Quick Answer: A PGA Tour winners list actually covers three different things. The FedEx Cup champion is the season points race winner, started in 2007. The Player of the Year is picked by a vote of the players themselves. The wins leader is whoever won the most tournaments that year. Tiger Woods tops every measure through the 2000s, and Scottie Scheffler owns most of them since 2022.
That’s not you doing something wrong. The Tour genuinely hands out three separate year-end titles, and they don’t always go to the same guy.
We pulled all three lists together here, year by year, back to 2000. You’ll also get the actual wins leaderboard since 2000, which is usually the number people want when they type this search, plus a quick note on why the PGA Championship keeps showing up in these results even though it has nothing to do with the PGA Tour.
The Three “PGA Tour Winner” Lists, Explained
Before the tables, it helps to know what you’re actually looking at. These three titles get lumped together constantly, and they measure genuinely different things.
- Season wins leader. Whoever won the most individual PGA Tour events in a calendar year. Simple, but it ignores everything else that happened that season.
- FedEx Cup champion. Whoever wins the season-long points race. The Tour has crowned a champion at the Tour Championship every year since 2007, and a hot two weeks in August can outweigh a good six months.
- PGA Tour Player of the Year. The players vote on this one themselves. It tends to reward the best overall season, majors included, not just Tour Championship week.
None of these is “more official” than the others. They’re just different questions.
The same goes for the majors. The U.S. Open at a course like Shinnecock Hills runs through the USGA, not the PGA Tour. Major wins don’t factor into any of the three lists below the way you might expect.
PGA Tour Winners by Year: Season Wins Leaders (2000-2025)
This is the list most people actually mean when they type “PGA Tour winners list.” Who won the most tournaments each year.
| Year | Wins Leader | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | 9 |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods | 5 |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | 5 |
| 2003 | Tiger Woods | 5 |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | 9 |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | 6 |
| 2006 | Tiger Woods | 8 |
| 2007 | Tiger Woods | 7 |
| 2008 | Tiger Woods | 4 |
| 2009 | Tiger Woods | 6 |
| 2010 | Jim Furyk | 3 |
| 2011 | Seven players tied (Bradley, Donald, Simpson, Stricker, Watney, B. Watson, Wilson) | 2 each |
| 2012 | Rory McIlroy | 4 |
| 2013 | Tiger Woods | 4 |
| 2014 | Jimmy Walker | 3 |
| 2015 | Jason Day and Jordan Spieth (tied) | 5 each |
| 2016 | Jason Day and Dustin Johnson (tied) | 3 each |
| 2017 | Justin Thomas | 5 |
| 2018 | DeChambeau, D. Johnson, Thomas, B. Watson (tied) | 3 each |
| 2019 | Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy (tied) | 3 each |
| 2020 | Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas (tied) | 3 each |
| 2021 | Patrick Cantlay | 4 |
| 2022 | Scottie Scheffler | 4 |
| 2023 | Jon Rahm | 4 |
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | 7 |
| 2025 | Scottie Scheffler | 6 |
| 2026 | Regular season just wrapped, playoffs begin mid-August | TBD |
Tiger Woods owned this category for a decade. He led outright or shared the lead in nine of the ten years between 2000 and 2009, and nobody has matched his nine-win 2000 season since.
After that, the list gets a lot more democratic. Look at 2011: seven different players tied at two wins apiece. Nobody separated themselves. That’s the FedEx Cup era in a nutshell, deep fields and no single dominant player, at least until Scheffler showed up.
Scottie Scheffler’s 2024 season, seven wins, is the best single year since Tiger’s prime. If you already knew that and just wanted the number, there it is.
FedEx Cup Champions by Year (2007-Present)
| Year | FedEx Cup Champion | Career FedEx Cups (at the time) |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Tiger Woods | 1 |
| 2008 | Vijay Singh | 1 |
| 2009 | Tiger Woods | 2 |
| 2010 | Jim Furyk | 1 |
| 2011 | Bill Haas | 1 |
| 2012 | Brandt Snedeker | 1 |
| 2013 | Henrik Stenson | 1 |
| 2014 | Billy Horschel | 1 |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth | 1 |
| 2016 | Rory McIlroy | 1 |
| 2017 | Justin Thomas | 1 |
| 2018 | Justin Rose | 1 |
| 2019 | Rory McIlroy | 2 |
| 2020 | Dustin Johnson | 1 |
| 2021 | Patrick Cantlay | 1 |
| 2022 | Rory McIlroy | 3 |
| 2023 | Viktor Hovland | 1 |
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | 1 |
| 2025 | Tommy Fleetwood | 1 |
| 2026 | Not yet decided, Tour Championship runs through August 27 | TBD |
The FedEx Cup started in 2007 as the Tour’s answer to a real playoff system. Tiger won the first one just by finishing the Tour Championship under the original points format, which tells you how lopsided the early scoring was.
The Tour has rebuilt the format twice since, most recently in 2019, to stop a single hot week from erasing five months of good golf. It still isn’t perfect. Rory McIlroy is the only three-time winner, and Tiger Woods is the only other multi-time champion, at two.
Entering the 2026 playoffs, Scottie Scheffler holds the regular-season points lead, with Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, and Chris Gotterup rounding out the top five heading into the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The Tour Championship at East Lake decides everything, and it doesn’t wrap up until August 27.
Honest opinion: golf fans criticize the FedEx Cup every year for being confusing, and they’re not wrong. But it’s still the only thing on the Tour calendar that makes the last month of the season matter to anyone outside the top 30 in the world.
PGA Tour Player of the Year by Year (2000-2025)
| Year | PGA Tour Player of the Year |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Tiger Woods |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods |
| 2003 | Tiger Woods |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods |
| 2006 | Tiger Woods |
| 2007 | Tiger Woods |
| 2008 | Padraig Harrington |
| 2009 | Tiger Woods |
| 2010 | Jim Furyk |
| 2011 | Luke Donald |
| 2012 | Rory McIlroy |
| 2013 | Tiger Woods |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth |
| 2016 | Dustin Johnson |
| 2017 | Justin Thomas |
| 2018 | Brooks Koepka |
| 2019 | Rory McIlroy |
| 2020 | Dustin Johnson |
| 2021 | Patrick Cantlay |
| 2022 | Scottie Scheffler |
| 2023 | Scottie Scheffler |
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler |
| 2025 | Scottie Scheffler |
| 2026 | Not yet announced |
A quirk almost nobody outside hardcore golf fans knows: from 2019 through 2021, the PGA Tour and the PGA of America gave out different Player of the Year awards in the same season. Rory McIlroy won the Tour’s peer-voted award in 2019 while Brooks Koepka took the PGA of America’s version. Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas split 2020, and Patrick Cantlay beat out Jon Rahm for the Tour’s award in 2021 despite Rahm winning the PGA of America’s version.
The PGA of America discontinued its award after 2022, so the Tour’s peer vote is now the only one that exists. Most “Player of the Year” lists online skip this entirely, and it explains a fair amount of confusion in old headlines.
Scottie Scheffler has now won the Tour’s Player of the Year award four years running, 2022 through 2025. That’s the second-most in the award’s history behind only Tiger Woods’s eleven, ahead of Rory McIlroy’s three, and well clear of Fred Couples, Nick Price, and Dustin Johnson, who each won it twice.
Tiger’s longest streak was also four years, 2000 through 2003. Scheffler has already matched it. Win it again in 2026 and he breaks it.
Most PGA Tour Wins Since 2000 (Career Leaderboard)
| Rank | Player | PGA Tour Wins Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 32 |
| 3 | Rory McIlroy | 30 |
| 4 | Scottie Scheffler | 20+ |
Numbers like this move constantly during the season, so treat this as a snapshot rather than gospel. Tiger Woods still leads everyone with 67 wins since the turn of the millennium, more than double Phil Mickelson’s total in second.
Rory McIlroy sat at 28 wins entering the 2026 Masters. That win pushed him to 30 for his career, and since his entire career started in 2007, that’s also his full “since 2000” total. Scottie Scheffler is the only active player realistically pacing to threaten this list within the next decade, assuming health cooperates, which is never guaranteed in this sport.
Wait, Are You Looking for PGA Championship Winners Instead?
This trips up a lot of searchers, and honestly, Google’s own results show it. The PGA of America runs the PGA Championship, and it’s a major championship entirely separate from the Tour. It is not the same competition as any list on this page. Aaron Rai won the 2026 PGA Championship.
If that’s what you actually wanted, the PGA of America keeps a separate all-time winners list going back to 1916, and it has nothing to do with FedEx Cup points or Tour Player of the Year voting. Our guide to TPC Harding Park, which hosted the 2020 PGA Championship, digs into one of the more recent venues if you want that angle instead.
The confusion is understandable. “PGA Championship” and “PGA Tour” share three words and a governing body’s initials, and they haven’t shared much else since the Tour split off from the PGA of America back in 1968.
How These Lists Actually Diverge (and Why It Happens)
Look at 2025. Tommy Fleetwood won the FedEx Cup. Scottie Scheffler won Player of the Year. Same season, two different answers to “who won the PGA Tour that year,” and both are correct.
That gap exists because the FedEx Cup rewards whoever plays best down the stretch of the playoffs, while Player of the Year is a vote that weighs the whole season, majors included. A player can have the better overall season by any reasonable measure and still lose the FedEx Cup itself to someone who gets hot for one week at East Lake. That’s exactly what happened between Scheffler and Fleetwood in 2025.
If you only remember one thing from this section: don’t assume the FedEx Cup champion automatically had the better season. Check both lists before you settle an argument with a buddy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who has the most PGA Tour wins since 2000?
Tiger Woods, with 67 official wins since January 2000, more than double anyone else active or retired in that span.
Who won the FedEx Cup in 2026?
Nobody yet. The 2026 FedEx Cup Playoffs run through the Tour Championship on August 27, 2026. Scottie Scheffler enters the playoffs with the regular-season points lead.
What’s the difference between the FedEx Cup and PGA Tour Player of the Year?
The FedEx Cup is decided purely by points earned across the season and playoffs. Player of the Year is a vote by the players themselves, and it can go to someone who didn’t win the FedEx Cup at all, exactly what happened with Scheffler in 2025.
How many times has Scottie Scheffler won PGA Tour Player of the Year?
Four, in a row, from 2022 through 2025.
Is the PGA Championship the same competition as the PGA Tour?
No. The PGA of America runs the PGA Championship as one of the four majors. The PGA Tour is a separate organization that runs the regular season, the FedEx Cup, and the Player of the Year award.
Who has won the FedEx Cup the most times?
Rory McIlroy, with three titles, 2016, 2019, and 2022. Tiger Woods is the only other multi-time winner, with two, 2007 and 2009.
The Bottom Line
There’s no single “PGA Tour winner” for any given year. There are three, and they measure genuinely different things. Tiger Woods dominates the early 2000s across every version of the list, and Scottie Scheffler has taken over most of them since 2022, though not always the same one in the same year.
If you’re trying to settle an argument about who had the better season, pull up both the FedEx Cup table and the Player of the Year table before you declare a winner. For more on the sport’s current dominant player, check out our profile on Scottie Scheffler’s career, or brush up on how the handicap system works if you’re new to following the Tour.