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
#PlayerCtry
- 1Jon RahmESP
- 2Collin MorikawaUSA
- 3Dustin JohnsonUSA
- 4Patrick CantlayUSA
- 5Bryson DeChambeauUSA
- 6Xander SchauffeleUSA
- 7Justin ThomasUSA
- 8Viktor HovlandNOR
- 9Rory McIlroyNIR
- 10Louis OosthuizenRSA
- 11Sam BurnsUSA
- 12Scottie SchefflerUSA
- 13Harris EnglishUSA
- 14Jordan SpiethUSA
- 15Tony FinauUSA
- 16Brooks KoepkaUSA
- 17Abraham AncerMEX
- 18Hideki MatsuyamaJPN
- 19Daniel BergerUSA
- 20Jason KokrakUSA
- 21Cameron SmithAUS
- 22Tyrrell HattonENG
- 23Billy HorschelUSA
- 24Matt FitzpatrickENG
- 25Patrick ReedUSA
- 26Sungjae ImKOR
- 27Webb SimpsonUSA
- 28Paul CaseyENG
- 29Kevin NaUSA
- 30Matthew WolffUSA
- 31Joaquin NiemannCHI
- 32Talor GoochUSA
- 33Phil MickelsonUSA
- 34Will ZalatorisUSA
- 35Max HomaUSA
- 36Marc LeishmanAUS
- 37Lee WestwoodENG
- 38Corey ConnersCAN
- 39Mackenzie HughesCAN
- 40Tommy FleetwoodENG
- 41Lucas HerbertAUS
- 42Kevin KisnerUSA
- 43Justin RoseENG
- 44Shane LowryIRL
- 45Sergio GarciaESP
- 46Adam ScottAUS
- 47Ryan PalmerUSA
- 48Christiaan BezuidenhoutRSA
- 49Min Woo LeeAUS
- 50Takumi KanayaJPN
- 51Cameron TringaleUSA
- 52Si Woo KimKOR
- 53Stewart CinkUSA
- 54Ian PoulterENG
- 55Robert MacIntyreSCO
- 56Carlos OrtizMEX
- 57Russell HenleyUSA
- 58Bernd WiesbergerAUT
- 59Sebastian MunozCOL
- 60Garrick HiggoRSA
- 61Brian HarmanUSA
- 62Chan KimUSA
- 63Kyoung-Hoon LeeKOR
- 64Erik van RooyenRSA
- 65Thomas PietersBEL
- 66Aaron WiseUSA
- 67Dean BurmesterRSA
- 68Branden GraceRSA
- 69Maverick McNealyUSA
- 70Ryosuke KinoshitaJPN
- 71Alex NorenSWE
- 72Seamus PowerIRL
- 73Shaun NorrisRSA
- 74Richard BlandENG
- 75Charley HoffmanUSA
- 76Daniel van TonderRSA
- 77Kevin StreelmanUSA
- 78Matt WallaceENG
- 79Cameron DavisAUS
- 80Marcus HelligkildeDEN
- 81Victor PerezFRA
- 82Bubba WatsonUSA
- 83Jhonattan VegasVEN
- 84Cameron ChampUSA
- 85Rickie FowlerUSA
- 86Laurie CanterENG
- 87Keegan BradleyUSA
- 88Guido MigliozziITA
- 89Keith MitchellUSA
- 90Joel DahmenUSA
- 91Thomas DetryBEL
- 92Emiliano GrilloARG
- 93Nicolai HojgaardDEN
- 94Harold Varner IIIUSA
- 95Chris KirkUSA
- 96Rasmus HojgaardDEN
- 97Rikuya HoshinoJPN
- 98Guillermo Mito PereiraCHI
- 99Yuki InamoriJPN
- 100Santiago Tarrio BenESP
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.