Who has won The Players Championship? Full list of golf's greatest champions

Who has won The Players Championship? See the full list of All-time winners by year Since 1974

It's a roll call of golf's greatest players since the mid-1970s, an era now spanning 52 years.

Winning The Players Championship means conquering golf's deepest field every year, for the largest financial stakes at a Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass that is not only difficult but which doesn't lend itself to any one style of play. Bombers have to leave the driver in the bag on many holes. Short hitters need to be accurate.

Everyone has to overcome adversity at some point during the week.

There have been 42 unique winners of the PGA Tour's flagship event. When Rory McIlroy beat J.J. Spaun in a three-hole playoff on St. Patrick's Day in 2025, he became the eighth player to win multiple Players Championships.

Who's next? Here's the list of players that winner in 2026 will join:

The Players Championship Past Champions: List of every Winner 1974-2026

Second March era

2025: Rory McIlroy, Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, 276 (12-under)*

2024: Scottie Scheffler, Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, 268 (20-under)

2023: Scottie Scheffler, Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, 271 (17-under)

2022: Cameron Smith, Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, 275 (13-under)

2021: Justin Thomas, Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, 274 (14-under)

2020: Tournament canceled

2019: Rory McIlroy, Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, 272 (16-under)

May era

2018: Webb Simpson, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 270 (18-under)

2017: Si Woo Kim, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 278 (10-under)

2016: Jason Day, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 273 (15-under)

Tiger Woods is the only man to win Players Championships in March and May.

2015: Rickie Fowler, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 276 (12-under)*

2014: Martin Kaymer, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 275 (13-under)

2013: Tiger Woods, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 275 (13-under)

2012: Matt Kuchar, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 275 (13-under)

2011: K.J. Choi, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 275 (13-under)*

2010: Tim Clark, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 272 (16-under)

2009: Henrik Stenson, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 276 (12-under)

2008: Sergio Garcia, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 283 (5-under)*

2007: Phil Mickelson, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 277 (11-under)

First March era

2006: Stephen Ames, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 274 (14-under)

2005: Fred Funk, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 279 (9-under)

2004: Adam Scott, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 276 (12-under)

2003: Davis Love III, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 271 (17-under)

2002: Craig Perks, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 280 (8-under)

2001: Tiger Woods, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 274 14-under)

2000: Hal Sutton, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 278 (10-under)

1999: David Duval, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 285 (3-under)

1998: Justin Leonard, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 278 (10-under)

1997: Steve Elkington, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 272 (16-under)

1996: Fred Couples, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 270 (18-under)

1995: Lee Janzen, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 283 (5-under)

1994: Greg Norman, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 264 (24-under)

1993: Nick Price, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 270 (18-under)

1992: Davis Love III, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 273 (15-under)

1991: Steve Elkington, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 276 (12-under)

1990: Jodie Mudd, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 278 (10-under)

1989: Tom Kite, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 279 (9-under)

1988: Mark McCumber, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 273 (15-under)

1987: Sandy Lyle, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 274 (14-under)*

1986: John Mahaffey, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 275 (13-under)

1985: Calvin Peete, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 274 (14-under)

1984: Fred Couples, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 277 (11-under)

1983: Hal Sutton, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 283 (5-under)

1982: Jerry Pate, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, 280 (8-under)

Sawgrass Country Club era (March)

1981: Raymond Floyd, Sawgrass Country Club, 285 (3-under)*

1980: Lee Trevino, Sawgrass Country Club, 278 (10-under)

1979: Lanny Wadkins, Sawgrass Country Club, 283 (5-under)

1978: Jack Nicklaus, Sawgrass Country Club, 289 (1-over)

1977: Mark Hayes, Sawgrass Country Club, 289 (1-over)

Rotating course era

1976: Jack Nicklaus, Inverrary Country Club, 269 (19-under)

1975: Al Geiberger, Colonial Country Club, 270 (10-under)

1974: Jack Nicklaus, Atlanta Country Club, 272 (16-under)

* Won in playoff.   

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