This is a list of golfers who have won eight or more events on the European Tour since it was established in 1972. There are some complications in preparing such a list, and different publications have produced different numbers. This list is based on what the European Tour reports the victories being according to their own player guide (through the 2009 season).

The number of wins a player can accumulate on the European Tour depends in part on how many years he devotes to the tour. There have always been some leading European players or European Tour members from outside Europe who have gone on to play part or full-time on the U.S.-based PGA Tour and cut back their commitments in Europe, and this seems to be an increasing trend.

Detailed criteria Only European Tour sanctioned events are counted. As all elite golfers enter the four major championships and the four (three before 2009) individual World Golf Championships each season it is possible for a player to accumulate eight wins in European Tour sanctioned events without ever joining the European Tour, and Tiger Woods (who has never joined the European Tour) reached that mark in the 2000 Open Championship. The three U.S.-based majors were not designated as European Tour events until 1997, so victories in them before that date were initially excluded. This is in contrast to the list of golfers with most PGA Tour wins, which includes Open Championship wins before that tournament became an official money event in 1995, because they were retrospectively designated as PGA Tour wins in 2002. Sometime prior to 2009, the European Tour made such a retrospective designation with respect to the three U.S. majors, as reflected in their 2009 media guide. Wins in the Wentworth World Match Play Championship before 2003 are not included. The win lists in the player profiles on the European Tour's official site include some miscellaneous items which are not regular individual tour wins and are therefore excluded: wins in 18 hole pro-ams associated with European Tour events; wins in the Volvo Bonus Pool; team wins in the Seve Trophy; wins on the Challenge Tour and the European Senior Tour.

There are additional players who won eight or more tournaments on the pre-tour European circuit and the European Tour in the period straddling 1972 who are not included on the list.

Many of the players on the list have won many events on other tours and unofficial events. The numbers in the "Majors" column are the total number of major championships the player won in his career whether or not he was a member of the European Tour at the time.

Players under 50 years of age are shown in bold. At age 50, golfers become eligible for the major senior tours, most notably the European Senior Tour and the U.S.-based PGA Tour Champions, competing for substantial prize money against other golfers in that age group. Only Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Phil Mickelson have ever won a European Tour event after turning 50, and only three golfers of that age have won on the PGA Tour since 1975.

List Players with the same number of wins are listed alphabetically. This list is up to date through 27 September 2026.

RankPlayerLifespanWinsMajorsWinning spanSpan(years)1 Seve Ballesteros H 1957–2011 50 5 1976–1995 202 Bernhard Langer H 1957– 42 2 1980–2002 233 Tiger Woods H 1975– 41 15 1997–2019 234 Colin Montgomerie H 1963– 31 0 1989–2007 195 Nick Faldo H 1957– 30 6 1977–1996 206 Ian Woosnam H 1958– 29 1 1982–1997 167 Ernie Els H 1969– 28 4 1994–2013 208 Lee Westwood 1973– 25 0 1996–2020 259 José María Olazábal H 1966– 23 2 1986–2005 20T10 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1964– 21 0 1992–2014 23 Rory McIlroy 1989– 6 2009–2026 18 Sam Torrance 1953– 0 1976–1998 23T13 Mark James 1953– 18 0 1978–1997 20 Sandy Lyle H 1958– 2 1979–1992 14T15 Sergio García 1980– 16 1 1999–2019 21 Mark McNulty 1953– 0 1979–2001 23T17 Thomas Bjørn 1971– 15 0 1996–2013 18 Paul Casey 1977– 0 2001–2021 21 Pádraig Harrington H 1971– 3 1996–2016 21T20 Darren Clarke 1968– 14 1 1993–2011 19 Retief Goosen H 1969– 2 1996–2007 12 Greg Norman H 1955– 2 1977–1994 1823 Vijay Singh H 1963– 13 3 1989–2008 20T24 Alex Norén 1982– 12 0 2009–2025 17 Ian Poulter 1976– 0 2000–2012 13T26 Howard Clark 1954– 11 0 1978–1988 11 Matt Fitzpatrick 1994– 1 2015–2026 12 Robert Karlsson 1969– 0 1995–2010 16 Martin Kaymer 1984– 2 2008–2014 7 Graeme McDowell 1979– 1 2002–2020 19 Phil Mickelson H 1970– 6 2004–2021 18 Louis Oosthuizen 1982– 1 2010–2023 14 Justin Rose 1980– 1 2002–2018 17 Charl Schwartzel 1984– 1 2005–2016 12 Adam Scott 1980– 1 2003–2019 17 Henrik Stenson 1976– 1 2001–2016 16T37 Bernard Gallacher 1949– 10 0 1972–1984 13 Graham Marsh 1944– 0 1972–1985 14 Jon Rahm 1994– 2 2017–2023 7T40 Brian Barnes 1945–2019 9 0 1972–1981 10 Branden Grace 1988– 0 2012–2020 9 Dustin Johnson 1984– 2 2013–2021 9 Pablo Larrazábal 1983– 0 2008–2023 16 Jack Nicklaus H 1940– 18 1972–1986 15 Manuel Piñero 1952– 0 1974–1985 12 Bernd Wiesberger 1985– 0 2012–2026 15T47 Gordon Brand Jnr 1958–2019 8 0 1982–1993 12 Michael Campbell 1969– 1 2000–2005 6 Tommy Fleetwood 1991– 0 2013–2025 13 Tyrrell Hatton 1991– 0 2016–2025 10 Tony Jacklin H 1944– 2 1972–1982 11 Thongchai Jaidee 1969– 0 2004–2016 13 Paul Lawrie 1969– 1 1996–2012 17 Thorbjørn Olesen 1989– 0 2012–2024 13 Eduardo Romero 1954–2022 0 1989–2002 14 Des Smyth 1953– 0 1979–2001 23 Danny Willett 1987– 1 2012–2021 10 H signifies members of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

See also List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins List of men's major championships winning golfers

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