Most Wins on Champions Tour: The All-Time Leaders

Golfer Bernhard Langer plays a shot

The Champions Tour (formally named PGA Tour Champions) is the top professional golf tour for senior (50-and-over) golfers. It was founded in 1980. The all-time leader in Champions Tour wins is Bernhard Langer.

Hale Irwin's total of 45 career wins long stood as the tour record, but early in the 2023 season Langer notched career win No. 45 to tie Irwin. And then later in the season Langer took the record all for himself with win No. 46 at the 2023 U.S. Senior Open.

In Champions Tour history, 41 golfers have won at least 10 times. That breaks down like this:

  • Only 2 golfers in Champions Tour history — the aforementioned Irwin and Langer — have won at least 30 times.
  • 5 Champions Tour golfers have reached the 25-win plateau.
  • 11 golfers have won at least 20 tournaments.
  • 17 golfers have won at least 15 times on the Champions Tour.

The List: Golfers With Most Champions Tour Wins

Included are all golfers with at least 10 victories in official PGA Tour Champions tournaments. The number in parentheses is the number of senior majors won by each golfer.

Golfer Wins (Majors) Span
Bernhard Langer 46 (12) 2007–23
Hale Irwin 45 (7) 1995–2007
Lee Trevino 29 (4) 1990–2000
Bob Charles 25 (2) 1987–96
Gil Morgan 25 (3) 1996–2007
Miller Barber 24 (5) 1981–89
Don January 22 (1) 1980–87
Gary Player 22 (9) 1985–98
Chi Chi Rodríguez 22 (2) 1986–93
Jim Colbert 20 (1) 1991–2001
Bruce Crampton 20 (0) 1986–97
George Archer 19 (0) 1989–2000
Larry Nelson 19 (0) 1998–2004
Bruce Fleisher 18 (1) 1999–2004
Jay Haas 18 (3) 2005–16
Mike Hill 18 (0) 1990–96
Steve Stricker 17 (7) 2018–23
Fred Couples 14 (2) 2010–22
Raymond Floyd 14 (4) 1992–2000
Dave Stockton 14 (3) 1992–97
Tom Watson 14 (6) 1999-2011
Miguel Angel Jimenez 13 (2) 2014–22
Loren Roberts 13 (4) 2005–12
Jim Thorpe 13 (1) 2000–07
Jim Dent 12 (0) 1989–98
Tom Lehman 12 (3) 2009–19
Dale Douglass 11 (1) 1986–96
Allen Doyle 11 (4) 1999–2006
Jerry Kelly 11 (2) 2017–22
Scott McCarron 11 (1) 2016–19
Orville Moody 11 (2) 1984–92
Bob Murphy 11 (0) 1993–97
Dana Quigley 11 (0) 1997–2006
Peter Thomson 11 (1) 1984–85
John Cook 10 (0) 2007–14
Al Geiberger 10 (0) 1987–96
Bob Gilder 10 (0) 2001–11
Tom Kite 10 (1) 2000–08
Jack Nicklaus 10 (8) 1990–96
Arnold Palmer 10 (5) 1980–88
Kenny Perry 10 (4) 2011–18

"Span" refers to the years during which the listed win total was compiled. In other words, the year of the golfer's first Champions Tour win and of his last or most-recent.

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