd Wiesberger
  41. 41Tiger Woods
  42. 42Billy Horschel
  43. 43Jason Day
  44. 44Bubba Watson
  45. 45Joaquin Niemann
  46. 46Sergio Garcia
  47. 47Brendon Todd
  48. 48Ian Poulter
  49. 49Mackenzie Hughes
  50. 50Matt Wallace
  51. 51Erik van Rooyen
  52. 52Kevin Streelman
  53. 53Rickie Fowler
  54. 54Corey Conners
  55. 55Robert MacIntyre
  56. 56Chez Reavie
  57. 57Russell Henley
  58. 58Andy Sullivan
  59. 59Will Zalatoris
  60. 60Sebastian Munoz
  61. 61Carlos Ortiz
  62. 62Adam Long
  63. 63Lanto Griffin
  64. 64Joel Dahmen
  65. 65Henrik Stenson
  66. 66Phil Mickelson
  67. 67Danny Willett
  68. 68Dylan Frittelli
  69. 69Sami Valimaki
  70. 70Lucas Herbert
  71. 71Cameron Champ
  72. 72J.T. Poston
  73. 73Tom Lewis
  74. 74Chan Kim
  75. 75Byeong Hun An
  76. 76Shugo Imahira
  77. 77Aaron Rai
  78. 78Adam Hadwin
  79. 79Martin Kaymer
  80. 80Graeme McDowell
  81. 81Talor Gooch
  82. 82Jordan Spieth
  83. 83Thomas Detry
  84. 84Thomas Pieters
  85. 85Martin Laird
  86. 86Sunghoon Kang
  87. 87Rasmus Hojgaard
  88. 88Jazz Janewattananond
  89. 89Doc Redman
  90. 90Garrick Higgo
  91. 91Brian Harman
  92. 92George Coetzee
  93. 93Ryo Ishikawa
  94. 94Alex Noren
  95. 95Si Woo Kim
  96. 96Jim Herman
  97. 97Zach Johnson
  98. 98Brandt Snedeker
  99. 99John Catlin
  100. 100Max Homa

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.