Every Masters Winner, From Horton Smith to Rory McIlroy
Every Masters Winner, From Horton Smith to Rory McIlroy
Emily BurackSun, April 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC
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This afternoon, a new Masters champion will be decided. Will the 2026 Masters winner be a repeat, or a first-timer? Over the course of the previous 89 competitions (this year marks the tournament’s 90th edition), there have been 56 different winners.
Horton Smith was the first Masters champion. Jack Nicklaus holds the record for most wins with six—and was the oldest winner in Masters history (his sixth win came in 1986 at age 46)—while Tiger Woods was the youngest winner, at 21. In 1961, Gary Player became the first international winner; in 2021, Hideki Matsuyama was the first Japanese player to win.
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Here, a complete list of every Masters winner, in reverse chronological order:
2025: Rory McIlroy
2024: Scottie Scheffler
2023: Jon Rahm
2022: Scottie Scheffler
2021: Hideki Matsuyama
2020: Dustin Johnson
2019: Tiger Woods
2018: Patrick Reed
2017: Sergio García
2016: Danny Willett
2015: Jordan Spieth
2014: Bubba Watson
2013: Adam Scott
2012: Bubba Watson
2011: Charl Schwartzel
2010: Phil Mickelson
2009: Ángel Cabrera
2008: Trevor Immelman
2007: Zach Johnson
2006: Phil Mickelson
2005: Tiger Woods
2004: Phil Mickelson
2003: Mike Weir
2002: Tiger Woods
2001: Tiger Woods
2000: Vijay Singh
1999: José María Olazábal
1998: Mark O’Meara
1997: Tiger Woods
1996: Nick Faldo
1995: Ben Crenshaw
1994: José María Olazábal
1993: Bernhard Langer
1992: Fred Couples
1991: Ian Woosnam
1990: Nick Faldo
1989: Nick Faldo
1988: Sandy Lyle
1987: Larry Mize
1986: Jack Nicklaus
1985: Bernhard Langer
1984: Ben Crenshaw
1983: Seve Ballesteros
1982: Craig Stadler
1981: Tom Watson
1980: Seve Ballesteros
1979: Fuzzy Zoeller
1978: Gary Player
1977: Tom Watson
1976: Raymond Floyd
1975: Jack Nicklaus
1974: Gary Player
1973: Tommy Aaron
1972: Jack Nicklaus
1971: Charles Coody
1970: Billy Casper
1969: George Archer
1968: Bob Goalby
1967: Gay Brewer
1966: Jack Nicklaus
1965: Jack Nicklaus
1964: Arnold Palmer
1963: Jack Nicklaus
1962: Arnold Palmer
1961: Gary Player
1960: Arnold Palmer
1959: Art Wall Jr.
1958: Arnold Palmer
1957: Doug Ford
1956: Jack Burke Jr.
1955: Cary Middlecoff
1954: Sam Snead
1953: Ben Hogan
1952: Sam Snead
1951: Ben Hogan
1950: Jimmy Demaret
1949: Sam Snead
1948: Claude Harmon
1947: Jimmy Demaret
1946: Herman Keiser
1945: No Tournament (World War II)
1944: No Tournament (World War II)
1943: No Tournament (World War II)
1942: Byron Nelson
1941: Craig Wood
1940: Jimmy Demaret
1939: Ralph Guldahl
1938: Henry Picard
1937: Byron Nelson
1936: Horton Smith
1935: Gene Sarazen
1934: Horton Smith
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