The PGA Tour Player of the Year Award was first given out after the 1990 season. Named after Jack Nicklaus, the award is determine by a vote among PGA Tour players.
The 2025 season marks the 36th time the award has been handed out and of those 36, Tiger Woods claimed 11 of them. When he won it for an 11th time in 2013, he accounted for 44 percent of the winners. Today, his win percentage is still almost 31 percent.
Scottie Scheffler of the United States celebrates on the 18th green after winning The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club on July 20, 2025 in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
In 2025, Scottie Scheffler moved into to solo second on this list after winning POY honors for fourth time. Rory McIlroy is third with three. Dustin Johnson, Nick Price and Fred Couples are the only others with at least two of these awards.
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Scheffler also has four wins in a row, which is second only to Tiger’s streak from 1999 to 2003.
Here’s the full list of the PGA Tour Player of the Year winners since 1990.
2025 – Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler of the United States smiles as he warms up on the driving range on day three of the Genesis Scottish Open 2025 at The Renaissance Club on July 12, 2025 in North Berwick, Scotland.
2024 – Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler celebrates winning the 2024 Tour Championship with his wife Meredith, son Bennett, mother Diane, father Scott and sister Molly at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
2023 – Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler is awarded the trophy and winner’s check after winning the 2023 WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale.
2022 – Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler reacts at the podium while wearing the green jacket after winning the 2022 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
2021 – Patrick Cantlay
Patrick Cantlay of the United States celebrates after defeating Bryson DeChambeau of the United States on the sixth playoff hole during the final round of the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club on August 29, 2021 in Owings Mills, Maryland.
2020 – Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson celebrates with the green jacket after winning the Masters at Augusta National in November of 2020.
2019 – Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy plays his shot from the first tee during the final round of the 2019 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
2018 – Brooks Koepka
Brooks Koepka celebrates after winning the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.
2017 – Justin Thomas
Justin Thomas poses with the Wanamaker Trophy during the final round of the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.
2016 – Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson hoists the trophy after winning the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club.
2015 – Jordan Spieth
Jordan Spieth dons the green jacket after winning the 2015 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
2014 – Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy holds the Claret Jug as his poses for a photograph after winning the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake.
2013 – Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods at the 2013 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.
2012 – Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy celebrates with the trophy after winning the 94th PGA Championship on August 12, 2012 on Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
2011 – Luke Donald
Luke Donald plays from the rough of the eighth hole during the second round of the 2011 Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club.
2010 – Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk reads the green of the 14th hole during the first round of the 110th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in 2010.
2009 – Tiger Woods
Arnold Palmer puts on the winner’s jacket on Tiger Woods after he won the 2009 Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando.
2008 – Padraig Harrington2007 – Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods holds the FedEx Cup trophy after winning the 2007 Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
2006 – Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods celebrates with a cake after winning the 2006 Buick Open at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan, his 50th PGA Tour victory.
2005 – Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson puts the green jacket on Tiger Woods during the green jacket ceremony of the 2005 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club Sunday April 10, 2005
2004 – Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh holds the Wanamaker trophy on the 18th green after winning the 86th PGA Championship in Haven, Wisconsin, at Whistling Straits.
2003 – Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods at the 2003 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California
2002 – Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods is presented with his green jacket by Augusta National Golf Club chairman Hootie Johnson after Tiger won the 2002 Masters Tournament.
2001 – Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods holds his trophy after winning the 2001 World Golf Championships NEC Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.
2000 – Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods celebrates his putt on the 18th hole during the 2000 Mercedes Championships at the Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.
1999 – Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods celebrates as he makes the winning putt at the 1999 PGA Championship at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois.
1998 – Mark O’Meara
Mark O’Meara gets the Green Jacket from Tiger Woods for winning the 1998 Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club.
1997 – Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods of the United States celebrates after sinking a 4 feet putt to win the US Masters Golf Tournament with a record low score of 18 under par 13 April 1997 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, United States.
1996 – Tom Lehman
Tom Lehman and his caddie Andy Martinez celebrate after winning the 125th Open Championship at the Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf Club in Lytham St. Annes, United Kingdom in 1996.
1995 – Greg Norman
Greg Norman poses with a trophy after winning the 1995 NEC World Series in Akron, Ohio.
1994 – Nick Price
Nick Price kisses the Wanamaker trophy after winning the 1994 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1993 – Nick Price
Nick Price keeps his eye on his shot during the 1993 Franklin Funds Shark Shootout at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California.
1992 – Fred Couples
Fred Couples celebraters after winning the 1992 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.
1991 – Fred Couples
Fred Couples watches his shot during the 1991 Shark Shootout at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California.
1990 – Wayne Levi
Wayne Levi watches the ball fly during the 1990 RMCC Invitational at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: PGA Tour Player of the Year Award winners through the years