This is a list of golfers who have appeared in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). The rankings started on 6 April 1986 and are updated each week. As of 4 October 2026, 129 golfers have reached the top 10.

Tiger Woods holds the record for the most weeks in the world top 10, with 906. He is followed by Rory McIlroy with 826 weeks and Ernie Els with 788 weeks. Woods had a record run of 736 consecutive weeks in the top 10 from 13 April 1997 to 15 May 2011, had another run of 124 consecutive weeks from 25 March 2012 to 3 August 2014 and 46 further weeks from 14 April 2019 to 23 February 2020. Greg Norman was in the top 10 for 646 consecutive weeks from the start of the rankings in 1986 until 16 August 1998. Sergio García is the youngest player to reach the top 10, a week after his 20th birthday.

Before the start of the OWGR in 1986, world golf rankings were published in Mark McCormack's World of Professional Golf Annual from 1968 to 1985. These end-of-year rankings had Jack Nicklaus as the number one from 1968 to 1977, Tom Watson from 1978 to 1982 and Seve Ballesteros from 1983 to 1985.

Current top 10 The table shows the top 10 ranked golfers and their average ranking points as of 4 October 2026, which is the end of week 40.

RankChangePlayerPointsTop 10 sinceWeeks 1 17.21 13 Feb 2022 2 8.84 17 Oct 2021 3 1 7.29 22 Mar 2026 4 1 7.28 15 Mar 2026 5 6.51 21 Jun 2026 6 5.26 31 May 2026 7 2 5.25 17 Aug 2025 8 1 5.24 5 Jul 2026 9 1 5.16 16 Aug 2026 10 4.99 30 Aug 2026

Change – change in position since the previous week.Top 10 since – indicates the date at which the player entered or last re-entered the top 10.Weeks – current number of consecutive weeks in the top 10.

Since the major revision of the rating method in September 2001, the highest points average as well as the largest lead in points average were set by Tiger Woods on September 16, 2007. After winning the BMW Championship and The Tour Championship in consecutive weeks, he had an average of 24.36 and a lead of 14.73 points over Phil Mickelson.

Most weeks in the top 10 As of 4 October 2026, 129 players have reached the world top 10 since the rankings started in April 1986. 25 of these have reached number 1 while a further 16 have reached number 2 but never number 1.

Tiger Woods was in the top 10 for 906 weeks. He was number 1 for 683 weeks, number 2 for 107 weeks and number 3 for 27 weeks. Phil Mickelson was never number 1 but was number 2 for 270 weeks.

The current top-10 are in bold.

Player Weeks First Last Best FirstB Refs 906 13 Apr 1997 23 Feb 2020 1 15 Jun 1997 826 22 Nov 2009 4 Oct 2026 1 4 Mar 2012 788 19 Jun 1994 16 Jan 2011 1 22 Jun 1997 775 25 Aug 1996 7 Sep 2014 2 11 Feb 2001 646 6 Apr 1986 16 Aug 1998 1 14 Sep 1986 544 23 Aug 1998 12 Jul 2009 1 5 Sep 2004 473 31 Jan 1988 6 Jul 1997 1 2 Sep 1990 465 19 Apr 1992 20 Feb 2005 2 19 Jul 1998 453 16 Jan 2000 22 Apr 2018 2 9 Nov 2008 446 15 Aug 2004 30 Aug 2020 1 18 May 2014 442 17 Jan 1999 7 Feb 2016 2 10 Sep 2006 427 4 Nov 2007 19 Jul 2026 1 9 Sep 2018 406 6 Apr 1986 30 Jun 1996 1 6 Apr 1986 405 5 Jun 2011 1 May 2022 1 19 Feb 2017 400 15 May 1994 15 Jan 2006 2 17 Mar 1996 386 16 Aug 1992 6 Jul 2003 1 14 Aug 1994 354 12 Jul 1998 28 Jul 2013 1 31 Oct 2010 353 28 May 2017 21 Jun 2026 1 19 Jul 2020 350 30 Dec 2018 4 Oct 2026 2 19 May 2024 348 15 Jan 2017 1 Feb 2026 1 13 May 2018 338 27 Sep 1987 12 Jun 1994 1 7 Apr 1991 4 Feb 2007 21 Jan 2018 2 25 May 2014 337 6 Apr 1986 8 Nov 1992 1 27 Apr 1986 322 9 Sep 1990 4 Apr 1999 1 22 Mar 1992 314 30 Apr 1989 8 Oct 1995 2 17 Mar 1991 304 11 Nov 2001 4 Apr 2010 3 20 Jul 2008 292 20 Mar 1988 31 Jul 1994 4 22 Aug 1993 275 28 Oct 2001 24 Jun 2007 3 15 Jan 2006 265 19 Jun 2011 27 Jan 2019 1 20 Sep 2015 254 26 Aug 2007 19 Jan 2014 2 6 Sep 2009 250 2 Jun 2019 19 Jan 2025 3 23 Jan 2022 249 1986 14 Nov 1999 3 10 Jun 1990 243 13 Feb 2022 4 Oct 2026 1 27 Mar 2022 237 13 Apr 2014 9 Jul 2023 1 16 Aug 2015 233 9 Aug 2020 23 Aug 2026 2 24 Oct 2021 232 22 Feb 1998 11 Aug 2002 1 28 Mar 1999 222 1986 12 May 1991 3 19 Jun 1988 220 12 Mar 2006 4 Aug 2013 1 29 May 2011 206 14 Sep 2014 26 May 2019 4 24 Jan 2016 195 8 Oct 1989 26 Apr 1998 5 1 Sep 1996 191 6 Apr 1986 9 Jan 2000 2 6 Sep 1998 186 1 May 2011 8 Jan 2017 2 22 Feb 2015 179 2 Sep 2018 8 Jun 2025 4 9 May 2021 19 Aug 2001 11 Jun 2006 5 3 Nov 2002 174 12 Mar 1989 6 Feb 1994 5 16 Apr 1989 170 18 Jun 2017 17 Oct 2021 1 21 Oct 2018 167 6 Apr 1986 9 Feb 1997 2 2 Jun 1996 166 6 Apr 1986 6 Aug 1989 2 10 Apr 1988 155 1 Aug 2021 22 Jun 2025 3 30 Jan 2022 142 29 Aug 2010 15 Feb 2015 4 2 Jun 2013 136 23 Oct 2016 15 Feb 2026 2 18 Jun 2017 123 18 Jun 2006 17 Jan 2010 3 29 Jun 2008 122 28 Jan 1996 18 Mar 2001 1 20 Apr 1997 121 6 Apr 1986 17 Jun 2001 4 23 Apr 2000 116 5 Apr 2009 20 May 2018 3 24 May 2009 111 24 Jun 2001 27 Feb 2005 3 15 Jun 2003 110 24 Jan 2010 1 Mar 2015 1 27 Feb 2011 109 19 Jun 2022 4 Oct 2026 3 19 Apr 2026 109 27 Nov 1988 30 Dec 1990 5 23 Jul 1989 107 4 Mar 2018 4 Oct 2026 3 30 Nov 2025 106 23 Oct 2011 16 May 2021 4 5 Jul 2020 103 15 Jun 2003 3 Jan 2010 4 28 Jun 2009 100 16 Jul 2023 4 Oct 2026 3 21 Apr 2024 90 6 Dec 2015 11 Jul 2021 6 14 Jun 2020 86 1986 5 May 1991 5 1 Mar 1987 17 Apr 1988 30 Oct 1994 6 20 Nov 1988 85 6 Apr 1986 15 Nov 1987 4 1986 84 14 Jun 1987 12 Apr 1992 6 18 Oct 1987 80 9 Mar 2025 4 Oct 2026 3 21 Sep 2025 80 9 Jan 2022 20 Aug 2023 2 17 Jul 2022 16 Aug 1987 14 May 1989 5 22 May 1988 71 10 Mar 2024 3 Aug 2025 4 16 Jun 2024 67 19 Feb 2023 9 Jun 2024 5 2 Apr 2023 64 23 Sep 2012 8 Dec 2013 4 10 Feb 2013 61 9 Sep 2012 26 Dec 2021 4 13 Jan 2013 60 10 Feb 2002 2 Apr 2006 6 8 May 2005 22 Jul 2018 22 Sep 2019 5 9 Sep 2018 58 15 Oct 1995 15 Feb 1998 3 20 Apr 1997 55 31 Oct 2010 25 Aug 2013 4 16 Jan 2011 50 15 Jun 2025 28 Jun 2026 5 5 Apr 2026 27 May 2012 24 Nov 2013 6 16 Sep 2012 46 23 Aug 1992 25 Jul 1993 7 11 Oct 1992 45 29 Aug 2004 23 Aug 2009 5 6 Jul 2008 44 11 Oct 2020 2 Mar 2025 5 24 Jan 2021 23 Jul 2023 26 May 2024 8 13 Aug 2023 43 24 Apr 1988 29 Oct 1989 8 12 Feb 1989 29 Oct 2000 13 Jan 2002 8 22 Jul 2001 42 14 Aug 2022 28 May 2023 7 25 Sep 2022 40 26 Aug 2007 29 Jun 2008 5 9 Mar 2008 38 23 Jan 2000 8 Apr 2001 7 14 May 2000 34 28 Sep 2008 24 May 2009 7 28 Sep 2008 33 24 Jan 2010 3 Mar 2013 5 21 Feb 2010 32 17 Aug 2025 5 Apr 2026 5 25 Jan 2026 6 Apr 1986 1986 4* 6 Apr 1986 30 15 Mar 2026 4 Oct 2026 3 22 Mar 2026 29 19 Jul 1987 26 Jan 1992 7 19 Jul 1987 27 5 Oct 2008 5 Apr 2009 6 19 Oct 2008 8 Dec 2013 22 Nov 2015 6 12 Jan 2014 10 Apr 2016 30 Oct 2016 9 10 Apr 2016 26 13 Nov 2016 6 Aug 2017 8 28 May 2017 25 8 Feb 2026 4 Oct 2026 5 8 Feb 2026 25 28 Dec 1986 14 Jun 1987 5 25 Jan 1987 24 29 Mar 1998 13 Jun 1999 6 10 May 1998 22 2 Jan 2022 4 Oct 2026 7 16 Aug 2026 22 14 Sep 2008 23 May 2010 6 28 Sep 2008 21 9 Sep 2007 30 Mar 2008 8 23 Sep 2007 20 6 Apr 1986 1986 8* 1986 22 May 2011 1 Apr 2012 6 11 Mar 2012 19 1986 1 Mar 1987 5* 1986 26 Feb 2012 15 Jul 2012 4 1 Apr 2012 17 2 Dec 2018 24 Oct 2021 9 2 Dec 2018 16 18 Jul 2021 5 Oct 2025 7 3 Aug 2025 8 Mar 1987 19 Jul 1987 8 7 Jun 1987 14 11 May 2025 8 Mar 2026 7 1 Jun 2025 9 Nov 2025 8 Feb 2026 8 21 Dec 2025 12 22 Feb 2004 9 May 2004 8 21 Mar 2004 10 28 May 2006 13 Aug 2006 9 11 Jun 2006 9 24 Mar 2013 3 Aug 2025 7 22 Jun 2025 8 19 May 1991 11 Aug 1991 7 19 May 1991 3 Jul 2011 27 Nov 2011 9 31 Jul 2011 7 28 June 1987 9 Aug 1987 10 28 June 1987 6 29 Sep 1991 24 Nov 1991 10 29 Sep 1991 14 Feb 2016 7 Aug 2016 10 14 Feb 2016 5 6 Apr 2025 4 May 2025 10 6 Apr 2025 4 21 Mar 2004 6 Jun 2004 9 23 May 2004 3 25 Sep 2005 20 Nov 2005 9 2 Oct 2005 2 29 Mar 2015 5 Apr 2015 10 29 Mar 2015 1 15 Jul 2001 15 Jul 2001 10 15 Jul 2001 11 May 2025 11 May 2025 10 11 May 2025 Weeks – total number of weeks in the top 10. First – date the player first reached the top 10. Last – last week the player was in the top 10. Best – highest position reached by the player. FirstB – date the player was first at this highest position.

No rankings were produced for the 12 weeks from 22 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 inclusive.

* The available data for 1986 is incomplete and this number may be incorrect. The number given is the player's highest known position.

Payne Stewart died on Monday 25 October 1999 at which time he was ranked 8th in the world. He remained on the rankings until 14 November, when he was still ranked 8, at which time he was removed from the rankings.

Youngest and oldest players The tables below list the five youngest players to enter the top 10 and the oldest five to still be there.

Player First Age Sergio García 16 Jan 2000 Rory McIlroy 22 Nov 2009 Jordan Spieth 13 Apr 2014 Tiger Woods 13 Apr 1997 Jon Rahm 28 May 2017

Player Last Age Masashi Ozaki 26 Apr 1998 Kenny Perry 3 Jan 2010 Steve Stricker 19 Jan 2014 Nick Price 6 Jul 2003 Vijay Singh 12 Jul 2009

The following table lists the youngest to reach a specific position in the top 10.

Player Pos First Age Sergio García 10 16 Jan 2000 Rory McIlroy 9 13 Dec 2009 Jordan Spieth 8 11 May 2014 Jordan Spieth 7 20 Apr 2014 Sergio García 6 15 Jul 2001 Tiger Woods 5 20 Apr 1997 Jordan Spieth 4 29 Mar 2015 Tiger Woods 3 13 Apr 1997 Tiger Woods 2 25 May 1997 Tiger Woods 1 15 Jun 1997

Tiger Woods entered the top 10 at number 3, dropped to 5th for four weeks and was then never lower than 3rd for nearly 14 years.

Most consecutive weeks in the top 10 Instances of 250 weeks or more are given. *Current streak as of 4 Ocotber 2026 Player Weeks First Last Tiger Woods 13 Apr 1997 15 May 2011 Greg Norman 6 Apr 1986 16 Aug 1998 Nick Faldo 19 Jun 1988 24 Mar 1996 Phil Mickelson 8 Feb 2004 16 Oct 2011 Colin Montgomerie 15 May 1994 8 Jul 2001 Vijay Singh 12 Nov 2000 2 Sep 2007 Dustin Johnson 8 Mar 2015 13 Mar 2022 Ernie Els 19 Jun 1994 19 Mar 2000 Justin Thomas 13 Aug 2017 19 Mar 2023 Bernhard Langer 26 May 1991 30 Jun 1996 Ian Woosnam 21 May 1989 12 Jun 1994 Rory McIlroy* 17 Oct 2021 4 Oct 2026 Seve Ballesteros 6 Apr 1986 24 Mar 1991 Jon Rahm 7 Jul 2019 11 Aug 2024

Longest gaps between appearances in the top 10 Instances of 200 weeks or more are given. Player Weeks App Next Hal Sutton 7 Jun 1987 19 Sep 1999 Keegan Bradley 4 Aug 2013 22 Jun 2025 Louis Oosthuizen 7 Jul 2013 18 Jul 2021 Lee Westwood 5 Aug 2001 2 Nov 2008 Webb Simpson 2 Dec 2012 2 Feb 2020 Paul Casey 12 Jun 2011 20 May 2018 Corey Pavin 19 Apr 1987 5 Dec 1993 Payne Stewart 10 Oct 1993 27 Jun 1999 Mark O'Meara 4 Jan 1987 14 Jun 1992 Justin Rose 9 Feb 2020 10 Aug 2025 Tiger Woods 3 Aug 2014 14 Apr 2019 David Frost 26 Mar 1989 19 Sep 1993 Tommy Fleetwood 15 Mar 2020 8 Oct 2024 Sergio García 6 Dec 2009 22 Dec 2013 Mark O'Meara 14 Jun 1992 2 Jun 1996 Harris English 15 Aug 2021 20 Jul 2025

Number two in the rankings but never number one 16 players have reached world No. 2 in the official rankings, but have never risen to world No. 1.

Player First Last Weeks Ref 10 Apr 1988 11 Sep 1988 23 17 Mar 1991 5 Apr 1992 35 17 Mar 1996 20 Oct 1996 24 2 Jun 1996 2 Jun 1996 1 19 Jul 1998 16 May 1999 5 6 Sep 1998 17 Jan 1999 15 11 Feb 2001 18 Aug 2013 270 10 Sep 2006 26 Aug 2007 39 9 Nov 2008 8 Mar 2009 18 6 Sep 2009 4 Apr 2010 12 25 May 2014 5 Apr 2015 24 22 Feb 2015 15 Mar 2015 4 18 Jun 2017 20 Aug 2017 7 24 Oct 2021 17 Apr 2022 24 17 Jul 2022 9 Oct 2022 9 19 May 2024 23 Feb 2025 36

First – first week the player reached number 2, Last – last week the player was at number 2, Weeks – total weeks at number 2.

Annual totals The tables below list the number of weeks during each year that players were in the top 10, arranged by decade. In the "First" and "Last" columns, "+2000s" indicates that the player was also in the top 10 in an earlier or later decade.

1980s 29 players were in the top 10 from the start of the rankings in April 1986 to the end of 1989. Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman were in the top 10 throughout this period.