List of Ryder Cup players in Europe

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This is a list of all European golfers who have received a nomination as a team member in the history of the Ryder Cup . Nominations as "Non-Playing" Captain / Vice Captain are not counted.

Stand including Ryder Cup 2018 .

For game results, see main article: Ryder Cup

Eligible nations of Europe

Player / year table

(Status incl. 2018 )

country Surname Number 1st. latest total participations
ScotlandScotland Jimmy Adams 4th 1947 1953 1947 , 1949 , 1951 , 1953
EnglandEngland Percy Alliss 4th 1929 1937 1929 *, 1933 , 1935 , 1937
EnglandEngland Peter Alliss 8th 1953 1969 1953 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967 , 1969
ScotlandScotland Laurie Ayton 1 1949 1949 1949 *
EnglandEngland Peter Baker 1 1993 1993 1993
SpainSpain Seve Ballesteros 8th 1979 1995 1979 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995
ScotlandScotland Harry Bannerman 1 1971 1971 1971
ScotlandScotland Brian Barnes 6th 1969 1979 1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979
EnglandEngland Maurice Bembridge 4th 1969 1975 1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975
DenmarkDenmark Thomas Bjørn 3 1997 2014 1997 , 2002 , 2014
EnglandEngland Aubrey Boomer 2 1927 1929 1927 , 1929
EnglandEngland Ken Bousfield 6th 1949 1961 1949 , 1951 , 1955 *, 1957 , 1959 , 1961
IrelandIreland Hugh Boyle 1 1967 1967 1967
IrelandIreland Harry Bradshaw 3 1953 1957 1953 , 1955 , 1957
ScotlandScotland Gordon Brand 2 1987 1989 1987 , 1989
EnglandEngland Gordon J. Brand 1 1983 1983 1983
EnglandEngland Paul Broadhurst 1 1991 1991 1991
ScotlandScotland Eric Brown 4th 1953 1959 1953 , 1955 , 1957 , 1959
ScotlandScotland Ken Brown 5 1977 1987 1977 , 1979 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987
ScotlandScotland Stewart Burns 1 1929 1929 1929 *
EnglandEngland Dick Burton 3 1935 1949 1935 , 1937 , 1949
EnglandEngland Jack Busson 1 1935 1935 1935
EnglandEngland Peter Butler 4th 1965 1973 1965 , 1969 , 1971 , 1973
SpainSpain Rafael Cabrera-Bello 1 2016 2016 2016
SpainSpain José Maria Cañizares 4th 1981 1989 1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1989
EnglandEngland Paul Casey 4th 2004 2018 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2018
EnglandEngland Alex Caygill 1 1969 1969 1969
EnglandEngland Clive Clark 1 1973 1973 1973
EnglandEngland Howard Clark 6th 1977 1995 1977 , 1981 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1995
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke 5 1997 2006 1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006
EnglandEngland Neil Coles 8th 1961 1977 1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1977
ScotlandScotland Stephen Gallacher 1 2014 2014 2014
BelgiumBelgium Nicolas Colsaerts 1 2012 2012 2012
ScotlandScotland Andrew Coltart 1 1999 1999 1999
EnglandEngland Archie Compston 3 1927 1931 1927 , 1929 , 1931
EnglandEngland Henry Cotton 3 1929 1947 1929 , 1937 , 1947
EnglandEngland Bill Cox 2 1935 1937 1935 , 1937
EnglandEngland Allan Dailey 1 1933 1933 1933 *
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Fred Daly 4th 1947 1953 1947 , 1949 , 1951 , 1953
IrelandIreland Eamonn Darcy 4th 1975 1987 1975 , 1977 , 1981 , 1987
EnglandEngland William Davies 2 1931 1933 1931 , 1933
EnglandEngland Peter Dawson 1 1977 1977 1977
EnglandEngland Luke Donald 4th 2004 2012 2004 , 2006 , 2010 , 2012
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Donaldson 1 2014 2014 2014
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Norman Drew 1 1959 1959 1959
FranceFrance Victor Dubuisson 1 2014 2014 2014
ScotlandScotland George Duncan 3 1927 1931 1927 , 1929 , 1931
EnglandEngland Syd Easterbrook 2 1931 1933 1931 , 1933
EnglandEngland Nick Faldo 11 1977 1997 1977 , 1979 , 1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997
ScotlandScotland John Fallon 1 1955 1955 1955
SwedenSweden Niclas Fasth 1 2002 2002 2002
EnglandEngland Max Faulkner 5 1947 1957 1947 , 1949 , 1951 , 1953 , 1957
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland David Feherty 1 1991 1991 1991
EnglandEngland Ross Fisher 1 2010 2010 2010
EnglandEngland Matthew Fitzpatrick 1 2016 2016 2016
EnglandEngland Tommy Fleedwood 1 2018 2018 2018
SwedenSweden Pierre Fulke 1 2002 2002 2002
EnglandEngland George Gadd 1 1927 1927 1927 *
ScotlandScotland Bernard Gallacher 8th 1969 1983 1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979 , 1981 , 1983
SpainSpain Sergio García 9 1999 2018 1999 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018
EnglandEngland John Garner 2 1971 1973 1971 , 1973 *
SpainSpain Antonio Garrido 1 1979 1979 1979
SpainSpain Ignacio Garrido 1 1997 1997 1997
EnglandEngland David Gilford 2 1991 1995 1991 , 1995
EnglandEngland Eric Green 1 1947 1947 1947 *
EnglandEngland Malcolm Gregson 1 1967 1967 1967
SwedenSweden Joakim Haeggman 1 1993 1993 1993
ScotlandScotland Tom Haliburton 2 1961 1963 1961 , 1963
DenmarkDenmark Søren Hansen 1 2008 2008 2008
SwedenSweden Peter Hanson 2 2010 2012 2010 , 2012
EnglandEngland Jack Hargreaves 1 1951 1951 1951 *
IrelandIreland Pádraig Harrington 6th 1999 2010 1999 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010
EnglandEngland Tyrrell Hatton 1 2018 2018 2018
EnglandEngland Arthur Havers 3 1927 1933 1927 , 1931 , 1933
EnglandEngland Jimmy Hitchcock 1 1965 1965 1965
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Bert Hodson 1 1931 1931 1931
EnglandEngland Reg Horne 1 1947 1947 1947 *
jerseyjersey Tommy Horton 2 1975 1977 1975 , 1977
EnglandEngland David Howell 2 2004 2006 2004 , 2006
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Brian Huggett 6th 1963 1975 1963 , 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975
EnglandEngland Bernard Hunt 8th 1953 1969 1953 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967 , 1969
EnglandEngland Geoffrey Hunt 1 1963 1963 1963
EnglandEngland Guy Hunt 1 1975 1975 1975
EnglandEngland Tony Jacklin 7th 1967 1979 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979
EnglandEngland John Jacobs 1 1955 1955 1955
EnglandEngland Mark James 7th 1977 1995 1977 , 1979 , 1981 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995
EnglandEngland Edward Jarman 1 1935 1935 1935
SpainSpain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 4th 1999 2010 1999 , 2004 , 2008 , 2010
SwedenSweden Per-Ulrik Johansson 2 1995 1997 1995 , 1997
guernseyguernsey Herbert Jolly 2 1927 1931 1927 , 1931 1
SwedenSweden Robert Karlsson 2 2006 2008 2006 , 2008
GermanyGermany Martin Kaymer 4th 2010 2016 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016
EnglandEngland Michael King 1 1979 1979 1979
EnglandEngland Sam King 3 1937 1949 1937 , 1947 , 1949
EnglandEngland Arthur Lacey 2 1933 1937 1933 , 1937
EnglandEngland Barry Lane 1 1993 1993 1993
GermanyGermany Bernhard Langer 10 1981 2002 1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 2002
ScotlandScotland Paul Lawrie 2 1999 2012 1999 , 2012
EnglandEngland Arthur Lees 4th 1947 1955 1947 , 1949 , 1951 , 1955
FranceFrance Thomas Levet 1 2004 2004 2004
ScotlandScotland Sandy Lyle 5 1979 1987 1979 , 1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987
SpainSpain Miguel Ángel Martín 1 1997 1997 1997 1
IrelandIreland Jimmy Martin 1 1965 1965 1965
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Graeme McDowell 4th 2008 2014 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014
IrelandIreland Paul McGinley 3 2002 2006 2002 , 2004 , 2006
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Rory McIlroy 5 2010 2018 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018
EnglandEngland Peter Mills 2 1957 1959 1957 , 1959 *
EnglandEngland Abe Mitchell 4th 1927 1933 1927 1 , 1929 , 1931 , 1933
EnglandEngland Ralph Moffitt 1 1961 1961 1961
ItalyItaly Edoardo Molinari 1 2010 2010 2010
ItalyItaly Francesco Molinari 3 2010 2018 2010 , 2012 , 2018
ScotlandScotland Colin Montgomerie 8th 1991 2006 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006
SwedenSweden Alex Norén 1 2018 2018 2018
IrelandIreland Christy O'Connor Jr. 2 1975 1989 1975 , 1989
IrelandIreland Christy O'Connor Sr. 10 1955 1973 1955 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967 , 1969 , 1971 , 1973
IrelandIreland John O'Leary 1 1975 1975 1975
SpainSpain José María Olazábal 8th 1987 2006 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 1 , 1997 , 1999 , 2006
EnglandEngland Thorbjørn Olesen 1 2018 2018 2018
EnglandEngland Peter Oosterhuis 6th 1971 1981 1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979 , 1981
EnglandEngland Alf Padgham 3 1933 1937 1933 , 1935 , 1937
ScotlandScotland John Panton 3 1951 1961 1951 , 1953 , 1961
SwedenSweden Jesper Parnevik 3 1997 2002 1997 , 1999 , 2002
EnglandEngland Alf Perry 3 1933 1937 1933 , 1935 , 1937
BelgiumBelgium Thomas Pieters 1 2016 2016 2016
SpainSpain Manuel Piñero 2 1981 1985 1981 , 1985
EnglandEngland Lionel Platts 1 1965 1965 1965
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Eddie Polland 1 1973 1973 1973
EnglandEngland Ian Poulter 6th 2004 2018 2004 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2018
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Phillip Price 1 2002 2002 2002
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Ronan Rafferty 1 1989 1989 1989
SpainSpain Jon Rahm 1 2018 2018 2018
jerseyjersey Ted Ray 1 1927 1927 1927
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dai Rees 9 1937 1961 1937 , 1947 , 1949 , 1951 , 1953 , 1955 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961
EnglandEngland Steven Richardson 1 1991 1991 1991
SpainSpain José Rivero 2 1985 1987 1985 , 1987
EnglandEngland Fred Robson 3 1927 1931 1927 , 1929 , 1931
ItalyItaly Costantino Rocca 3 1993 1997 1993 , 1995 , 1997
EnglandEngland Justin Rose 5 2008 2018 2008 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018
SwedenSweden Jarmo Sandelin 1 1999 1999 1999
EnglandEngland Syd Scott 1 1955 1955 1955
SwedenSweden Henrik Stenson 5 2006 2018 2006 , 2008 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018
EnglandEngland Andy Sullivan 1 2016 2016 2016
IrelandIreland Des Smyth 2 1979 1981 1979 , 1981
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dave Thomas 4th 1959 1967 1959 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967
ScotlandScotland Sam Torrance 8th 1981 1995 1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995
EnglandEngland Peter Townsend 2 1969 1971 1969 , 1971
FranceFrance Jean Van de Velde 1 1999 1999 1999
EnglandEngland Brian Waites 1 1983 1983 1983
IrelandIreland Philip Walton 1 1995 1995 1995
EnglandEngland Charlie Ward 3 1947 1951 1947 , 1949 , 1951
EnglandEngland Paul Way 2 1983 1985 1983 , 1985
EnglandEngland Harry Weetman 7th 1951 1963 1951 , 1953 , 1955 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963
EnglandEngland Lee Westwood 10 1997 2016 1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016
EnglandEngland Charles Whitcombe 6th 1927 1937 1927 , 1929 , 1931 , 1933 , 1935 , 1937
EnglandEngland Ernest Whitcombe 3 1929 1935 1929 , 1931 , 1935
EnglandEngland Reg Whitcombe 1 1935 1935 1935
ScotlandScotland George Will 3 1963 1967 1963 , 1965 , 1967
EnglandEngland Danny Willett 1 2016 2016 2016
EnglandEngland Oliver Wilson 1 2008 2008 2008
EnglandEngland Chris Wood 1 2016 2016 2016
ScotlandScotland Norman Wood 1 1975 1975 1975
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ian Woosnam 8th 1983 1997 1983 , 1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997

(*) = not used in team
1 = qualified / selected Cup participation withdrawn (injury etc.)> substitute player

Games / points total

(As of 2016 )

Total S = win, N = defeat, T = shared

country player 1st
mission
last.
commitment
Ryder
Cups
Matches Points By.
nice.
Ges.
S
Ges.
N
Ges.
T
ScotlandScotland Jimmy Adams 1947 1953 4th 7th 2.0 0.286 2 5 0
EnglandEngland Percy Alliss 1929 1937 4th 6th 3.5 0.583 3 2 1
EnglandEngland Peter Alliss 1953 1969 8th 30th 12.5 0.417 10 15th 5
ScotlandScotland Laurie Ayton 1949 1949 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
EnglandEngland Peter Baker 1993 1993 1 4th 3.0 0.750 3 1 0
SpainSpain Seve Ballesteros 1979 1995 8th 37 22.5 0.608 20th 12 5
ScotlandScotland Harry Bannerman 1971 1971 1 5 2.5 0.500 2 2 1
ScotlandScotland Brian Barnes 1969 1979 6th 25th 10.5 0.420 10 14th 1
EnglandEngland Maurice Bembridge 1969 1975 4th 16 6.5 0.406 5 8th 3
DenmarkDenmark Thomas Bjørn 1997 2014 3 9 4.0 0.444 3 4th 2
EnglandEngland Aubrey Boomer 1927 1929 2 4th 2.0 0.500 2 2 0
EnglandEngland Ken Bousfield 1949 1961 6th 10 5.0 0.500 5 5 0
IrelandIreland Hugh Boyle 1967 1967 1 3 0.0 0 0 3 0
IrelandIreland Harry Bradshaw 1953 1957 3 5 2.5 0.500 2 2 1
EnglandEngland Gordon J. Brand 1983 1983 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
ScotlandScotland Gordon Brand, Jnr 1987 1989 2 7th 2.5 0.357 2 4th 1
EnglandEngland Paul Broadhurst 1991 1991 1 2 2.0 1,000 2 0 0
ScotlandScotland Eric Brown 1953 1959 4th 8th 4.0 0.500 4th 4th 0
ScotlandScotland Ken Brown 1977 1987 5 13 4.0 0.308 4th 9 0
ScotlandScotland Stewart Burns 1929 1929 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
EnglandEngland Dick Burton 1935 1949 3 5 2.0 0.400 2 3 0
EnglandEngland Jack Busson 1935 1935 1 2 0.0 0 0 2 0
EnglandEngland Peter Butler 1965 1973 4th 14th 4.0 0.286 3 9 2
SpainSpain Rafael Cabrera-Bello 2016 2016 1 3 2.5 0.833 2 1 0
SpainSpain José Maria Cañizares 1981 1989 4th 11 6.0 0.545 5 4th 2
EnglandEngland Paul Casey 2004 2008 3 9 5.0 0.556 3 2 4th
EnglandEngland Alex Caygill 1969 1969 1 1 0.5 0.500 0 0 1
EnglandEngland Clive Clark 1973 1973 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
EnglandEngland Howard Clark 1977 1995 6th 15th 7.5 0.500 7th 7th 1
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke 1997 2006 5 20th 11.5 0.575 10 7th 3
EnglandEngland Neil Coles 1961 1977 8th 40 15.5 0.388 12 21st 7th
ScotlandScotland Andrew Coltart 1999 1999 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
BelgiumBelgium Nicolas Colsaerts 2012 2012 1 4th 1.0 0.250 1 3 0
EnglandEngland Archie Compston 1927 1931 3 6th 1.5 0.250 1 4th 1
EnglandEngland Henry Cotton 1929 1947 3 6th 2.0 0.333 2 4th 0
EnglandEngland Bill Cox 1935 1937 2 3 0.5 0.167 0 2 1
EnglandEngland Allan Dailey 1933 1933 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Fred Daly 1947 1953 4th 8th 3.5 0.438 3 4th 1
IrelandIreland Eamonn Darcy 1975 1987 4th 11 2.0 0.182 1 8th 2
EnglandEngland William Davies 1931 1933 2 4th 2.0 0.500 2 2 0
EnglandEngland Peter Dawson 1977 1977 1 3 1.0 0.333 1 2 0
EnglandEngland Luke Donald 2004 2012 4th 15th 10.5 0.700 10 4th 1
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Donaldson 2014 2014 1 4th 3.0 0.875 3 1 0
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Norman Drew 1959 1959 1 1 0.5 0.500 0 0 1
FranceFrance Victor Dubuisson 2014 2014 1 3 2.5 0.833 2 0 1
ScotlandScotland George Duncan 1927 1931 3 5 2.0 0.400 2 3 0
EnglandEngland Syd Easterbrook 1931 1933 2 3 2.0 0.667 2 1 0
EnglandEngland Nick Faldo 1977 1997 11 46 25.0 0.543 23 19th 4th
ScotlandScotland John Fallon 1955 1955 1 1 1.0 1,000 1 0 0
SwedenSweden Niclas Fasth 2002 2002 1 3 0.5 0.167 0 2 1
EnglandEngland Max Faulkner 1947 1957 5 8th 1.0 0.125 1 7th 0
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland David Feherty 1991 1991 1 3 1.5 0.500 1 1 1
EnglandEngland Ross Fisher 2010 2010 1 4th 2.0 0.500 2 2 0
EnglandEngland Matthew Fitzpatrick 2016 2016 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
SwedenSweden Pierre Fulke 2002 2002 1 2 0.5 0.250 0 1 1
EnglandEngland George Gadd 1927 1927 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
ScotlandScotland Bernard Gallacher 1969 1983 8th 31 15.5 0.500 13 13 5
ScotlandScotland Stephen Gallacher 2014 2014 1 2 0 0.00 0 2 0
SpainSpain Sergio García 1999 2016 8th 37 22.5 0.608 19th 11 7th
EnglandEngland John Garner 1971 1973 2 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
SpainSpain Antonio Garrido 1979 1979 1 5 1.0 0.200 1 4th 0
SpainSpain Ignacio Garrido 1997 1997 1 4th 1.5 0.375 0 1 3
EnglandEngland David Gilford 1991 1995 2 7th 3.5 0.500 3 3 1
EnglandEngland Eric Green 1947 1947 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
EnglandEngland Malcolm Gregson 1967 1967 1 4th 0.0 0 0 4th 0
SwedenSweden Joakim Haeggman 1993 1993 1 2 1.0 0.500 1 1 0
ScotlandScotland Tom Haliburton 1961 1963 2 6th 0.0 0 0 6th 0
DenmarkDenmark Søren Hansen 2008 2008 1 3 0.5 0.167 0 2 1
SwedenSweden Peter Hanson 2010 2012 2 5 1.0 0.200 1 4th 0
EnglandEngland Jack Hargreaves 1951 1951 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
IrelandIreland Pádraig Harrington 1999 2010 6th 25th 10.5 0.420 9 13 3
EnglandEngland Arthur Havers 1927 1933 3 6th 3.0 0.500 3 3 0
EnglandEngland Jimmy Hitchcock 1965 1965 1 3 0.0 0 0 3 0
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Bert Hodson 1931 1931 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
EnglandEngland Reg Horne 1947 1947 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
jerseyjersey Tommy Horton 1975 1977 2 8th 1.5 0.188 1 6th 1
EnglandEngland David Howell 2004 2006 2 5 3.5 0.700 3 1 1
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Brian Huggett 1963 1975 6th 25th 12.0 0.480 9 10 6th
EnglandEngland Bernard Hunt 1953 1969 8th 28 9.0 0.321 6th 16 6th
EnglandEngland Geoffrey Hunt 1963 1963 1 3 0.0 0 0 3 0
EnglandEngland Guy Hunt 1975 1975 1 3 0.5 0.167 0 2 1
EnglandEngland Tony Jacklin 1967 1979 7th 35 17.0 0.486 13 14th 8th
EnglandEngland John Jacobs 1955 1955 1 2 2.0 1,000 2 0 0
EnglandEngland Mark James 1977 1995 7th 24 8.5 0.354 8th 15th 1
EnglandEngland Edward Jarman 1935 1935 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
SpainSpain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1999 2010 4th 15th 5.5 0.367 4th 8th 3
SwedenSweden Per-Ulrik Johansson 1995 1997 2 5 3.0 0.600 3 2 0
guernseyguernsey Herbert Jolly 1927 1927 1 2 0.0 0 0 2 0
SwedenSweden Robert Karlsson 2006 2008 2 7th 3.0 0.429 1 2 4th
GermanyGermany Martin Kaymer 2010 2016 4th 14th 6.5 0.464 5 6th 3
EnglandEngland Michael King 1979 1979 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
EnglandEngland Sam King 1937 1949 3 5 1.5 0.300 1 3 1
EnglandEngland Arthur Lacey 1933 1937 2 3 0.0 0 0 3 0
EnglandEngland Barry Lane 1993 1993 1 3 0.0 0 0 3 0
GermanyGermany Bernhard Langer 1981 2002 10 42 24.0 0.571 21st 15th 6th
ScotlandScotland Paul Lawrie 1999 2012 2 8th 4.5 0.563 4th 3 1
EnglandEngland Arthur Lees 1947 1955 4th 8th 4.0 0.500 4th 4th 0
FranceFrance Thomas Levet 2004 2004 1 3 1.0 0.333 1 2 0
ScotlandScotland Sandy Lyle 1979 1987 5 18th 8.0 0.444 7th 9 2
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Graeme McDowell 2008 2014 4th 15th 9.0 0.600 8th 5 2
IrelandIreland Paul McGinley 2002 2006 3 9 4.5 0.500 2 2 5
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Rory McIlroy 2010 2016 4th 19th 11.0 0.579 9 6th 4th
IrelandIreland Jimmy Martin 1965 1965 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
EnglandEngland Peter Mills 1957 1959 2 1 1.0 1,000 1 0 0
EnglandEngland Abe Mitchell 1929 1933 3 6th 4.0 0.667 4th 2 0
EnglandEngland Ralph Moffitt 1961 1961 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
ItalyItaly Edoardo Molinari 2010 2010 1 3 1.0 0.333 0 1 2
ItalyItaly Francesco Molinari 2010 2012 2 6th 1.0 0.166 0 4th 2
ScotlandScotland Colin Montgomerie 1991 2006 8th 36 23.5 0.653 20th 9 7th
IrelandIreland Christy O'Connor Sr. 1955 1973 10 36 13.0 0.361 11 21st 4th
IrelandIreland Christy O'Connor Jr. 1975 1989 2 4th 1.0 0.250 1 3 0
SpainSpain José María Olazábal 1987 2006 7th 31 20.5 0.661 18th 8th 5
IrelandIreland John O'Leary 1975 1975 1 4th 0.0 0 0 4th 0
EnglandEngland Peter Oosterhuis 1971 1981 6th 28 15.5 0.554 14th 11 3
EnglandEngland Alf Padgham 1933 1937 3 6th 0.0 0 0 6th 0
ScotlandScotland John Panton 1951 1961 3 5 0.0 0 0 5 0
SwedenSweden Jesper Parnevik 1997 2002 3 11 6.0 0.545 4th 3 4th
EnglandEngland Alf Perry 1933 1937 3 4th 0.5 0.125 0 3 1
BelgiumBelgium Thomas Pieters 2016 2016 1 5 4th 0.8 4th 1 0
SpainSpain Manuel Piñero 1981 1985 2 9 6.0 0.667 6th 3 0
EnglandEngland Lionel Platts 1965 1965 1 5 2.0 0.400 1 2 2
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Eddie Polland 1973 1973 1 2 0.0 0 0 2 0
EnglandEngland Ian Poulter 2004 2014 5 18th 13 0.722 12 4th 2
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Phillip Price 2002 2002 1 2 1.0 0.500 1 1 0
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Ronan Rafferty 1989 1989 1 3 1.0 0.333 1 2 0
jerseyjersey Ted Ray 1927 1927 1 2 0.0 0 0 2 0
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dai Rees 1937 1961 9 18th 7.5 0.417 7th 10 1
EnglandEngland Steven Richardson 1991 1991 1 4th 2.0 0.500 2 2 0
SpainSpain José Rivero 1985 1987 2 5 2.0 0.400 2 3 0
EnglandEngland Fred Robson 1927 1931 3 6th 2.0 0.333 2 4th 0
ItalyItaly Costantino Rocca 1993 1997 3 11 6.0 0.545 6th 5 0
EnglandEngland Justin Rose 2008 2016 4th 18th 12 0.666 11 5 2
SwedenSweden Jarmo Sandelin 1999 1999 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
EnglandEngland Syd Scott 1955 1955 1 2 0.0 0 0 2 0
IrelandIreland Des Smyth 1979 1981 2 7th 2.0 0.286 2 5 0
SwedenSweden Henrik Stenson 2006 2016 4th 16 8.5 0.531 7th 7th 2
EnglandEngland Andy Sullivan 2016 2016 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dave Thomas 1959 1967 4th 18th 5.5 0.306 3 10 5
ScotlandScotland Sam Torrance 1981 1995 8th 28 10.0 0.357 7th 15th 6th
EnglandEngland Peter Townsend 1969 1971 2 11 3.0 0.273 3 8th 0
FranceFrance Jean Van de Velde 1999 1999 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
EnglandEngland Brian Waites 1983 1983 1 4th 1.0 0.250 1 3 0
IrelandIreland Philip Walton 1995 1995 1 2 1.0 0.500 1 1 0
EnglandEngland Charlie Ward 1947 1951 3 6th 1.0 0.167 1 5 0
EnglandEngland Paul Way 1983 1985 2 9 6.5 0.722 6th 2 1
EnglandEngland Harry Weetman 1951 1963 7th 15th 3.0 0.200 2 11 2
EnglandEngland Lee Westwood 1997 2016 10 44 23.0 0.522 20th 18th 6th
EnglandEngland Charles Whitcombe 1927 1937 6th 9 5.0 0.556 3 2 4th
EnglandEngland Ernest Whitcombe 1929 1935 3 6th 1.5 0.250 1 4th 1
EnglandEngland Reg Whitcombe 1935 1935 1 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
ScotlandScotland George Will 1963 1967 3 15th 3.0 0.200 2 11 2
EnglandEngland Danny Willett 2016 2016 1 3 0 0 0 3 0
EnglandEngland Oliver Wilson 2008 2008 1 2 1.0 0.500 1 1 0
EnglandEngland Chris Wood 2016 2016 1 2 1 0.5 1 1 0
ScotlandScotland Norman Wood 1975 1975 1 3 1.0 0.333 1 2 0
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ian Woosnam 1983 1997 8th 31 16.5 0.532 14th 12 5

The actual participating team members are listed (also with "0" stakes)

Country table

  1. Participation = number of players participating
  2. Events = number of events attended
  3. Players = number of players used

+ Period from 1973 to 2016

country Participate Occasions player Record player
EnglandEngland England 94 23 35 Nick Faldo (11)
SpainSpain Spain 40 20th 11 Seve Ballesteros (8)
Sergio García (9)
ScotlandScotland Scotland 43 19th 11 Sam Torrance (8)
Colin Montgomerie (8)
IrelandIreland Ireland 20th 11 8th Pádraig Harrington (6)
SwedenSweden Sweden 19th 12 10 Henrik Stenson (4)
GermanyGermany Germany 14th 14th 2 Bernhard Langer (10)
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 16 13 6th Darren Clarke (5)
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales 12 12 4th Ian Woosnam (8)
ItalyItaly Italy 7th 6th 3 Costantino Rocca (3)
Francesco Molinari (3)
DenmarkDenmark Denmark 5 5 3 Thomas Bjørn (3)
FranceFrance France 3 3 3 Jean Van de Velde (1)
Thomas Levet (1)
Victor Dubuisson (1)
BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2 2 2 Nicolas Colsaerts (1)
Thomas Pieters (1)

Status: including 2018

Player Relationships

Ryder Cup events played together in brackets

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brothers

Others

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