The following is a list of the 12 golfers who have risen to the top of the
Official World Golf Rankings. As of August 26, 2007, Tiger Woods is the No. 1 ranked golfer, and has spent the most consecutive weeks (264) and most total weeks (459) in that position. Three golfers have spent an entire calendar year atop the rankings: Nick Faldo (1993), Greg Norman (1996), and Tiger Woods (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006).
| Country | Name | Start Date | End Date | Number of Weeks |
|---|
| | Bernhard Langer | April 6, 1986 | April 26, 1986 | 3 |
| | Seve Ballesteros (1) | April 27, 1986 | September 13, 1986 | 20 |
| | Greg Norman (1) | September 14, 1986 | November 21, 1987 | 61 |
| | Seve Ballesteros (2) | November 22, 1987 | November 28, 1987 | 1 |
| | Greg Norman (3) | November 29, 1987 | October 29, 1988 | 49 |
| | Seve Ballesteros (3) | October 30, 1988 | November 5, 1988 | 1 |
| | Greg Norman (4) | November 6, 1988 | November 12, 1988 | 1 |
| | Seve Ballesteros (4) | November 13, 1988 | March 25, 1989 | 19 |
| | Greg Norman (5) | March 26, 1989 | April 1, 1989 | 1 |
| | Seve Ballesteros (5) | April 2, 1989 | August 19, 1989 | 20 |
| | Greg Norman (6) | August 20, 1989 | September 1, 1990 | 54 |
| | Nick Faldo (1) | September 2, 1990 | October 13, 1990 | 7 |
| | Greg Norman (7) | October 14, 1990 | February 2, 1991 | 16 |
| | Nick Faldo (2) | February 3, 1991 | April 6, 1991 | 9 |
| | Ian Woosnam | April 7, 1991 | March 21, 1992 | 50 |
| | Fred Couples (1) | March 22, 1992 | March 28, 1992 | 1 |
| | Nick Faldo (3) | March 29, 1992 | April 4, 1992 | 1 |
| | Fred Couples (2) | April 5, 1992 | July 18, 1992 | 15 |
| | Nick Faldo (4) | July 19, 1992 | February 5, 1994 | 81 |
| | Greg Norman (8) | February 6, 1994 | August 13, 1994 | 27 |
| | Nick Price | August 14, 1994 | June 17, 1995 | 44 |
| | Greg Norman (9) | June 18, 1995 | April 19, 1997 | 96 |
| | Tom Lehman | April 20, 1997 | April 26, 1997 | 1 |
| | Greg Norman (10) | April 27, 1997 | June 14, 1997 | 7 |
| | Tiger Woods (1) | June 15, 1997 | June 21, 1997 | 1 |
| | Ernie Els (1) | June 22, 1997 | June 28, 1997 | 1 |
| | Greg Norman (11) | June 29, 1997 | July 5, 1997 | 1 |
| | Tiger Woods (2) | July 6, 1997 | September 6, 1997 | 9 |
| | Greg Norman (12) | September 7, 1997 | January 10, 1998 | 18 |
| | Tiger Woods (3) | January 11, 1998 | April 11, 1998 | 13 |
| | Ernie Els (2) | April 12, 1998 | May 9, 1998 | 4 |
| | Tiger Woods (4) | May 10, 1998 | May 16, 1998 | 1 |
| | Ernie Els (3) | May 17, 1998 | June 13, 1998 | 4 |
| | Tiger Woods (5) | June 14, 1998 | March 27, 1999 | 41 |
| | David Duval (1) | March 28, 1999 | July 3, 1999 | 14 |
| | Tiger Woods (6) | July 4, 1999 | August 7, 1999 | 5 |
| | David Duval (2) | August 8, 1999 | August 14, 1999 | 1 |
| | Tiger Woods (7) | August 15, 1999 | September 4, 2004 | 264 |
| | Vijay Singh (1) | September 5, 2004 | March 5, 2005 | 26 |
| | Tiger Woods (8) | March 6, 2005 | March 19, 2005 | 2 |
| | Vijay Singh (2) | March 20, 2005 | April 9, 2005 | 3 |
| | Tiger Woods (9) | April 10, 2005 | May 21, 2005 | 6 |
| | Vijay Singh (3) | May 22, 2005 | June 11, 2005 | 3 |
| | Tiger Woods (10) | June 12, 2005 | Present | 117 |
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