List of golfers with most European Tour wins

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).[1]

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.

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 has ever won a European Tour event after turning 50 (doing so four months after his 50th birthday in 2014),[2] and only three golfers of that age have won on the PGA Tour since 1975.

Players with the same number of wins are listed alphabetically. This list is up to date through 19 January 2020.[3][4]

Rank	Name	Lifespan	Country	Wins	Majors	Winning span	Span (years)
1	Seve Ballesteros H	1957–2011	Spain	50	5	1976–1995	20
2	Bernhard Langer H	1957–	Germany	42	2	1980–2002	23
3	Tiger Woods	1975–	United States	41	15	1997–2019	22
4	Colin Montgomerie H	1963–	Scotland	31	0	1989–2007	19
5	Nick Faldo H	1957–	England	30	6	1977–1996	20
6	Ian Woosnam H	1958–	Wales	29	1	1982–1997	16
7	Ernie Els H	1969–	South Africa	28	4	1994–2013	20
8	Lee Westwood	1973–	England	25	0	1996–2020	25
9	José María Olazábal H	1966–	Spain	23	2	1986–2005	20
10	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	1964–	Spain	21	0	1992–2014	23
	Sam Torrance	1953–	Scotland		0	1976–1998	23
12	Mark James	1953–	England	18	0	1978–1997	20
	Sandy Lyle H	1958–	Scotland		2	1979–1992	14
14	Sergio García	1980–	Spain	16	1	1999–2019	21
	Mark McNulty	1953–	Zimbabwe		0	1979–2001	23
16	Thomas Bjørn	1971–	Denmark	15	0	1996–2013	18
	Pádraig Harrington	1971–	Ireland		3	1996–2016	21
18	Paul Casey	1977–	England	14	0	2001–2019	19
	Darren Clarke	1968–	Northern Ireland		1	1993–2011	19
	Retief Goosen H	1969–	South Africa		2	1996–2007	12
	Rory McIlroy	1989–	Northern Ireland		4	2009–2019	11
	Greg Norman H	1955–	Australia		2	1977–1994	18
23	Vijay Singh H	1963–	Fiji	13	3	1989–2008	20
24	Ian Poulter	1976–	England	12	0	2000–2012	13
	Justin Rose	1980–	England		1	2002–2018	17
26	Howard Clark	1954–	England	11	0	1978–1988	11
	Robert Karlsson	1969–	Sweden		0	1995–2010	16
	Martin Kaymer	1984–	Germany		2	2008–2014	7
	Charl Schwartzel	1984–	South Africa		1	2005–2016	12
	Adam Scott	1980–	Australia		1	2003–2019	17
	Henrik Stenson	1976–	Sweden		1	2001–2016	16
32	Bernard Gallacher	1949–	Scotland	10	0	1972–1984	13
	Graham Marsh	1944–	Australia		0	1972–1985	14
	Graeme McDowell	1979–	Northern Ireland		1	2002–2014	13
	Phil Mickelson H	1970–	United States		5	2004–2018	15
	Alex Norén	1982–	Sweden		0	2009–2018	10
37	Brian Barnes	1945–2019	Scotland	9	0	1972–1981	10
	Branden Grace	1988–	South Africa		0	2012–2020	9
	Jack Nicklaus H	1940–	United States		18	1972–1986	15
	Louis Oosthuizen	1982–	South Africa		1	2010–2018	9
	Manuel Piñero	1952–	Spain		0	1974–1985	12
42	Gordon Brand Jnr	1958–2019	Scotland	8	0	1982–1993	12
	Michael Campbell	1969–	New Zealand		1	2000–2005	6
	Tony Jacklin H	1944–	England		2	1972–1982	11
	Thongchai Jaidee	1969–	Thailand		0	2004–2016	13
	Paul Lawrie	1969–	Scotland		1	1996–2012	17
	Eduardo Romero	1954–	Argentina		0	1989–2002	14
	Des Smyth	1953–	Ireland		0	1979–2001	23

H signifies members of the World Golf Hall of Fame.