| The most major winners in golf history update till July 20, 2005 | ||||||||||
| Name | Country | Masters | U.S. Open | British Open | PGA | Total | ||||
| Jack Nicklaus | United States | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| Walter Hagen | United States | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| Tiger Woods | United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Ben Hogan | United States | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Gary Player | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Tom Watson | United States | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Harry Vardon | United Kingdom | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Gene Sarazen | United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Bobby Jones | United States | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Sam Snead | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Arnold Palmer | United States | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Nick Faldo | United Kingdom | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Lee Trevino | United States | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| James Braid | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Byron Nelson | United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| J.H. Taylor | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Peter Thomson | Australia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Tom Morris Snr | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Tom Morris Jnr | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Willie Park | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Willie Anderson | United States | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jim Barnes | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Bobby Locke | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ray Floyd | United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Jamie Anderson | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Ferguson | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tommy Armour | Scotland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Ralph Guldahi | United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Denny Shute | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Henry Cotton | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jimmy Demaret | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Cary Middlecoff | United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Julius Boros | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Billy Casper | United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Larry Nelson | United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Hale Irwin | United States | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Payne Stewart | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Ernie Els | South Africa | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Vijay Singh | Fiji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||