Becoming a Major Champion is the goal of every professional golfer but, with only four opportunities a year, it is an ambitious target. Many famous - and less famous - names have one major on their record, but far fewer are the players who have more than one major title to their credit. This page lists all of them, the true elite of world golf.
Most Professional Major Championship victories
Wins
Player
18
Jack Nicklaus
6: 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972,
1975, 1986
4: 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980
3: 1966, 1970, 1978
5: 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975,
1980
14
Tiger Woods
4: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005
3: 2000, 2002, 2008
3: 2000, 2005, 2006
4: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007
11
Walter Hagen
2: 1914, 1919
4: 1922, 1924, 1928, 1929
5: 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926,
1927
9
Ben Hogan
2: 1951, 1953
4: 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953
1: 1953
2: 1946, 1948
9
Gary Player
3: 1961, 1974, 1978
1: 1965
3: 1959, 1968, 1974
2: 1962, 1972
8
Tom Watson
2: 1977, 1981
1: 1982
5: 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982,
1983
7
Harry Vardon
1: 1900
6: 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903,
1911, 1914
7
Bobby Jones (A)
4: 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930
3: 1926, 1927, 1930
Ineligible
7
Gene Sarazen
1: 1935
2: 1922, 1932
1: 1932
3: 1922, 1923, 1933
7
Sam Snead
3: 1949, 1952, 1954
1: 1946
3: 1942, 1949, 1951
7
Arnold Palmer
4: 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964
1: 1960
2: 1961, 1962
6
Lee Trevino
2: 1968, 1971
2: 1971, 1972
2: 1974, 1984
6
Nick Faldo
3: 1989, 1990, 1996
3: 1987, 1990, 1992
5
James Braid
5:1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910
5
JH Taylor
5: 1894, 1895, 1900, 1909,
1913
5
Byron Nelson
2: 1937, 1942
1: 1939
2: 1940, 1945
5
Peter Thomson
5: 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958,
1965
5
Seve Ballesteros
2: 1980, 1983
3: 1979, 1984, 1988
4
Willie Park Snr
4: 1860, 1863, 1866, 1875
4
Tom Morris Snr
4: 1861, 1862, 1864, 1867
4
Tom Morris Jnr
4: 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872
4
Willie Anderson
4: 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905
4
Jim Barnes
1: 1921
3: 1916, 1919, 1925
4
Bobby Locke
4: 1949, 1950, 1952, 1957
4
Raymond Floyd
1: 1976
1: 1986
2: 1969, 1982
4
Phil Mickelson
3: 2004, 2006, 2010
1: 2005
3
Jamie Anderson
3:1877, 1878, 1878
3
Bob Ferguson
3:1880, 1881, 1882
3
Tommy Armour
1: 1927
1: 1931
1: 1930
3
Ralph Guldahl
1: 1939
2: 1937, 1938
3
Jimmy Demaret
3: 1940, 1947, 1950
3
Henry Cotton
3: 1934, 1937, 1948
3
Denny Shute
1:1933
2: 1936, 1937
3
Cary Middlecoff
1: 1955
2: 1949, 1956
3
Julius Boros
2: 1952, 1963
1: 1968
3
Billy Casper
1: 1970
2: 1959, 1966
3
Larry Nelson
1: 1983
2: 1981, 1987
3
Hale Irwin
3: 1974, 1979, 1990
3
Nick Price
1: 1994
2: 1992, 1994
3
Payne Stewart
2: 1991, 1999
1: 1989
3
Ernie Els
2: 1994, 1997
1: 2002
3
Vijay Singh
1: 2000
2: 1998, 2004
3
Padraig Harrington
2: 2007, 2008
1: 2008
2
Bob Martin
2: 1876, 1885
2
Willie Park Jnr
2: 1887, 1889
2
Harold Hilton (A)
2: 1892, 1897
2
Jock Hutchison
1: 1921
1:1920
2
John McDermott
2: 1911, 1912
2
Alex Smith
2: 1906, 1910
2
Ted Ray
1: 1920
1: 1912
2
Leo Diegel
2: 1928, 1929
2
Henry Picard
1: 1938
1: 1939
2
Olin Dutra
1: 1934
1: 1932
2
Horton Smith
2: 1934, 1936
2
Paul Runyan
2: 1934, 1938
2
Craig Wood
1: 1941
1: 1941
2
Jack Burke
1: 1956
1: 1956
2
Doug Ford
1; 1957
1: 1955
2
Tony Jacklin
1: 1970
1: 1969
2
Dave Stockton
2: 1970, 1976
2
Johnny Miller
1: 1973
1: 1976
2
Hubert Green
1: 1977
1: 1985
2
David Graham
1: 1981
1: 1979
2
Andy North
2: 1978, 1985
2
Fuzzy Zoeller
1: 1979
1: 1984
2
Ben Crenshaw
2: 1984, 1995
2
Bernhard Langer
2: 1985, 1993
2
Sandy Lyle
1: 1988
1: 1985
2
Greg Norman
2: 1986, 1993
2
Curtis Strange
2: 1988, 1989
2
Lee Janzen
2: 1993, 1998
2
John Daly
1: 1995
1: 1991
2
Mark O'Meara
1: 1998
1: 1998
2
JM Olazabal
2: 1994, 1999
2
Retief Goosen
2: 2001, 2004
2
Angel Cabrera
1: 2009
1: 2007
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