List of European Ryder Cup golfers
Updated: 11/6/2025, 2:16:53 AM Wikipedia source
This is a complete list of golfers who have played against the United States in the Ryder Cup for the following teams:
Great Britain: 1927 to 1971 Great Britain and Ireland: 1973 to 1977 Europe: 1979 to 2025 160 golfers have been in the final teams. In addition the list below includes Miguel Ángel Martín who qualified for the European 1997 Ryder Cup team but withdrew due to injury. Seven of the golfers in the final teams were never chosen to play in any matches so that only 152 of these golfers have actually played in the Ryder Cup. In 1973 the official title of the British Team had been changed from "Great Britain" to "Great Britain and Ireland", but this was simply a change of name to reflect the fact that golfers from the Republic of Ireland had been playing in the Great Britain Ryder Cup team since 1953, while Northern Irish players had competed since 1947. In addition, two golfers from Jersey and one from Guernsey (both British Crown Dependencies) played on the Great Britain team in the 1920s.
Tables
| Player | Country | Editions |
| Ludvig Åberg | Sweden | 2023, 2025 |
| Jimmy Adams | Scotland | 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953 |
| Percy Alliss | England | 1929, 1933, 1935, 1937 |
| Peter Alliss | England | 1953, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969 |
| Laurie Ayton Jnr | Scotland | 1949 |
| Peter Baker | England | 1993 |
| Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 |
| Harry Bannerman | Scotland | 1971 |
| Brian Barnes | Scotland | 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979 |
| Maurice Bembridge | England | 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975 |
| Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | 1997, 2002, 2014 |
| Aubrey Boomer | Jersey | 1927, 1929 |
| Ken Bousfield | England | 1949, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 |
| Hugh Boyle | Ireland | 1967 |
| Harry Bradshaw | Ireland | 1953, 1955, 1957 |
| Gordon Brand Jnr | Scotland | 1987, 1989 |
| Gordon J. Brand | England | 1983 |
| Paul Broadhurst | England | 1991 |
| Eric Brown | Scotland | 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959 |
| Ken Brown | Scotland | 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987 |
| Stewart Burns | Scotland | 1929 |
| Dick Burton | England | 1935, 1937, 1949 |
| Jack Busson | England | 1935 |
| Peter Butler | England | 1965, 1969, 1971, 1973 |
| Rafa Cabrera-Bello | Spain | 2016 |
| José María Cañizares | Spain | 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989 |
| Paul Casey | England | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2021 |
| Alex Caygill | England | 1969 |
| Clive Clark | England | 1973 |
| Howard Clark | England | 1977, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1995 |
| Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 |
| Neil Coles | England | 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1977 |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | Belgium | 2012 |
| Andrew Coltart | Scotland | 1999 |
| Archie Compston | England | 1927, 1929, 1931 |
| Henry Cotton | England | 1929, 1937, 1947 |
| Bill Cox | England | 1935, 1937 |
| Allan Dailey | Scotland | 1933 |
| Fred Daly | Northern Ireland | 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953 |
| Eamonn Darcy | Ireland | 1975, 1977, 1981, 1987 |
| Bill Davies | England | 1931, 1933 |
| Peter Dawson | England | 1977 |
| Luke Donald | England | 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 |
| Jamie Donaldson | Wales | 2014 |
| Norman Drew | Northern Ireland | 1959 |
| Victor Dubuisson | France | 2014 |
| George Duncan | Scotland | 1927, 1929, 1931 |
| Syd Easterbrook | England | 1931, 1933 |
| Nick Faldo | England | 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 |
| Cty | Player | Firstyear | Lastyear | RyderCups | Matches | Points | Pointspercentage | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs | ||||||||
| W | L | H | W | L | H | W | L | H | W | L | H | ||||||||
| SWE | Ludvig Åberg | 2023 | 2025 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 50.00% | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SCO | Jimmy Adams | 1947 | 1953 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 28.57% | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Percy Alliss | 1929 | 1937 | 4 | 6 | 3.5 | 58.33% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Peter Alliss | 1953 | 1969 | 8 | 30 | 12.5 | 41.67% | 10 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| SCO | Laurie Ayton Jnr | 1949 | 1949 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| ENG | Peter Baker | 1993 | 1993 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.00% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| SPA | Seve Ballesteros | 1979 | 1995 | 8 | 37 | 22.5 | 60.81% | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| SCO | Harry Bannerman | 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 50.00% | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SCO | Brian Barnes | 1969 | 1979 | 6 | 25 | 10.5 | 42.00% | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| ENG | Maurice Bembridge | 1969 | 1975 | 4 | 16 | 6.5 | 40.63% | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DEN | Thomas Bjørn | 1997 | 2014 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 44.44% | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| JER | Aubrey Boomer | 1927 | 1929 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.00% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Ken Bousfield | 1949 | 1961 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 50.00% | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IRL | Hugh Boyle | 1967 | 1967 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| IRL | Harry Bradshaw | 1953 | 1957 | 3 | 5 | 2.5 | 50.00% | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Gordon J. Brand | 1983 | 1983 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SCO | Gordon Brand Jnr | 1987 | 1989 | 2 | 7 | 2.5 | 35.71% | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| ENG | Paul Broadhurst | 1991 | 1991 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SCO | Eric Brown | 1953 | 1959 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 50.00% | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SCO | Ken Brown | 1977 | 1987 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 30.77% | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| SCO | Stewart Burns | 1929 | 1929 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| ENG | Dick Burton | 1935 | 1949 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.00% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Jack Busson | 1935 | 1935 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Peter Butler | 1965 | 1973 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 28.57% | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| SPA | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 2016 | 2016 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 83.33% | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SPA | José María Cañizares | 1981 | 1989 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 54.55% | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| ENG | Paul Casey | 2004 | 2021 | 5 | 16 | 6.5 | 40.63% | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ENG | Alex Caygill | 1969 | 1969 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 50.00% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ENG | Clive Clark | 1973 | 1973 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ENG | Howard Clark | 1977 | 1995 | 6 | 15 | 7.5 | 50.00% | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| NIR | Darren Clarke | 1997 | 2006 | 5 | 20 | 11.5 | 57.50% | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| ENG | Neil Coles | 1961 | 1977 | 8 | 40 | 15.5 | 38.75% | 12 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| BEL | Nicolas Colsaerts | 2012 | 2012 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 25.00% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SCO | Andrew Coltart | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Archie Compston | 1927 | 1931 | 3 | 6 | 1.5 | 25.00% | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Henry Cotton | 1929 | 1947 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 33.33% | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Bill Cox | 1935 | 1937 | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 16.67% | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SCO | Allan Dailey | 1933 | 1933 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| NIR | Fred Daly | 1947 | 1953 | 4 | 8 | 3.5 | 43.75% | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IRL | Eamonn Darcy | 1975 | 1987 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 18.18% | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| ENG | Bill Davies | 1931 | 1933 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.00% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Peter Dawson | 1977 | 1977 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ENG | Luke Donald | 2004 | 2012 | 4 | 15 | 10.5 | 70.00% | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| WAL | Jamie Donaldson | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.00% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NIR | Norman Drew | 1959 | 1959 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 50.00% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FRA | Victor Dubuisson | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 83.33% | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SCO | George Duncan | 1927 | 1931 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.00% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ENG | Syd Easterbrook | 1931 | 1933 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 66.67% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rank | Name | Record(W–L–H) | Points | Pointspercentage |
| 1 | Sergio García | 25–13–7 | 28.5 | 63.33% |
| 2 | Nick Faldo | 23–19–4 | 25 | 54.35% |
| 3 | Bernhard Langer | 21–15–6 | 24 | 57.14% |
| Lee Westwood | 21–20–6 | 24 | 51.06% | |
| 5 | Colin Montgomerie | 20–9–7 | 23.5 | 65.28% |
| 6 | Seve Ballesteros | 20–12–5 | 22.5 | 60.81% |
| 7 | Rory McIlroy | 19–14–5 | 21.5 | 56.58% |
| 8 | José María Olazábal | 18–8–5 | 20.5 | 66.13% |
| 9 | Justin Rose | 16–10–3 | 17.5 | 60.34% |
| 10 | Tony Jacklin | 13–14–8 | 17 | 48.57% |
| Country | Appearances | Events | Players | Year range | Most capped player |
| England | 88 | 23 | 28 | 1979–2025 | Lee Westwood (11) |
| Spain | 44 | 22 | 11 | 1979–2025 | Sergio García (10) |
| Scotland | 37 | 18 | 11 | 1979–2025 | Sam Torrance (8)Colin Montgomerie (8) |
| Sweden | 20 | 14 | 11 | 1993–2025 | Henrik Stenson (5) |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1989–2025 | Rory McIlroy (8) |
| Ireland | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1979–2025 | Pádraig Harrington (6) |
| Germany | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1981–2016 | Bernhard Langer (10) |
| Wales | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1983–2014 | Ian Woosnam (8) |
| Italy | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1993–2018 | Costantino Rocca (3)Francesco Molinari (3) |
| Denmark | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1997–2025 | Thomas Bjørn (3) |
| Austria | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2021–2025 | Sepp Straka (2) |
| France | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1999–2014 | Jean van de Velde (1)Thomas Levet (1)Victor Dubuisson (1) |
| Norway | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2021–2025 | Viktor Hovland (3) |
| Belgium | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2012–2016 | Nicolas Colsaerts (1)Thomas Pieters (1) |
References
- In the final team, but did not play any matches.
- Selected or qualified for the team but withdrew and was replaced. Abe Mitchell (in 1927) was ill and was replaced by Her
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