Most Career Wins on the PGA Tour

These Golfers Piled Up the Most Victories on the US Men's Golf Tour

Arnold Palmer (right) helps Jack Nicklaus slip on the Green Jacket after the 1965 Masters
Jack Nicklaus (left) and Arnold Palmer combined to win 135 PGA Tour titles. Bettmann/Getty Images
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Updated on 02/17/20

The all-time leaders in victories on the PGA Tour and Sam Snead and Tiger Woods — they are currently tied, but Woods is likely to pull ahead soon. Woods is one of two active golfers (along with Phil Mickelson) inside the Top 10 in career PGA Tour wins. The Top 5 are:

Those are also the only golfers in PGA Tour history to achieve 60 or more wins. There are seven golfers with 50+ wins, nine with 40 or more victories, 16 with at least 30 wins. Thirty-seven golfers have won 20 or more PGA Tour titles in their careers.

Most PGA Tour Wins: All Golfers with 14 or More Victories

The number in parentheses next to each golfer's win total is the number of major championships won. An asterisk (*) next to a golfer's name indicates that golfer is still active on the PGA Tour.

Golfer Wins First Last
Sam Snead 82 (7) 1936 West Virginia Closed Pro 1965 Greater Greensboro Open
Tiger Woods* 82 (15) 1996 Las Vegas Invitational 2019 Zozo Championship
Jack Nicklaus 73 (18) 1962 U.S. Open 1986 Masters
Ben Hogan 64 (9) 1938 Hershey Four-Ball 1959 Colonial National Invitation
Arnold Palmer 62 (7) 1955 Canadian Open 1973 Bob Hope Desert Classic
Byron Nelson 52 (5) 1935 New Jersey State Open 1951 Bing Crosby Pro-Am
Billy Casper 51 (3) 1956 Labatt Open 1975 First NBC New Orleans Open
Walter Hagen 45 (11) 1914 U.S. Open 1936 Inverness Four-Ball
Phil Mickelson* 44 (5) 1991 Northern Telecom Open 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Cary Middlecoff 39 (3) 1945 North & South Open 1961 Memphis Open Invitational
Tom Watson 39 (8) 1974 Western Open 1998 MasterCard Colonial
Gene Sarazen 38 (7) 1922 Southern Spring Open 1941 Miami International Four-Ball
Lloyd Mangrum 36 (1) 1940 Thomasville Open 1956 Los Angeles Open
Vijay Singh* 34 (3) 1993 Buick Classic 2008 Deutsche Bank Championship
Jimmy Demaret 31 (3) 1938 San Francisco Match Play 1957 Arlington Hotel Open
Horton Smith 30 (2) 1928 Oklahoma City Open 1941 St. Paul Open
Harry Cooper 29 (0) 1923 Galveston Open Championship 1939 Goodall Palm Beach Round Robin
Gene Littler 29 (1) 1954 San Diego Open 1977 Houston Open
Lee Trevino 29 (6) 1968 U.S. Open 1984 PGA Championship
Leo Diegel 28 (2) 1920 Pinehurst Fall Pro-Am 1934 New England PGA
Paul Runyan 28 (2) 1930 North and South Open 1941 Goodall Round Robin
Henry Picard 26 (2) 1932 Mid-South Open 1945 Miami Open
Tommy Armour 25 (3) 1920 Pinehurst Fall Pro-Am 1938 Mid-South Open
Johnny Miller 25 (2) 1971 Southern Open Invitational 1994 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Gary Player 24 (9) 1958 Kentucky Derby Open 1978 Houston Open
Macdonald Smith 24 (0) 1924 California Open 1936 Seattle Open
Johnny Farrell 22 (1) 1921 Garden City Open 1936 New Jersey Open
Raymond Floyd 22 (4) 1963 St. Petersburg Open Invitational 1992 Doral-Ryder Open
Jim Barnes 21 (4) 1916 North and South Open 1937 Long Island Open
Davis Love III* 21 (1) 1987 MCI Heritage Golf Classic 2015 Wyndham Championship
Willie Macfarlane 21 (1) 1916 Rockland Four-Ball 1936 Walter Olson Golf Tournament
Lanny Wadkins 21 (1) 1972 Sahara Invitational 1992 Greater Hartford Open
Craig Wood 21 (2) 1928 New Jersey PGA Championship 1944 Durham Open
Hale Irwin 20 (3) 1971 Sea Pines Heritage Classic 1994 MCI Heritage Golf Classic
Dustin Johnson* 20 (1) 2008 Turning Stone Resort Championship 2019 WGC Mexico Championship
Greg Norman 20 (2) 1984 Kemper Open 1997 NEC World Series of Golf
Johnny Revolta 20 (1) 1933 Miami Open 1944 Texas Open
Doug Sanders 20 (0) 1956 Canadian Open 1972 Kemper Open
Ben Crenshaw 19 (2) 1973 San Antonio Texas Open 1995 Masters
Ernie Els* 19 (4) 1994 U.S. Open 2012 British Open
Doug Ford 19 (2) 1952 Jacksonville Open 1963 Canadian Open
Hubert Green 19 (2) 1971 Houston Champions International 1985 PGA Championship
Tom Kite 19 (1) 1976 IVB-Bicentennial Golf Classic 1993 Nissan Los Angeles Open
Bill Mehlhorn 19 (0) 1923 Texas Open 1930 La Gorce Open
Julius Boros 18 (3) 1952 U.S. Open 1968 Westchester Classic
Jim Ferrier 18 (1) 1944 Oakland Open 1961 Almaden Open Invitational
Dutch Harrison 18 (0) 1939 Bing Crosby Pro-Am 1958 Tijuana Open Invitational
Rory McIlroy* 18 (4) 2010 Quail Hollow Championship 2019 WGC HSBC Championship
Nick Price 18 (3) 1983 World Series of Golf 2002 MasterCard Colonial
Bobby Cruickshank 17 (0) 1921 St. Joseph Open 1936 Virginia Open
Jim Furyk* 17 (1) 1995 Las Vegas Invitational 2015 RBC Heritage
Jug McSpaden 17 (0) 1933 Santa Monica Amateur-Pro 1945 Miami International Four-Ball
Curtis Strange 17 (2) 1979 Pensacola Open 1989 U.S. Open
Jack Burke Jr. 16 (2) 1950 Bing Crosby Pro-Am 1962 Lucky International Open
Ralph Guldahl 16 (3) 1931 Santa Monica Open 1950 Inverness Invitational Four-Ball
Mark O'Meara 16 (2) 1984 Greater Milwaukee Open 1998 British Open
Tom Weiskopf 16 (1) 1968 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational 1982 Western Open
Tommy Bolt 15 (1) 1951 North and South Open 1961 Pensacola Open Invitational
Fred Couples 15 (1) 1983 Kemper Open 2003 Shell Houston Open
Ed Dudley 15 (0) 1928 Southern California Pro 1939 Walter Hagen 25th Anniversary
Bobby Locke 15 (4) 1947 Canadian Open 1957 British Open
Corey Pavin 15 (1) 1984 Houston Coca-Cola Open 2006 U.S. Bank Championship
Denny Shute 15 (3) 1929 Ohio Open 1939 Glens Falls Open
Mike Souchak 15 (0) 1955 Texas Open 1964 Memphis Open Invitational
Bruce Crampton 14 (0) 1961 Milwaukee Open 1975 Houston Open
Jock Hutchison 14 (2) 1918 Florida West Coast Open 1928 Florida West Coast Open
Kenny Perry 14 (0) 1991 Memorial 2009 Travelers Championship
Adam Scott 14 (1) 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship 2020 Genesis Invitational
Hal Sutton 14 (1) 1982 Walt Disney World Golf Classic 2001 Shell Houston Open
Joe Turnesa 14 (0) 1924 Augusta Open 1933 Mid-South Open
Ken Venturi 14 (1) 1957 St. Paul Open Invitational 1966 Lucky International Open
Art Wall 14 (1) 1953 Fort Wayne Open 1975 Greater Milwaukee Open

(The farther back one goes in golf history, the sketchier the record-keeping becomes. For that reason, there are some lists of all-time wins on the web that differ very slightly for some golfers, particularly those below 30 wins, from this list. For example, some sources show Cary Middlecoff with 40 wins and Leo Diegel with 30. However, the numbers in our list above are the official win totals as recognized by the PGA Tour.)

Active Golfers With At Least 10 PGA Tour Wins

Are any golfers who currently play on the PGA Tour getting close to making the list above? Here are the active PGA Tour golfers with fewer than 14 career wins but more than nine:

  • Zach Johnson, 12
  • Jason Day, 12
  • Justin Thomas, 12
  • Bubba Watson, 12
  • Jordan Spieth, 11
  • Sergio Garcia, 10
  • Justin Rose, 10