List of world number one male golfers
The following is a list of golfers who have been top of the Official World Golf Ranking. As of July 26, 2020, Jon Rahm is the number one ranked golfer. Tiger Woods has spent the most consecutive weeks and most total weeks in that position. The shortest time goes to Tom Lehman, who spent only one week at the top in April 1997. Three golfers have spent an entire calendar year atop the rankings: Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, and Woods.
Number one ranked men
| * | Current number one player as of July 26, 2020 |
Weeks at number one
| Rank | Player | Country | Weeks | Order | Majors |
| 1 | 683 | 9 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 331 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 106 | 16 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 97 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 91 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 61 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 56 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 51 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 50 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 47 | 23 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 44 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 32 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 26 | 18 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 22 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 13 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 11 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 20 | 8 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 23 | * | 2 | 24 | 0 | |
| 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Order – indicates the sequence in which the players first reached number 1.
Majors – number of major championships each player has won throughout his golfing career.
Weeks at number one by country
| Rank | Country | Weeks | Order | Majors | Players | Top player | First player | Latest player | Zone |
| 1 | 883 | 6 | 27 | 8 | USA | ||||
| 2 | 393 | 3 | 4 | 3 | IT | ||||
| 3 | 188 | 4 | 7 | 4 | EUR | ||||
| 4 | 106 | 10 | 4 | 1 | EUR | ||||
| 5 | * | 63 | 2 | 5 | 2 | EUR | |||
| 6 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 1 | EUR | ||||
| 7 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 1 | IT | ||||
| 8 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | IT | ||||
| 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | EUR | ||||
| 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | IT |
Order – indicates the sequence in which the country first had a number 1 player.
Majors – number of major championships the country's world-ranked number 1 players have won throughout their golfing careers.
Players – number of players from that country who have been world-ranked number 1.
Top player – the player from that country who has spent most weeks as the world-ranked number 1 player.
First player – the player from that country who was first to be world-ranked number 1 player, left blank if that country has only one such player.
Latest player – the player from that country who was most recently world-ranked number 1 player, left blank if that country has only one such player.
Zone – The zone to which that country now belongs for Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup purposes:
- EUR = Europe
- IT = International Team
- USA = United States of America
Weeks at number one by [Ryder Cup] or [Presidents Cup] zone
| Rank | Zone | Weeks | Order | Majors | Players | Top player | First player | Latest player |
| 1 | 883 | 3 | 27 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | International team | 478 | 2 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 3 | * | 418 | 1 | 21 | 10 |
Weeks – the total number of weeks players from the zone have been world-ranked number 1, including any weeks Australia's Greg Norman was world-ranked number 1 before the Presidents Cup and its International Team zone were first created. It was first played in September 1994, shortly after the August 1994 end of Greg Norman's first 7 periods and 209 weeks at Number 1.
Order – indicates the sequence in which the zone first had a number 1 player.
Majors – number of major championships the zone's world-ranked number 1 players have won throughout their golfing careers.
Players – number of players from that zone who have been world-ranked number 1.
Top player – the player from that zone who has spent most weeks as the world-ranked number 1 player.
First player – the player from that zone who was first to be world-ranked number 1 player.
Latest player – the player from that zone who was most recently world-ranked number 1 player.