Year-end world ranking
2021 World Golf Rankings
Final published week of 2021, December 26, 2021.
Jon Rahm finished world number one.
World number one in 2021
The top of the ranking changed hands 3 times during 2021.
- Dustin JohnsonJan 3, 2021 – Jun 13, 2021 · 24 weeks
- Jon RahmJun 20, 2021 – Jul 4, 2021 · 3 weeks
- Dustin JohnsonJul 11, 2021 – Jul 11, 2021 · 1 week
- Jon RahmJul 18, 2021 – Dec 26, 2021 · 24 weeks · finished the year
- 1Jon RahmESPESP
- 2Collin MorikawaUSAUSA
- 3Dustin JohnsonUSAUSA
- 4Patrick CantlayUSAUSA
- 5Bryson DeChambeauUSAUSA
- 6Xander SchauffeleUSAUSA
- 7Justin ThomasUSAUSA
- 8Viktor HovlandNORNOR
- 9Rory McIlroyNIRNIR
- 10Louis OosthuizenRSARSA
- 11Sam BurnsUSAUSA
- 12Scottie SchefflerUSAUSA
- 13Harris EnglishUSAUSA
- 14Jordan SpiethUSAUSA
- 15Tony FinauUSAUSA
- 16Brooks KoepkaUSAUSA
- 17Abraham AncerMEXMEX
- 18Hideki MatsuyamaJPNJPN
- 19Daniel BergerUSAUSA
- 20Jason KokrakUSAUSA
- 21Cameron SmithAUSAUS
- 22Tyrrell HattonENGENG
- 23Billy HorschelUSAUSA
- 24Matt FitzpatrickENGENG
- 25Patrick ReedUSAUSA
- 26Sungjae ImKORKOR
- 27Webb SimpsonUSAUSA
- 28Paul CaseyENGENG
- 29Kevin NaUSAUSA
- 30Matthew WolffUSAUSA
- 31Joaquin NiemannCHICHI
- 32Talor GoochUSAUSA
- 33Phil MickelsonUSAUSA
- 34Will ZalatorisUSAUSA
- 35Max HomaUSAUSA
- 36Marc LeishmanAUSAUS
- 37Lee WestwoodENGENG
- 38Corey ConnersCANCAN
- 39Mackenzie HughesCANCAN
- 40Tommy FleetwoodENGENG
- 41Lucas HerbertAUSAUS
- 42Kevin KisnerUSAUSA
- 43Justin RoseENGENG
- 44Shane LowryIRLIRL
- 45Sergio GarciaESPESP
- 46Adam ScottAUSAUS
- 47Ryan PalmerUSAUSA
- 48Christiaan BezuidenhoutRSARSA
- 49Min Woo LeeAUSAUS
- 50Takumi KanayaJPNJPN
- 51Cameron TringaleUSAUSA
- 52Si Woo KimKORKOR
- 53Stewart CinkUSAUSA
- 54Ian PoulterENGENG
- 55Robert MacIntyreSCOSCO
- 56Carlos OrtizMEXMEX
- 57Russell HenleyUSAUSA
- 58Bernd WiesbergerAUTAUT
- 59Sebastian MunozCOLCOL
- 60Garrick HiggoRSARSA
- 61Brian HarmanUSAUSA
- 62Chan KimUSAUSA
- 63Kyoung-Hoon LeeKORKOR
- 64Erik van RooyenRSARSA
- 65Thomas PietersBELBEL
- 66Aaron WiseUSAUSA
- 67Dean BurmesterRSARSA
- 68Branden GraceRSARSA
- 69Maverick McNealyUSAUSA
- 70Ryosuke KinoshitaJPNJPN
- 71Alex NorenSWESWE
- 72Seamus PowerIRLIRL
- 73Shaun NorrisRSARSA
- 74Richard BlandENGENG
- 75Charley HoffmanUSAUSA
- 76Daniel van TonderRSARSA
- 77Kevin StreelmanUSAUSA
- 78Matt WallaceENGENG
- 79Cameron DavisAUSAUS
- 80Marcus HelligkildeDENDEN
- 81Victor PerezFRAFRA
- 82Bubba WatsonUSAUSA
- 83Jhonattan VegasVENVEN
- 84Cameron ChampUSAUSA
- 85Rickie FowlerUSAUSA
- 86Laurie CanterENGENG
- 87Keegan BradleyUSAUSA
- 88Guido MigliozziITAITA
- 89Keith MitchellUSAUSA
- 90Joel DahmenUSAUSA
- 91Thomas DetryBELBEL
- 92Emiliano GrilloARGARG
- 93Nicolai HojgaardDENDEN
- 94Harold Varner IIIUSAUSA
- 95Chris KirkUSAUSA
- 96Rasmus HojgaardDENDEN
- 97Rikuya HoshinoJPNJPN
- 98Guillermo Mito PereiraCHICHI
- 99Yuki InamoriJPNJPN
- 100Santiago Tarrio BenESPESP
Biggest climbers of 2021
Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.
- Naoyuki Kataoka#1872 → #171+1701
- Kristoffer Broberg#1872 → #200+1672
- Ricardo Gouveia#997 → #146+851
- Daniel Gavins#995 → #173+822
- Taylor Moore#689 → #121+568
2021 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.