Tiger Woods won two of the first three FedEx Cups (2007 and 2009) but nine different golfers (from four different countries) won the next nine championships. And through the first 14 years of the PGA Tour’s first-ever playoff system, there have been 12 different champions. Although parity wasn’t cited as a goal or driving force in creating the playoff 16 years ago, parity has dominated the highly lucrative three-tournament system.
Woods and Rory McIlroy are the only two repeat FedEx Cup champions, though neither hoisted the 33-pound sterling silver cup in consecutive years. Dustin Johnson, after winning the 2020 cup with two wins and one second-place finish, is attempting to become the first back-to-back champion. An annual fixture atop PGA odds, Johnson opened the season with a sixth-place finish in the U.S. Open and a second-place finish in the Vivint Houston Open (245 FedEx Cup points) before winning The Masters a week later (600 points) to grab the early FedEx lead.
As of Jan. 24, 2021, the day Kim Si-woo won The American Express, Johnson is still atop the FedEx Cup Standings. Johnson didn’t play in The American Express and is only one point ahead of Patrick Cantlay, whose second-place finish vaulted him from seventh to second place, only one point behind Johnson.
Cantlay, among others, is climbing the standings as Johnson sits mostly idle. Since winning The Masters in mid-November, he has played in only one tournament, the Sentry Tournament of Champions, and is one of two golfers in the top 50 with fewer than five tournaments played (Bryson DeChambeau).
Top 70 of the FedEx Cup Standings (as of Jan. 24, 2021):
| Rank | Golfer | Events | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 4 | 1,018 | 1 |
| 2 | Patrick Cantlay | 7 | 1,017 | 1 |
| 3 | Harris English | 8 | 960 | 1 |
| 4 | Joaquin Niemann | 8 | 826 | 0 |
| 5 | Justin Thomas | 6 | 784 | 0 |
| 6 | Bryson DeChambeau | 4 | 783 | 1 |
| 7 | Stewart Cink | 8 | 737 | 1 |
| 8 | Viktor Hovland | 6 | 706 | 1 |
| 9 | Si Woo Kim | 9 | 705 | 1 |
| 10 | Carlos Ortiz | 9 | 686 | 1 |
| 11 | Kevin Na | 8 | 627 | 1 |
| 12 | Xander Schauffele | 5 | 624 | 0 |
| 13 | Sergio Garcia | 8 | 623 | 1 |
| 14 | Jason Kokrak | 8 | 622 | 1 |
| 15 | Sungjae Im | 11 | 599 | 0 |
| 16 | Matthew Wolff | 6 | 599 | 0 |
| 17 | Martin Laird | 8 | 589 | 1 |
| 18 | Robert Streb | 7 | 564 | 1 |
| 19 | Hudson Swafford | 10 | 562 | 1 |
| 20 | Cameron Smith | 7 | 541 | 0 |
| 21 | Brian Gay | 6 | 532 | 1 |
| 22 | Peter Malnati | 9 | 512 | 0 |
| 23 | Jon Rahm | 5 | 511 | 0 |
| 24 | Hideki Matsuyama | 8 | 481 | 0 |
| 25 | Abraham Ancer | 9 | 454 | 0 |
| 26 | Aaron Wise | 8 | 438 | 0 |
| 27 | Tony Finau | 7 | 436 | 0 |
| 28 | Webb Simpson | 7 | 436 | 0 |
| 29 | Adam Long | 9 | 432 | 0 |
| 30 | Kevin Kisner | 7 | 420 | 0 |
| 31 | Russell Henley | 8 | 416 | 0 |
| 32 | Wyndham Clark | 7 | 398 | 0 |
| 33 | Tyler McCumber | 8 | 396 | 0 |
| 34 | Chris Kirk | 7 | 365 | 0 |
| 35 | Harry Higgs | 7 | 364 | 0 |
| 36 | Corey Conners | 9 | 363 | 0 |
| 37 | Mackenzie Hughes | 8 | 345 | 0 |
| 38 | Cameron Davis | 7 | 326 | 0 |
| 39 | Ryan Palmer | 6 | 322 | 0 |
| 40 | Austin Cook | 8 | 320 | 0 |
| 41 | Talor Gooch | 9 | 314 | 0 |
| 42 | James Hahn | 7 | 307 | 0 |
| 43 | Sebastián Muñoz | 10 | 306 | 0 |
| 44 | Tyrrell Hatton | 6 | 306 | 0 |
| 45 | Louis Oosthuizen | 5 | 305 | 0 |
| 46 | Patton Kizzire | 9 | 299 | 0 |
| 47 | Doug Ghim | 8 | 295 | 0 |
| 48 | Brian Harman | 10 | 290 | 0 |
| 49 | Cameron Tringale | 7 | 283 | 0 |
| 50 | Daniel Berger | 6 | 282 | 0 |
| 51 | Matt Jones | 9 | 281 | 0 |
| 52 | Billy Horschel | 7 | 280 | 0 |
| 53 | Doc Redman | 7 | 279 | 0 |
| 54 | Rory McIlroy | 4 | 278 | 0 |
| 55 | Tom Hoge | 10 | 278 | 0 |
| 56 | Zach Johnson | 8 | 274 | 0 |
| 57 | Sepp Straka | 10 | 272 | 0 |
| 58 | Emiliano Grillo | 10 | 271 | 0 |
| 59 | J.T. Poston | 9 | 268 | 0 |
| 60 | Charley Hoffman | 10 | 264 | 0 |
| 61 | Russell Knox | 9 | 253 | 0 |
| 62 | Collin Morikawa | 7 | 246 | 0 |
| 63 | Michael Thompson | 7 | 241 | 0 |
| 64 | Lanto Griffin | 9 | 239 | 0 |
| 65 | Patrick Reed | 5 | 236 | 0 |
| 66 | Bubba Watson | 4 | 231 | 0 |
| 67 | Kevin Streelman | 9 | 226 | 0 |
| 68 | Denny McCarthy | 9 | 224 | 0 |
| 69 | Brooks Koepka | 5 | 224 | 0 |
| 70 | Marc Leishman | 7 | 221 | 0 |
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