List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins

This is a list of golfers who have won five or more official (or later deemed as historically significant) money events on the PGA Tour.^[1]^[2] It is led by Sam Snead with 82 wins, Tiger Woods with 80, and Jack Nicklaus with 73.

Many players won important events early in the 20th century, well before a PGA Tour was officially established. The significance of many of these events was retrospectively established by golf historians, working together with PGA Tour staff, in the 1980s, during the course of a major statistical research project.^[3]

The column for Major refers to so-called "Professional Majors". The U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur were also considered to be majors for much of their history, but these championships are not considered here. Players under 50 years of age are shown in bold. During the last 30 years, only three players have won PGA Tour events after their 50th birthday. A golfer becomes eligible to compete on PGA Tour Champions, against other older players, at that age. Craig Stadler won in 2003 at age 50, Fred Funk won in 2007 at age 50, and Davis Love III won in 2015 at age 51. Sam Snead is the oldest to win a PGA event, at age 52, in 1965. Others who have won PGA Tour events past age 50 include Jim Barnes, John Barnum, and Art Wall Jr. The rarity of golfers winning a non-senior event at that age is not restricted to the PGA Tour; Miguel Ángel Jiménez is the only golfer to win a European Tour event after turning 50, doing so in 2014.

Accumulating 20 wins is significant, because it is one of the requirements for "life membership" on the PGA Tour. This means that the golfer does not need to requalify for membership on the tour each year by finishing in the top 125 on the money list (starting in 2013, top 125 on the FedEx Cup points list), or through an exemption for tournament victories. Many golfers struggle to do this through their 40s, and go through a hiatus in their career before they qualify for the Champions Tour, but those with 20 wins avoid this problem. However, life members are required to maintain a certain (relatively modest) standard of play to retain their playing privileges: when they can no longer do so, they are moved into the "Past champions" membership category, effectively becoming honorary members.

Some of the players on this list have won numerous events on other tours, in particular many of the non-Americans. Seve Ballesteros, for example, is shown with only nine PGA Tour wins, but five of them majors. He won an additional 45 European Tour events. A substantial number of players born from approximately 1930 to 1960 have won many PGA Tour Champions events, with some having significantly more wins on the senior circuit than on the regular PGA Tour (notably Hale Irwin and Gil Morgan).

The PGA Tour recognized The Open Championship as an official tour event in 1995. In 2002, it decided to classify Open Championship victories before 1995 as PGA Tour wins, and the victory tallies in the table reflect this amendment. Members of the World Golf Hall of Fame are indicated by H.

Players with the same number of wins are listed alphabetically. The list is complete as of September 23, 2018.

Rank	Name	Year of birth and death	Country	Wins	Majors	Winning span	Span (years)
1	Sam Snead H	1912–2002	United States	82	7	1936–1965	30
2	Tiger Woods	1975–	United States	80	14	1996–2018	23
3	Jack Nicklaus H	1940–	United States	73	18	1962–1986	25
4	Ben Hogan H	1912–1997	United States	64	9	1938–1959	22
5	Arnold Palmer H	1929–2016	United States	62	7	1955–1973	19
6	Byron Nelson H	1912–2006	United States	52	5	1935–1951	17
7	Billy Casper H	1931–2015	United States	51	3	1956–1975	20
8	Walter Hagen H	1892–1969	United States	45	11	1914–1936	23
9	Phil Mickelson H	1970–	United States	43	5	1991–2018	28
10	Cary Middlecoff H	1921–1998	United States	40	3	1945–1961	17
11	Gene Sarazen H	1902–1999	United States	39	7	1922–1941	20
	Tom Watson H	1949–	United States	39	8	1974–1998	25
13	Lloyd Mangrum H	1914–1973	United States	36	1	1940–1956	17
14	Vijay Singh H	1963–	Fiji	34	3	1993–2008	16
15	Horton Smith H	1908–1963	United States	32	2	1928–1941	14
16	Harry Cooper H	1904–2000	United States	31	0	1923–1939	17
	Jimmy Demaret H	1910–1983	United States	31	3	1938–1957	20
18	Leo Diegel H	1899–1951	United States	30	2	1920–1934	15
19	Gene Littler H	1930–	United States	29	1	1954–1977	24
	Paul Runyan H	1908–2002	United States	29	2	1930–1941	12
	Lee Trevino H	1939–	United States	29	6	1968–1984	17
22	Henry Picard H	1906–1997	United States	26	2	1932–1945	14
23	Tommy Armour H	1894–1968	Scotland United States	25	3	1920–1938	19
	Johnny Miller H	1947–	United States	25	2	1971–1994	24
25	Gary Player H	1935–	South Africa	24	9	1958–1978	21
	Macdonald Smith	1892–1949	Scotland United States	24	0	1924–1936	13
27	Johnny Farrell	1901–1988	United States	22	1	1921–1936	16
	Raymond Floyd H	1942–	United States	22	4	1963–1992	30
29	Jim Barnes H	1886–1966	England	21	4	1916–1937	22
	Davis Love III H	1964–	United States	21	1	1987–2015	29
	Willie Macfarlane	1890–1961	Scotland United States	21	1	1916–1936	21
	Lanny Wadkins H	1949–	United States	21	1	1972–1992	21
	Craig Wood H	1901–1968	United States	21	2	1928–1944	17
34	Hale Irwin H	1945–	United States	20	3	1971–1994	24
	Bill Mehlhorn	1898–1989	United States	20	0	1923–1930	8
	Greg Norman H	1955–	Australia	20	2	1984–1997	14
	Doug Sanders	1933–	United States	20	0	1956–1972	17
38	Ben Crenshaw H	1952–	United States	19	2	1973–1995	23
	Ernie Els H	1969–	South Africa	19	4	1994–2012	19
	Doug Ford H	1922–2018	United States	19	2	1952–1963	12
	Hubert Green H	1946–2018	United States	19	2	1971–1985	15
	Dustin Johnson	1984–	United States	19	1	2008–2018	11
	Tom Kite H	1949–	United States	19	1	1976–1993	18
44	Julius Boros H	1920–1994	United States	18	3	1952–1968	17
	Jim Ferrier	1915–1986	Australia	18	1	1944–1961	18
	E.J. "Dutch" Harrison	1910–1982	United States	18	0	1939–1958	20
	Nick Price H	1957–	Zimbabwe	18	3	1983–2002	20
	Johnny Revolta	1911–1991	United States	18	1	1933–1944	12
49	Bobby Cruickshank	1894–1975	Scotland	17	0	1921–1936	16
	Jim Furyk	1970–	United States	17	1	1995–2015	21
	Harold "Jug" McSpaden	1908–1996	United States	17	0	1933–1945	13
	Curtis Strange H	1955–	United States	17	2	1979–1989	11
53	Jack Burke Jr. H	1923–	United States	16	2	1950–1963	14
	Ralph Guldahl H	1911–1987	United States	16	3	1931–1940	10
	Mark O'Meara H	1957–	United States	16	2	1984–1998	15
	Denny Shute H	1904–1974	United States	16	3	1929–1939	11
	Tom Weiskopf	1942–	United States	16	1	1968–1982	15
58	Tommy Bolt H	1916–2008	United States	15	1	1951–1961	11
	Fred Couples H	1959–	United States	15	1	1983–2003	21
	Ed Dudley	1901–1963	United States	15	0	1928–1939	12
	Bobby Locke H	1917–1987	South Africa	15	4	1947–1957	11
	Corey Pavin	1959–	United States	15	1	1984–2006	23
	Mike Souchak	1927–2008	United States	15	0	1955–1964	10
64	Bruce Crampton	1935–	Australia	14	0	1961–1975	15
	Jock Hutchison H	1884–1977	Scotland United States	14	2	1918–1928	11
	Rory McIlroy	1989–	Northern Ireland	14	4	2010–2018	9
	Kenny Perry	1960–	United States	14	0	1991–2009	19
	Hal Sutton	1958–	United States	14	1	1982–2001	20
	Joe Turnesa	1901–1991	United States	14	0	1924–1933	10
	Ken Venturi H	1931–2013	United States	14	1	1957–1966	10
	Art Wall Jr.	1923–2001	United States	14	1	1953–1975	23
72	George Archer	1939–2005	United States	13	1	1965–1984	20
	Billy Burke	1902–1972	United States	13	1	1927–1940	14
	Mark Calcavecchia	1960–	United States	13	1	1986–2007	22
	David Duval	1971–	United States	13	1	1997–2001	5
	Dave Hill	1937–2011	United States	13	0	1961–1976	16
	Joe Kirkwood Sr.	1897–1970	Australia United States	13	0	1923–1933	11
	Bruce Lietzke	1951–2018	United States	13	0	1977–1994	18
	Craig Stadler	1953–	United States	13	1	1980–2003	24
	David Toms	1967–	United States	13	1	1997–2011	15
	Adam Scott	1980–	Australia	13	1	2003–2016	14
82	Paul Azinger	1960–	United States	12	1	1987–2000	14
	Jason Day	1987–	Australia	12	1	2010–2018	9
	Zach Johnson	1976–	United States	12	2	2004–2015	12
	Tony Lema	1934–1966	United States	12	1	1962–1966	5
	Justin Leonard	1972–	United States	12	1	1996–2008	13
	Wayne Levi	1952–	United States	12	0	1978–1990	13
	Bobby Nichols	1936–	United States	12	1	1962–1974	13
	Calvin Peete	1943–2015	United States	12	0	1979–1986	8
	Steve Stricker	1967–	United States	12	0	1996–2012	17
	Bubba Watson	1978–	United States	12	2	2010–2018	9
92	Miller Barber	1931–2013	United States	11	0	1964–1978	15
	Andy Bean	1953–	United States	11	0	1977–1986	10
	Frank Beard	1939–	United States	11	0	1963–1971	9
	John Cook	1957–	United States	11	0	1981–2001	21
	Dow Finsterwald	1929–	United States	11	1	1955–1963	9
	Al Geiberger	1937–	United States	11	1	1962–1979	18
	Vic Ghezzi	1910–1976	United States	11	1	1935–1948	14
	Bob Goalby	1929–	United States	11	1	1958–1971	14
	Scott Hoch	1955–	United States	11	0	1980–2003	24
	Jordan Spieth	1993–	United States	11	3	2013–2017	5
	Payne Stewart H	1957–1999	United States	11	3	1982–1999	18
103	Gay Brewer	1932–2007	United States	10	1	1961–1972	12
	Olin Dutra	1901–1983	United States	10	2	1929–1936	8
	Steve Elkington	1962–	Australia	10	1	1990–1999	10
	David Frost	1959–	South Africa	10	0	1988–1997	10
	Sergio García	1980–	Spain	10	1	2001–2017	17
	Don January	1929–	United States	10	1	1956–1976	21
	Ky Laffoon	1908–1984	United States	10	0	1933–1946	14
	John Mahaffey	1948–	United States	10	1	1973–1989	17
	Mark McCumber	1951–	United States	10	0	1979–1994	16
	Dick Metz	1908–1993	United States	10	0	1935–1949	15
	Larry Nelson H	1947–	United States	10	3	1979–1988	10
	Dave Stockton	1941–	United States	10	2	1967–1976	10
	Fuzzy Zoeller	1951–	United States	10	2	1979–1986	8
116	Stuart Appleby	1971–	Australia	9	0	1997–2010	14
	Seve Ballesteros H	1957–2011	Spain	9	5	1978–1988	11
	Mike Brady	1887–1972	United States	9	0	1916–1926	11
	Wiffy Cox	1896–1969	United States	9	0	1930–1937	8
	Al Espinosa	1891–1957	United States	9	0	1924–1935	12
	Nick Faldo H	1957–	England	9	6	1984–1997	14
	Johnny Golden	1896–1936	United States	9	0	1927–1935	9
	Jay Haas	1953–	United States	9	0	1978–1993	16
	Jimmy Hines	1903–1986	United States	9	0	1933–1946	14
	Bobby Jones H	1902–1971	United States	9	7	1923–1930	8
	Willie Klein	1901–1957	United States	9	0	1922–1936	15
	Justin Rose	1980–	England	9	1	2010–2018	9
	Brandt Snedeker	1980–	United States	9	0	2007–2018	12
	Justin Thomas	1993–	United States	9	1	2015–2018	4
130	K. J. Choi	1970–	South Korea	8	0	2002–2011	10
	Jim Colbert	1941–	United States	8	0	1969–1983	15
	Roberto De Vicenzo H	1923–2017	Argentina	8	1	1951–1968	18
	Bruce Devlin	1937–	Australia	8	0	1964–1972	9
	Dave Douglas	1918–1978	United States	8	0	1947–1954	8
	Brad Faxon	1961–	United States	8	0	1991–2005	15
	Fred Funk	1956–	United States	8	0	1992–2007	16
	David Graham H	1946–	Australia	8	2	1972–1983	12
	Lee Janzen	1964–	United States	8	2	1992–1998	7
	Steve Jones	1958–	United States	8	1	1988–1998	11
	George Knudson	1937–1989	Canada	8	0	1961–1972	12
	Ted Kroll	1919–2002	United States	8	0	1952–1962	11
	Lawson Little H	1910–1968	United States	8	1	1936–1948	13
	Tony Manero	1905–1989	United States	8	1	1929–1938	10
	Geoff Ogilvy	1977–	Australia	8	1	2005–2014	10
	Ed Oliver	1916–1961	United States	8	0	1940–1958	19
	Jerry Pate	1953–	United States	8	1	1976–1982	7
	Loren Roberts	1955–	United States	8	0	1994–2002	9
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez H	1935–	Puerto Rico United States	8	0	1963–1979	17
	J. C. Snead	1940–	United States	8	0	1971–1987	17
	Bob Tway	1959–	United States	8	1	1986–2003	18
	Al Watrous	1899–1983	United States	8	0	1922–1933	12
	Mike Weir	1970–	Canada	8	1	1999–2007	9
153	Jerry Barber	1916–1994	United States	7	1	1953–1963	11
	Mark Brooks	1961–	United States	7	1	1988–1996	9
	Clarence Clark	1907–1974	United States	7	0	1931–1936	6
	Gardner Dickinson	1927–1998	United States	7	0	1956–1971	16
	Bill Glasson	1960–	United States	7	0	1985–1997	13
	Retief Goosen H	1969–	South Africa	7	2	2001–2009	9
	Clarence Hackney	1894–1941	Scotland United States	7	0	1923–1931	9
	Chick Harbert	1915–1992	United States	7	1	1941–1954	14
	Chandler Harper	1923–1997	United States	7	1	1942–1955	14
	Jay Hebert	1923–1997	United States	7	1	1957–1961	5
	John Huston	1961–	United States	7	0	1990–2003	14
	Peter Jacobsen	1954–	United States	7	0	1980–2003	24
	Matt Kuchar	1978–	United States	7	0	2002–2014	13
	Billy Maxwell	1929–	United States	7	0	1955–1962	8
	Dick Mayer	1924–1989	United States	7	1	1953–1965	13
	Gil Morgan	1946–	United States	7	0	1977–1990	14
	Johnny Palmer	1918–2006	United States	7	0	1946–1954	9
	Scott Simpson	1955–	United States	7	1	1980–1998	19
	Joey Sindelar	1958–	United States	7	0	1985–2004	20
	Harry Vardon H	1870–1937	Jersey	7	7	1896–1914	19
	Bert Yancey	1938–1994	United States	7	0	1966–1972	7
174	Sammy Byrd	1906–1981	United States	6	0	1942–1945	4
	Bob Charles H	1936–	New Zealand	6	1	1963–1974	12
	Stewart Cink	1973–	United States	6	1	1997–2009	13
	Henry Ciuci	1903–1986	United States	6	0	1928–1931	4
	Ed Furgol	1917–1997	United States	6	1	1947–1957	11
	Bob Gilder	1950–	United States	6	0	1976–1983	8
	Lou Graham	1938–	United States	6	1	1967–1979	13
	Bill Haas	1982–	United States	6	0	2010–2015	6
	Paul Harney	1929–2011	United States	6	0	1957–1972	16
	Pádraig Harrington	1971–	Ireland	6	3	2005–2015	11
	Willie Hunter	1892–1968	Scotland United States	6	0	192?–1936	~11
	Gary Koch	1952–	United States	6	0	1976–1988	13
	Bob Lunn	1945–	United States	6	0	1968–1972	5
	Sandy Lyle H	1958–	Scotland	6	2	1985–1988	4
	Hunter Mahan	1982–	United States	6	0	2007–2014	8
	Rocco Mediate	1962–	United States	6	0	1991–2010	20
	José María Olazábal H	1966–	Spain	6	2	1990–2002	13
	Steve Pate	1961–	United States	6	0	1987–1998	12
	Patrick Reed	1990–	United States	6	1	2013–2018	6
	Bill Rogers	1951–	United States	6	1	1978–1983	6
	Bob Rosburg	1926–2009	United States	6	1	1954–1972	19
	Rory Sabbatini	1976–	South Africa	6	0	2000–2011	12
	Dan Sikes	1929–1987	United States	6	0	1963–1968	6
	Jeff Sluman	1957–	United States	6	1	1988–2002	15
	Henrik Stenson	1976–	Sweden	6	1	2007–2017	11
	Frank Stranahan	1922–2013	United States	6	0	1945–1958	14
	Peter Thomson H	1929–2018	Australia	6	5	1954–1965	12
	Mike Turnesa	1907–2000	United States	6	0	1931–1949	19
	Cyril Walker	1892–1948	England United States	6	1	1917–1930	14
	Jimmy Walker	1979–	United States	6	1	2013–2016	4
	Bo Wininger	1922–1967	United States	6	0	1955–1963	9
	Lew Worsham	1917–1990	United States	6	1	1946–1953	8
206	Buddy Allin	1944–2007	United States	5	0	1971–1976	6
	James Braid H	1870–1950	Scotland	5	5	1901–1910	10
	Jonathan Byrd	1978–	United States	5	0	2002–2011	10
	Pete Cooper	1914–1993	United States	5	0	1949–1958	10
	Ben Crane	1976–	United States	5	0	2003–2014	12
	John Daly	1966–	United States	5	2	1991–2004	14
	Luke Donald	1977–	England	5	0	2002–2012	11
	Jason Dufner	1977–	United States	5	1	2012–2017	6
	Danny Edwards	1951–	United States	5	0	1977–1985	9
	Dan Forsman	1958–	United States	5	0	1985–2002	18
	Marty Furgol	1916–2005	United States	5	0	1951–1959	9
	Jim Gallagher Jr.	1961–	United States	5	0	1990–1995	6
	Ken Green	1958–	United States	5	0	1985–1989	5
	Fred Haas	1916–2004	United States	5	0	1945–1954	10
	Bob Hamilton	1916–1990	United States	5	1	1944–1949	6
	Jerry Heard	1947–	United States	5	0	1971–1978	8
	Lionel Hebert	1928–2000	United States	5	1	1957–1966	10
	Billy Horschel	1986–	United States	5	0	2013–2018	6
	Herman Keiser	1914–2003	United States	5	1	1942–1947	6
	Tom Lehman	1959–	United States	5	1	1994–2000	7
	Roger Maltbie	1951–	United States	5	0	1975–1985	11
	Ray Mangrum	1910–1975	United States	5	0	1936–1946	11
	Hideki Matsuyama	1992–	Japan	5	0	2014–2017	4
	Billy Mayfair	1966–	United States	5	0	1993–1998	6
	Blaine McCallister	1958–	United States	5	0	1988–1993	6
	Ryan Moore	1982–	United States	5	0	2009–2016	8
	Bob Murphy	1943–	United States	5	0	1968–1986	19
	Gilbert Nicholls	1878–1950	England United States	5	0	191?–1927	~11
	Jesper Parnevik	1965–	Sweden	5	0	1998–2001	4
	Carl Pettersson	1977–	Sweden	5	0	2005–2012	8
	Johnny Pott	1935–	United States	5	0	1960–1968	9
	Tom Purtzer	1951–	United States	5	0	1977–1991	15
	Henry Ransom	1911–1987	United States	5	0	1946–1955	10
	Phil Rodgers	1938–2018	United States	5	0	1962–1966	5
	Mason Rudolph	1934–2011	United States	5	0	1959–1970	12
	Webb Simpson	1985–	United States	5	1	2011–2018	8
	John Henry Taylor H	1871–1963	England	5	5	1894–1913	20
	Bob Toski	1926–	United States	5	0	1953–1954	2
	Scott Verplank	1964–	United States	5	0	1985–2007	23
	George Von Elm	1901–1961	United States	5	0	19??–1938	~10
	Nick Watney	1981–	United States	5	0	2007–2012	6
	D. A. Weibring	1953–	United States	5	0	1979–1996	18
	Mark Wilson	1974–	United States	5	0	2007–2012	6

^ Harry Cooper was born in England, but grew up in Dallas, Texas, and became a U.S. citizen before starting his professional career. However, he was not allowed to compete for the U.S. in the Ryder Cup. U.S. citizens born outside the country, even if they were born with only U.S. citizenship, were not eligible to represent the U.S. in the Ryder Cup until 2002. Even today, those who naturalize after age 18 are ineligible for Team USA.
^ Jim Barnes was born in England, but became a U.S. citizen soon after moving to the United States in 1906.

References

↑ "Most all-time PGA Tour Wins". PGA Tour, Inc. December 1, 2015.
↑ "Most Career Wins on the PGA Tour". About.com. December 1, 2015.
↑ Barkow, Al (November 1989). The History of the PGA TOUR. Doubleday. pp. 200–298. ISBN 0-385-26145-4.

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[1] "Most all-time PGA Tour Wins". PGA Tour, Inc. December 1, 2015.

[2] "Most Career Wins on the PGA Tour". About.com. December 1, 2015.

[3] Barkow, Al (November 1989). The History of the PGA TOUR. Doubleday. pp. 200–298. ISBN 0-385-26145-4.

List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins

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