PGA Tour Player of the Year & PGA Player of the Year

From 1948 to the present day.

The PGA Player of the Year award was created in 1948 and is awarded by the PGA of America. From 1982 the winner was selected using a points system based on wins, money list position and scoring average. It has not been awarded since 2022.

Introduced in 1990, the PGA Tour Player of the Year award, aka the Jack Nicklaus Trophy, is awarded by the PGA Tour. The winner is selected by tour players by ballot, and details of the results are not released.

 

Year PGA Player of the Year PGA Tour Player of the Year
Jack Nicklaus Trophy
2024 Scottie Scheffler (3)
2023 Scottie Scheffler
2022 Cameron Smith Scottie Scheffler (2)
2021 Jon Rahm Patrick Cantlay
2020 Justin Thomas (2) Dustin Johnson (2)
2019 Brooks Koepka (2) Rory McIlroy (3)
2018 Brooks Koepka Brooks Koepka
2017 Justin Thomas Justin Thomas
2016 Dustin Johnson Dustin Johnson
2015 Jordan Spieth[68] Jordan Spieth
2014 Rory McIlroy (2) Rory McIlroy (2)
2013 Tiger Woods (11) Tiger Woods (11)
2012 Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy
2011 Luke Donald Luke Donald
2010 Jim Furyk Jim Furyk
2009 Tiger Woods (10) Tiger Woods (10)
2008 Pádraig Harrington Pádraig Harrington
2007 Tiger Woods (9) Tiger Woods (9)
2006 Tiger Woods (8) Tiger Woods (8)
2005 Tiger Woods (7) Tiger Woods (7)
2004 Vijay Singh Vijay Singh
2003 Tiger Woods (6) Tiger Woods (6)
2002 Tiger Woods (5) Tiger Woods (5)
2001 Tiger Woods (4) Tiger Woods (4)
2000 Tiger Woods (3) Tiger Woods (3)
1999 Tiger Woods (2) Tiger Woods (2)
1998 Mark O’Meara Mark O’Meara
1997 Tiger Woods Tiger Woods
1996 Tom Lehman Tom Lehman
1995 Greg Norman Greg Norman
1994 Nick Price (2) Nick Price (2)
1993 Nick Price Nick Price
1992 Fred Couples Fred Couples (2)
1991 Corey Pavin Fred Couples
1990 Nick Faldo Wayne Levi
Year PGA Player of the Year  
1989 Tom Kite  
1988 Curtis Strange  
1987 Paul Azinger  
1986 Bob Tway  
1985 Lanny Wadkins  
1984 Tom Watson (6)  
1983 Hal Sutton  
1982 Tom Watson (5)  
1981 Bill Rogers  
1980 Tom Watson (4)  
1979 Tom Watson (3)  
1978 Tom Watson (2)  
1977 Tom Watson  
1976 Jack Nicklaus (5)  
1975 Jack Nicklaus (4)  
1974 Johnny Miller  
1973 Jack Nicklaus (3)  
1972 Jack Nicklaus (2)  
1971 Lee Trevino  
1970 Billy Casper (2)  
1969 Orville Moody  
1968 N/A due to rift between PGA of America
and Tour pros
 
1967 Jack Nicklaus  
1966 Billy Casper  
1965 Dave Marr  
1964 Ken Venturi  
1963 Julius Boros (2)  
1962 Arnold Palmer (2)  
1961 Jerry Barber  
1960 Arnold Palmer  
1959 Art Wall, Jr.  
1958 Dow Finsterwald  
1957 Dick Mayer  
1956 Jack Burke, Jr.  
1955 Doug Ford  
1954 Ed Furgol  
1953 Ben Hogan (4)  
1952 Julius Boros  
1951 Ben Hogan (3)  
1950 Ben Hogan (2)  
1949 Sam Snead  
1948 Ben Hogan  

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Updated: May 20, 2025