SG: Approach leaders — 2020-2021 season

Strokes gained on shots into the green, including par-3 tee shots but not short-game shots. The stat most predictive of sustained elite play.

Rank	Player	SG per round	Meas. rds
1	Collin Morikawa	1.170	66
2	Paul Casey	0.895	58
3	Justin Thomas	0.887	68
4	Keegan Bradley	0.856	78
5	Daniel Berger	0.834	73
6	Russell Henley	0.831	78
7	Will Zalatoris	0.751	68
8	Jon Rahm	0.717	64
9	Cameron Percy	0.698	60
9	Corey Conners	0.698	84
11	Matt NeSmith	0.683	80
12	Emiliano Grillo	0.669	69
13	Tyrrell Hatton	0.651	47
14	Xander Schauffele	0.650	63
15	Viktor Hovland	0.648	70
16	Charley Hoffman	0.646	79
17	Hideki Matsuyama	0.614	84
18	Kyle Stanley	0.550	74
19	Shane Lowry	0.543	63
20	Russell Knox	0.522	80
21	Doug Ghim	0.516	72
22	Chez Reavie	0.505	71
23	Abraham Ancer	0.499	81
24	Patrick Cantlay	0.486	68
25	Brooks Koepka	0.482	52
26	Harold Varner III	0.470	79
27	Henrik Norlander	0.468	75
28	Tony Finau	0.461	72
29	Louis Oosthuizen	0.459	60
30	Sam Burns	0.458	73
31	Matt Wallace	0.443	38
32	Talor Gooch	0.435	83
33	Kevin Streelman	0.418	84
34	Stewart Cink	0.417	78
35	Rory McIlroy	0.403	63
36	Michael Gellerman	0.399	31
37	Lanto Griffin	0.394	80
38	Seamus Power	0.393	42
38	Webb Simpson	0.393	61
40	Max Homa	0.372	67
41	Jordan Spieth	0.365	74
42	Cameron Tringale	0.363	82
43	Luke Donald	0.362	45
44	Aaron Wise	0.357	70
45	Adam Scott	0.356	59
46	Scott Stallings	0.353	68
47	Matthew Wolff	0.342	51
48	Hank Lebioda	0.332	54
49	Joaquin Niemann	0.326	89
50	Dustin Johnson	0.315	62
51	Chris Kirk	0.314	75
52	Tom Hoge	0.304	88
53	Bryson DeChambeau	0.291	68
53	Cameron Smith	0.291	69
53	Gary Woodland	0.291	58
56	Jason Kokrak	0.281	76
57	Patrick Reed	0.279	66
57	Sergio Garcia	0.279	68
59	Jhonattan Vegas	0.257	67
60	Luke List	0.251	75
61	Bo Hoag	0.246	75
61	Ryan Palmer	0.246	67
63	C.T. Pan	0.245	65
64	Sebastián Muñoz	0.243	89
65	Sungjae Im	0.237	113
66	Camilo Villegas	0.236	65
67	Roger Sloan	0.222	62
68	Doc Redman	0.215	69
69	Joseph Bramlett	0.210	56
70	Martin Laird	0.208	69
71	Jason Dufner	0.197	74
72	Pat Perez	0.185	78
73	Charl Schwartzel	0.183	75
74	K.J. Choi	0.178	43
75	Lucas Glover	0.172	81
76	Patton Kizzire	0.169	91
77	Lee Westwood	0.167	51
78	Branden Grace	0.161	63
79	Cam Davis	0.159	90
80	D.J. Trahan	0.152	46
81	Joel Dahmen	0.148	66
82	Chase Seiffert	0.147	56
83	Scottie Scheffler	0.145	84
84	Erik van Rooyen	0.141	68
85	Sam Ryder	0.129	68
86	Harris English	0.125	78
87	Danny Lee	0.122	57
88	Marc Leishman	0.118	63
89	Sepp Straka	0.114	77
90	Andrew Putnam	0.109	74
91	Brendan Steele	0.103	67
91	Bubba Watson	0.103	60
93	Rob Oppenheim	0.093	56
94	Zach Johnson	0.085	76
95	Adam Schenk	0.058	80
96	Satoshi Kodaira	0.052	62
97	Tommy Fleetwood	0.051	47
98	Matt Kuchar	0.046	59
99	Brian Stuard	0.043	88
100	Tyler Duncan	0.042	76
101	Carlos Ortiz	0.039	83
102	John Huh	0.034	51
103	Matt Fitzpatrick	0.026	53
104	Troy Merritt	0.025	80
105	Michael Kim	0.022	54
106	Vaughn Taylor	0.015	62
107	Ben Martin	0.011	34
108	Scott Piercy	0.005	68
109	Brandt Snedeker	0.000	72
110	James Hahn	-0.004	62
111	Scott Brown	-0.020	64
112	Bronson Burgoon	-0.022	56
113	Si Woo Kim	-0.026	83
114	Kevin Na	-0.027	78
115	David Hearn	-0.031	46
116	Chesson Hadley	-0.036	58
117	Mark Hubbard	-0.039	89
118	Jason Day	-0.043	56
119	Justin Rose	-0.045	41
120	Ted Potter, Jr.	-0.057	58
121	K.H. Lee	-0.066	93
122	Tyler McCumber	-0.076	54
123	Brian Harman	-0.082	85
123	Ryan Armour	-0.082	67
125	Nate Lashley	-0.099	59
126	Bo Van Pelt	-0.103	55
127	J.J. Spaun	-0.109	52
127	Josh Teater	-0.109	33
127	Peter Malnati	-0.109	66
130	Alex Noren	-0.110	74
131	Phil Mickelson	-0.142	61
131	Will Gordon	-0.142	68
133	Ben Taylor	-0.145	31
134	Mark Anderson	-0.149	34
135	Michael Thompson	-0.151	68
136	Byeong Hun An	-0.152	70
137	Cameron Champ	-0.154	65
138	Xinjun Zhang	-0.161	50
139	Ian Poulter	-0.162	55
140	Brendon Todd	-0.176	71
141	Chris Baker	-0.182	38
142	Richy Werenski	-0.183	83
143	Harry Higgs	-0.184	75
144	Kramer Hickok	-0.187	56
145	Andrew Landry	-0.191	61
146	Billy Horschel	-0.195	69
147	Rory Sabbatini	-0.198	67
148	Nick Watney	-0.205	42
149	Danny Willett	-0.207	28
150	Nick Taylor	-0.217	83
151	Maverick McNealy	-0.223	66
152	Nelson Ledesma	-0.224	35
153	Rafa Cabrera Bello	-0.227	60
154	Hudson Swafford	-0.233	66
155	Robby Shelton	-0.236	71
156	Tom Lewis	-0.238	70
157	Rickie Fowler	-0.244	65
158	Kevin Tway	-0.252	51
159	Anirban Lahiri	-0.254	54
159	Jim Herman	-0.254	59
161	Grayson Murray	-0.260	36
162	Kevin Kisner	-0.266	69
163	Sean O'Hair	-0.290	44
164	Keith Mitchell	-0.310	67
165	Michael Gligic	-0.317	60
166	Adam Hadwin	-0.320	79
167	Brice Garnett	-0.324	69
168	Aaron Baddeley	-0.328	36
169	Dylan Frittelli	-0.333	60
170	Mackenzie Hughes	-0.340	76
171	Jimmy Walker	-0.344	63
172	J.B. Holmes	-0.350	44
173	Fabián Gómez	-0.351	34
174	Denny McCarthy	-0.353	80
175	Ryan Brehm	-0.390	35
176	Patrick Rodgers	-0.400	78
177	Charles Howell III	-0.401	53
178	Vince Whaley	-0.409	58
179	Bill Haas	-0.411	31
180	Beau Hossler	-0.420	70
181	Matt Jones	-0.422	84
182	Robert Streb	-0.451	70
183	J.T. Poston	-0.488	79
184	Brandon Hagy	-0.533	58
185	Scott Harrington	-0.538	63
186	Adam Long	-0.541	71
187	Austin Cook	-0.568	65
188	Wyndham Clark	-0.640	71
189	Sung Kang	-0.647	75
190	Rhein Gibson	-0.722	38
191	Rafael Campos	-0.730	41
192	Kristoffer Ventura	-0.751	52
193	Brian Gay	-0.774	62
194	Sebastian Cappelen	-0.800	38
195	Martin Trainer	-1.458	48
196	Hunter Mahan	-1.601	41

Strokes gained per round on shots into the green, par-3 tee shots included; higher is better. Values and ranksare the Tour's published figures for the 2020-2021 season; OTIS applies no minimum of its own, because a season figure exists only for players the Tour qualified for one. Sourcing is described in the methodology; the stat is defined in the glossary.

What this leaderboard ranks

SG: Approach for the 2020-2021 PGA Tour season, highest first. Strokes gained per round on shots into the green, par-3 tee shots included; higher is better. The table lists 196 players — every player the Tour published a 2020-2021figure for — with each name linking to that player's full profile, where the same figure sits in their season table beside every other season they played. Values and ranksare the Tour's published season statistics, restated: nothing on this page is computed, estimated or projected by OTIS. The 2020-2021 season is complete, so these are its published figures rather than a snapshot in motion.

How the Tour's ranks and ties work

The number in the first column is the Tour's published rank for the season, not a list position. Players the Tour ranks level share the same number, so the column can repeat itself, and the list is ordered by that rank first and by the value second. This is the reverse of the career and green-type boards, where the site declines to invent a tie-break and numbers straight down the list: here a competition rank exists and is published, so it is shown as published. When two players share a rank, the value column separates them only if their figures differ at the precision the Tour prints, and where they do not, the order between them is alphabetical and means nothing.

Coverage and eligibility

A player appears here when the Tour published a 2020-2021season figure for them, and not otherwise. OTIS applies no minimum of its own, because a season figure exists only for players the Tour qualified for one: a player without the qualifying rounds has no published figure, so there is nothing to rank. The measured-rounds column shows how many shot-tracked rounds sit behind each row, and it is worth reading before the value — the same figure means more over a full season than over a few weeks. Where the figure is published but the rounds count is not, that column shows a dash rather than a guess. Players who played the season without meeting the Tour's threshold are absent, not shown at zero.

Common questions

Who leads the PGA Tour in SG: Approach in 2020-2021?

Collin Morikawa leads the 2020-2021 SG: Approach board with 1.170 strokes gained per round, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 196 players is on this page, each linked to their profile.

Is the first column the Tour's rank or a list position?

The Tour's published rank. Players the Tour ranks level share a number, and the list is ordered by that rank first and the value second.

Why is a player missing from this leaderboard?

Because the Tour published no 2020-2021 SG: Approach figure for them. OTIS applies no minimum of its own; a player who did not meet the Tour's threshold for a season statistic has nothing to rank and is left out rather than shown at zero.

Where do these figures come from?

They are the PGA Tour's published season statistics, restated without adjustment or recalculation. The same value appears in the player's season table on their profile, and the methodology page describes the sourcing.

Sourcing is set out on the methodology page; every stat name is defined in the glossary.