List of American Ryder Cup golfers
This is a list of all the 201 American golfers who have played in the Ryder Cup through 2025. Phil Mickelson holds the record with 12 appearances.
Players
- ^ In the final team but did not play in any matches.
- + Selected or qualified for the team but withdrew and was replaced. Tom Watson left the day before play began to be at the birth of his first child and was replaced by Mark Hayes.
Playing record
Source:W = Matches won, L = Matches lost, H = Matches halved
In this table the appearances includes players who were in the final team but were not selected for any matches. It does not include those who were initially selected or who qualified but were later replaced. Thus Tom Watson is excluded.
Record American Ryder Cup point winners
| Rank | Name | Record | Points | Points percentage |
| 1 | Billy Casper | 20–10–7 | 23.5 | 63.51% |
| 2 | Arnold Palmer | 22–8–2 | 23 | 71.88% |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | 18–22–7 | 21.5 | 45.74% |
| Lanny Wadkins | 20–11–3 | 21.5 | 63.24% | |
| 5 | Lee Trevino | 17–7–6 | 20 | 66.67% |
| 6 | Jack Nicklaus | 17–8–3 | 18.5 | 66.07% |
| 7 | Gene Littler | 14–5–8 | 18 | 66.67% |
| 8 | Tom Kite | 15–9–4 | 17 | 60.71% |
| 9 | Tiger Woods | 13–21–3 | 14.5 | 39.19% |
| 10 | Hale Irwin | 13–5–2 | 14 | 70.00% |
Family relationships
The following American Ryder Cup players are or have been related:- Joe Turnesa and Jim Turnesa were brothers.
- Jay Hebert and Lionel Hebert were brothers.
- Sam Snead was the uncle of J. C. Snead.
- Bob Goalby was the uncle of Jay Haas. Haas's mother Shirley was the sister of Goalby.
- Jack Burke Jr. and Dave Marr were second cousins.
- Bruce Lietzke and Jerry Pate were brothers-in-law. Lietzke's wife, Rose, and Pate's wife, Soozi, are sisters. They played together in the 1981 Ryder Cup.