List of world number one in women's golf

Lorena Ochoa is the most successful player with 158 weeks at the top of the golf world rankings

Yani Tseng is in second place in the all-time best of the golf world rankings

The list of world number one in women's golf includes all the leaders in the Women's World Golf Rankings since its inception on February 21, 2006.

The site first lists all leaders in the ranking in chronological order. In further tables, the world number one at the end of the year and the individual players who occupied the number 1 position are shown, sorted according to their number of weeks at the top of the ranking list.

A total of 13 players have topped the golf world rankings since the rating was introduced. The first world leader was the Swede Annika Sörenstam , the current leader is the South Korean Ko Jin-young . Mexican Lorena Ochoa holds the records for most seasons that ended in number 1 (3) and most weeks at the top of the world rankings, both absolute and consecutive (158 each).

World number one in the course of the year

Player : Indicates the name of the player. The number in brackets after the player name indicates how many athletes at the top of the world rankings the player was.
From : Indicates the day on which the player reached the No. 1 position.
to : Indicates the day on which the player was last leader of the world rankings within the respective series. Number of weeks: Indicates the number of weeks that the player
topped the world rankings within the respective series.

Player	from	to	Week number
Annika Sörenstam (1)	February 21, 2006	April 22, 2007	060
Lorena Ochoa (2)	April 23, 2007	May 2, 2010	158
Shin Ji-yai (3)	May 3, 2010	June 20, 2010	007th
Ai Miyazato (4)	June 21, 2010	June 27, 2010	001
Cristie Kerr (5)	June 28, 2010	July 18, 2010	003
Ai Miyazato	July 19, 2010	July 25, 2010	001
Shin Ji-yai	July 26, 2010	August 15, 2010	003
Cristie Kerr	August 16, 2010	August 22, 2010	001
Ai Miyazato	August 23, 2010	October 24, 2010	009
Cristie Kerr	October 25, 2010	October 31, 2010	001
Shin Ji-yai	November 1, 2010	February 13, 2011	015th
Yani Tseng (6)	February 14, 2011	17th March 2013	109
Stacy Lewis (7)	March 18, 2013	April 14, 2013	004th
Park In-bee (8)	April 15, 2013	June 1, 2014	059
Stacy Lewis	2nd June 2014	October 26, 2014	021st
Park in-bee	October 27, 2014	February 1, 2015	014th
Lydia Ko (9)	February 2, 2015	June 14, 2015	019th
Park in-bee	June 15, 2015	October 25, 2015	019th
Lydia Ko	October 26, 2015	June 11, 2017	085
Ariya Jutani Yarn (10)	June 12, 2017	June 25, 2017	002
Ryu So-yeon (11)	June 26, 2017	5th November 2017	019th
Sung-hyun Park (12)	November 6, 2017	November 12, 2017	001
Feng Shanshan (13)	November 13, 2017	April 22, 2018	023
Park in-bee	April 23, 2018	29th July 2018	014th
Ariya Jutanu yarn	July 30, 2018	19th August 2018	003
Sung-hyun Park	20th August 2018	October 28, 2018	010
Ariya Jutanu yarn	October 29, 2018	3rd March 2019	018th
Sung-hyun Park	4th March 2019	April 7, 2019	005
Ko Jin-young (14)	April 8, 2019	June 30, 2019	012
Sung-hyun Park	1st July 2019	28th July 2019	004th
Ko Jin-young	29th July 2019	current	049

As of August 24, 2020

World number one at the end of the year

Note: The number in brackets after the player's name indicates how many times the player was able to finish a season at the top of the world rankings at any given time.

year	Player
2006	Annika Sörenstam
2007	Lorena Ochoa
2008	Lorena Ochoa (2)
2009	Lorena Ochoa (3)
2010	Shin Ji-yai
2011	Yani Tseng
2012	Yani Tseng (2)
2013	Park in-bee
2014	Park In-bee (2)
2015	Lydia Ko
2016	Lydia Ko (2)
2017	Feng Shanshan
2018	Ariya Jutanu yarn
2019	Ko Jin-young

Players at the top of the world rankings after weeks

Player : Indicates the name of the player. The current leader is highlighted in bold.
First time on : Indicates the date on which the player first rose to the top of the world rankings.
Weeks : Indicates the total number of weeks that the player was at the top of the world rankings. The position in the table is also based on this value.
Streak : Indicates the number of consecutive weeks the player has been at the top of the world rankings during her longest streak.

	Player	first on	Weeks	series
1.	Lorena Ochoa	April 23, 2007	158	158
2.	Yani Tseng	February 14, 2011	109	109
3.	Park in-bee	April 15, 2013	106	059
4th	Lydia Ko	February 2, 2015	104	085
5.	Ko Jin-young	April 8, 2019	061	049
6th	Annika Sörenstam	February 21, 2006	060	060
7th	Stacy Lewis	March 18, 2013	025th	021st
7th	Shin Ji-yai	May 3, 2010	025th	015th
9.	Feng Shanshan	November 13, 2017	023	023
9.	Ariya Jutanu yarn	June 12, 2017	023	018th
11.	Sung-hyun Park	November 6, 2017	020th	010
12.	Ryu So-yeon	June 26, 2017	019th	019th
13.	Ai Miyazato	June 21, 2010	011	009
14th	Cristie Kerr	June 28, 2010	005	003

As of August 24, 2020

Web links

• Official site of the Women's World Golf Rankings (Engl.)