Top 18 Longest Drivers in Golf History

Distance off the tee, across eras that used very different equipment. Comparing them is unfair, which is what makes it fun.

1. 1
   John Daly

   Led the PGA Tour in driving distance in eleven separate seasons.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Tiger Woods

   Overpowered courses in the late 1990s as one of the tour's longest hitters, second only to John Daly in 1997, before the equipment caught up.
   907pts
3. 3
   Bryson DeChambeau

   Rebuilt his body specifically to hit the ball further, then won the 2020 US Open by six.
   857pts
4. 4
   Dustin Johnson

   Combined top-five driving distance with a major-winning short game.
   714pts
5. 5
   Cameron Champ

   One of the biggest hitters of the modern era, he has topped the PGA Tour's driving distance chart in several seasons with averages above 320 yards.
   714pts
6. 6
   Davis Love III

   Led the tour in driving distance in 1986 and stayed long for two decades.
   647pts
7. 7
   Scott Hend

   The Australian bomber led the PGA Tour in driving distance in 2005 at 318.9 yards and later became a multiple winner on the Asian Tour.
   647pts
8. 8
   Robert Garrigus

   Led the PGA Tour in driving distance in back-to-back seasons, 2009 and 2010, averaging more than 315 yards in the second.
   571pts
9. 9
   Sam Snead

   Hit it past his contemporaries with hickory-era technique and a steel shaft.
   571pts
10. 10
    Hank Kuehne

    Set a then-record PGA Tour average of 321.4 yards off the tee in 2003 and led the tour in driving distance again in 2004.
    483pts
11. 11
    Jack Nicklaus

    Was known as the longest hitter in the game before he was known as the best player.
    381pts
12. 12
    Bubba Watson

    Led the PGA Tour in driving distance five times between 2006 and 2014, the self-taught left-hander later famous for his pink driver.
    381pts
13. 13
    Phil Mickelson

    Was still averaging over 300 yards in his fifties.
    381pts
14. 14
    Aldrich Potgieter

    The young South African led the Korn Ferry Tour in driving distance in 2024, then topped the PGA Tour chart in 2025 at about 325 yards.
    381pts
15. 15
    J.B. Holmes

    The Kentucky power hitter led the PGA Tour in driving distance in 2011 and 2016 and won the Phoenix Open twice.
    381pts
16. 16
    Rory McIlroy

    Has finished near the top of the tour's driving-distance list for most of his career.
    260pts
17. 17
    Greg Norman

    Outdrove the field for most of the 1980s with a persimmon head.
    260pts
18. 18
    Dan Pohl

    Topped the PGA Tour's driving distance chart in 1980 and 1981, the first two seasons the statistic was officially kept.
    0pts

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