List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins

This is a list of the fifty golfers who have won the most official (or later deemed as historically significant) money events on the PGA Tour.[1][2][3] It is led by Sam Snead and Tiger Woods with 82 each.

Many players won important events early in the 20th century, prior to the formation of the tour, with records being kept by the PGA of America. At various times, the PGA Tour has reassessed the status of some tournaments. In the 1980s, the significance of all historical tournaments was reassessed by golf historians, working together with PGA Tour staff, during the course of a major statistical research project.[4] The The Open Championship was first recognized as an official tour event in 1995, and in 2002, all victories in earlier Open Championships were classified as official PGA Tour wins.

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 late-40s, 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.

Since 1975, only three players have won PGA Tour events after their 50th birthday, the age at which golfers become eligible to compete on PGA Tour Champions: 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 list is complete as of September 13, 2020.[1]

Rank	Name[lower-alpha 1]	Year of birth and death	Country	Wins	Majors[lower-alpha 2]	Winning span	Span (years)
1	Sam Snead H	1912–2002	United States	82	7	1936–1965	30
	Tiger Woods H	1975–	United States		15	1996–2019	24
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	44	5	1991–2019	29
10	Cary Middlecoff H	1921–1998	United States	39	3	1945–1961	17
	Tom Watson H	1949–	United States		8	1974–1998	25
12	Gene Sarazen H	1902–1999	United States	38	7	1922–1941	20
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	Jimmy Demaret H	1910–1983	United States	31	3	1938–1957	20
16	Horton Smith H	1908–1963	United States	30	2	1928–1941	14
17	Harry Cooper H	1904–2000	United States[lower-alpha 3]	29	0	1923–1939	17
	Gene Littler H	1930–2019	United States		1	1954–1977	24
	Lee Trevino H	1939–	United States		6	1968–1984	17
20	Leo Diegel H	1899–1951	United States	28	2	1920–1934	15
	Paul Runyan H	1908–2002	United States		2	1930–1941	12
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		2	1971–1994	24
	Macdonald Smith	1892–1949	Scotland  United States		0	1912–1936	25
26	Dustin Johnson	1984–	United States	24	2	2008–2020	13
	Gary Player H	1935–	South Africa		9	1958–1978	21
28	Jim Barnes H	1886–1966	England  United States[lower-alpha 4]	22	4	1914–1937	24
	Johnny Farrell	1901–1988	United States		1	1921–1936	16
	Raymond Floyd H	1942–	United States		4	1963–1992	30
31	Davis Love III H	1964–	United States	21	1	1987–2015	29
	Willie Macfarlane	1890–1961	Scotland  United States		1	1916–1936	21
	Lanny Wadkins H	1949–	United States		1	1972–1992	21
	Craig Wood H	1901–1968	United States		2	1928–1944	17
35	Hale Irwin H	1945–	United States	20	3	1971–1994	24
	Greg Norman H	1955–	Australia		2	1984–1997	14
	Johnny Revolta	1911–1991	United States		1	1933–1944	12
	Doug Sanders	1933–2020	United States		0	1956–1972	17
39	Ben Crenshaw H	1952–	United States	19	2	1973–1995	23
	Ernie Els H	1969–	South Africa		4	1994–2012	19
	Doug Ford H	1922–2018	United States		2	1952–1963	12
	Hubert Green H	1946–2018	United States		2	1971–1985	15
	Tom Kite H	1949–	United States		1	1976–1993	18
	Bill Mehlhorn	1898–1989	United States		0	1923–1930	8
45	Julius Boros H	1920–1994	United States	18	3	1952–1968	17
	Jim Ferrier	1915–1986	Australia  United States		1	1944–1961	18
	Dutch Harrison	1910–1982	United States		0	1939–1958	20
	Rory McIlroy	1989–	Northern Ireland		4	2010–2019	10
	Nick Price H	1957–	Zimbabwe		3	1983–2002	20
50	Bobby Cruickshank	1894–1975	Scotland  United States	17	0	1921–1936	16
	Jim Furyk	1970–	United States		1	1995–2015	21
	Harold "Jug" McSpaden	1908–1996	United States		0	1933–1945	13
	Curtis Strange H	1955–	United States		2	1979–1989	11