Race to Dubai – Past Winners

Winners of the Harry Vardon Trophy awarded to Race to Dubai and previously Order of Merit winners.

Simon Bale|November 16, 2025

Keywords: European Tour, golf records, Harry Vardon Trophy, History, money list, Order of Merit, Race to Dubai, trivia

Rory McIlroy became only the second player to win the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and the DP World Tour's Harry Vardon Trophy in the same year, following Henrik Stenson in 2013.

Since 1971, the Money List has had several names – The Order of Merit, Official Money List and most recently The Race To Dubai. The winner of The Order of Merit receives the Harry Vardon Trophy.

Colin Montgomerie leads the all-time Order of Merit winners with eight victories, seven of them consecutive.

Year	Winner
	Race to Dubai	Points
2025	Rory McIlroy (7)	5,975
2024	Rory McIlroy (6)	6,998
2023	Rory McIlroy (5)	5,296
	DP World Tour Rankings
2022	Rory McIlroy (4)	4,754
	Race to Dubai
2021	Collin Morikawa	5,856
2020	Lee Westwood (3)	3,128
2019	Jon Rahm	5,898
2018	Francesco Molinari	6,041,521
2017	Tommy Fleetwood	5,386,955
2016	Henrik Stenson (2)	5,289,506
2015	Rory McIlroy (3)	4,727,253
2014	Rory McIlroy (2)	7,149,503
2013	Henrik Stenson	4,103,796
		Prize money (€)
2012	Rory McIlroy	5,519,118
2011	Luke Donald	5,323,400
2010	Martin Kaymer	4,461,011
2009	Lee Westwood (2)	4,237,762
	Order of Merit
2008	Robert Karlsson	2,732,748
2007	Justin Rose	2,944,945
2006	Pádraig Harrington	2,489,337
2005	Colin Montgomerie (8)	2,794,223
2004	Ernie Els (2)	4,061,905
2003	Ernie Els	2,975,374
2002	Retief Goosen (2)	2,360,128
	Volvo Order of Merit
2001	Retief Goosen	2,862,806
2000	Lee Westwood	3,125,147
1999	Colin Montgomerie (7)	1,822,880
		Prize money (£)
1998	Colin Montgomerie (6)	993,077
1997	Colin Montgomerie (5)	798,948
1996	Colin Montgomerie (4)	875,146
1995	Colin Montgomerie (3)	835,051
1994	Colin Montgomerie (2)	762,720
1993	Colin Montgomerie	613,683
1992	Nick Faldo (2)	708,522
1991	Seve Ballesteros (6)	545,354
1990	Ian Woosnam (2)	574,166
1989	Ronan Rafferty	400,311
1988	Seve Ballesteros (5)	451,560
	Epson Order of Merit
1987	Ian Woosnam	253,717
1986	Seve Ballesteros (4)	242,209
1985	Sandy Lyle (3)	162,553
	Sperry Order of Merit
1984	Bernhard Langer (2)	139,344
	Official money list
1983	Nick Faldo	119,416
1982	Greg Norman	66,406
1981	Bernhard Langer	81,036
1980	Sandy Lyle (2)	43,346
	Order of Merit	Points
1979	Sandy Lyle	39,808
1978	Seve Ballesteros (3)	47,178
1977	Seve Ballesteros (2)	28,699
1976	Seve Ballesteros	21,495
1975	Dale Hayes	17,488
1974	Peter Oosterhuis (4)	2,965
1973	Peter Oosterhuis (3)	3,440
1972	Peter Oosterhuis (2)	1,751
1971	Peter Oosterhuis	1,293
1970	Neil Coles (2)	779
1969	Bernard Gallacher	910
1968	Brian Huggett	919
1967	Malcolm Gregson
1966	Peter Alliss (2)	893
1965	Bernard Hunt (3)	969
1964	Peter Alliss	1,940
1963	Neil Coles	674
1962	Christy O’Connor Snr (2)
1961	Christy O’Connor Snr
1960	Bernard Hunt (2)
1959	Dai Rees (2)
1958	Bernard Hunt
1957	Eric Brown
1956	Harry Weetman (2)
1955	Dai Rees
1954	Bobby Locke (3)
1953	Flory Van Donck
1952	Harry Weetman
1951	John Panton
1950	Bobby Locke (2)
1949	Charlie Ward (2)
1948	Charlie Ward
1947	Norman Von Nida
1946	Bobby Locke
1940–1945	N/A
1939	Reg Whitcombe
1938	Henry Cotton
1937	Charles Whitcombe

Related: DP World Tour Rankings

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