which player made the most birdies per round in a single season minimum 6 events played pga tour history

Scottie Scheffler has the most birdies per round with 6+ events played in a season, with 4.97 in 2024.

NAME BIRDIES/ROUNDS BIRDIES ROUNDS SEASON EVENTS TOP 10 WINS SCORING AVG GIR% FWY% DRIVING DISTANCE AVG PUTTING AVG SAND SAVE% SCRAMBLING % FEDEXCUP POINTS MONEY
1 Scottie Scheffler
S. Scheffler
4.97
393
79
2024
19
16
7
68.6
73.2
66.9
303.8
1.7
57.4
66.2
6,615
$29,228,357
2 Michael Thorbjornsen
M. Thorbjornsen
4.91
162
33
2024
11
3
0
70.4
72.0
58.9
316.3
1.7
75.8
61.0
398
$1,281,590
3 Ludvig Aberg
L. Aberg
4.76
238
50
2022-23
11
4
1
69.6
73.3
65.5
317.1
1.7
46.8
60.8
1,058
$3,144,994
4 Jason Day
J. Day
4.71
339
72
2014-15
20
11
5
69.2
70.8
55.9
313.7
1.7
61.1
65.3
2,290
$9,403,330
5 Collin Morikawa
C. Morikawa
4.67
168
36
2018-19
9
3
1
69.5
71.9
72.1
296.5
1.7
45.8
60.5
840
$1,754,890
6 Justin Thomas
J. Thomas
4.66
373
80
2021-22
21
10
1
69.5
68.4
54.8
314.3
1.7
62.7
64.7
2,025
$6,829,576
7 Scottie Scheffler
S. Scheffler
4.65
409
88
2021-22
25
11
4
69.3
72.3
60.0
311.6
1.7
49.5
59.9
4,206
$14,046,910
8 Cameron Smith
C. Smith
4.63
287
62
2021-22
18
7
3
69.2
68.0
57.5
299.7
1.7
52.2
59.9
2,548
$10,107,897
9 Justin Thomas
J. Thomas
4.62
240
52
2025
13
6
1
70.3
66.2
56.9
304.3
1.7
62.5
59.2
2,071
$8,795,520
10 Dustin Johnson
D. Johnson
4.62
360
78
2017-18
20
12
3
68.7
70.6
58.3
314
1.7
51.2
63.0
2,056
$8,457,352
11 Sepp Straka
S. Straka
4.61
258
56
2025
16
5
2
69.9
71.4
68.5
294.6
1.7
63.6
61.2
2,479
$9,628,709
12 Rory McIlroy
R. McIlroy
4.58
293
64
2013-14
17
12
3
68.8
69.4
59.9
310.5
1.7
47.5
58.5
3,050
$8,280,096
13 Justin Rose
J. Rose
4.57
320
70
2017-18
18
11
2
69
70.4
64.9
303.7
1.7
61.3
63.9
2,260
$8,130,678
14 Justin Thomas
J. Thomas
4.57
347
76
2018-19
20
7
1
69.5
70.7
60.0
302.2
1.7
52.6
61.3
3,475
$5,013,084
15 Harry Hall
H. Hall
4.52
375
83
2024
25
2
1
70.4
66.4
57.5
301.5
1.7
62.0
62.4
716
$1,779,095
16 Rory McIlroy
R. McIlroy
4.51
334
74
2020-21
21
7
1
70
65.8
57.4
319.3
1.7
53.0
57.9
1,878
$4,391,809
17 Jordan Spieth
J. Spieth
4.51
370
82
2016-17
23
12
3
68.8
70.0
60.0
295.6
1.7
55.8
61.8
2,340
$9,433,033
18 Webb Simpson
W. Simpson
4.51
239
53
2019-20
14
8
2
69
70.8
67.3
296.2
1.7
56.3
64.5
2,163
$5,097,742
19 Justin Thomas
J. Thomas
4.51
302
67
2019-20
18
10
3
69.1
69.6
57.3
304.2
1.7
62.5
63.2
2,570
$7,344,040
20 Jon Rahm
J. Rahm
4.51
347
77
2020-21
22
15
1
69.4
72.0
63.9
308.7
1.7
53.5
62.0
3,063
$7,705,933
21 Harry Hall
H. Hall
4.5
279
62
2025
17
3
0
70.2
65.9
59.2
301.8
1.7
64.7
64.6
584
$1,792,924
22 Patrick Cantlay
P. Cantlay
4.5
324
72
2022-23
21
10
0
69.2
69.8
65.5
308.6
1.7
47.3
63.3
2,843
$10,372,998
23 Rory McIlroy
R. McIlroy
4.5
288
64
2021-22
16
10
3
68.7
69.9
58.1
321.3
1.7
61.6
62.8
2,414
$8,654,566
24 Bryson DeChambeau
B. DeChambeau
4.5
360
80
2020-21
22
9
2
69.7
67.2
54.2
323.7
1.7
49.1
59.2
3,189
$7,426,415
25 Jordan Spieth
J. Spieth
4.5
396
88
2014-15
25
15
5
68.9
67.9
62.9
291.8
1.7
58.1
65.0
3,800
$12,030,465
StatMuse has season-level data for birdies going back to the 2012 season.