There will be 91 players teeing it up at Augusta National this week, and my 2026 Masters power rankings have you covered from the betting favorite in the Masters odds all the way through the six amateurs in the field.
Turn to these rankings to assist with your Masters picks and pools with the first major championship of the season just days away.
Power Rankings Methodology
My power rankings are based on a thorough analysis of course history, current form, and statistical performance metrics, with a particular emphasis on ball-striking statistics.
Players who consistently contend in the Masters or have recently contended leading into the week were prioritized, while consistency is also a huge priority, both in course history and current form.
Ultimately, my rankings favor an elite statistical profile alongside a consistent, well-rounded game with a proven track record of success at Augusta National.
| Top targets: 🎯 | Higher on: 📈 | Leans: ✅ |
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| Course fits: ⛳ | Lower on: 📉 | Fades: 🛑 |
Odds below courtesy of BetMGM on April 7.
1. Xander Schauffele (+1400) 🎯: Has gained true strokes across the board in each of his past five events and each of his past three trips to the Masters, so you want him on your team and betting card this week.
2. Scottie Scheffler (+550): It’s been a unique start to 2026 for Scheffler, and while he could be leading by six going into Sunday, the other end of the extreme is probably finishing Top 20 and still incredibly good.
3. Collin Morikawa (+3000) 🎯: Has gained true strokes across the board during an active win-T7-5th run, and he has five consecutive Top 20s with two Top 5s in the Masters.
4. Rory McIlroy (+1200): The last golfer to win the Masters in consecutive years was Tiger Woods in 2001 and 2002, so while McIlroy winning might be a bit rich, it might not be, given his undeniable elite form and track record at Augusta National.
5. Bryson DeChambeau (+1200) 📉: Consecutive LIV Golf wins and major championship pedigree should have DeChambeau on your radar with a T5-T6 run at Augusta.
6. Jon Rahm (+1000)✅: If there’s a LIV Golf discount attached to Rahm, there shouldn’t be, and the 2023 Masters champion is back in top ball-striking form.
7. Ludvig Aberg (+1400): It’s when and not if Aberg will don the Green Jacket — is 2026 the year?
8. Cameron Young (+2000): One of the hottest players on the planet, and Young has carded a pair of Top 10s in the Masters, so you’re fading him at your own risk in pools.
9. Matt Fitzpatrick (+2200) ✅: It’s impossible to poke holes in current form ahead of Fitzpatrick’s 12th trip to Augusta National.
10. Patrick Reed (+3300): The 2018 winner checks the course history, current form, and generally unliked boxes that make him a strong contrarian pick for poolies.
11. Tommy Fleetwood (+2200): Contending in the 2026 Masters sounds a lot better than the prospects of him actually winning the 2026 Masters.
12. Akshay Bhatia (+5500) 📈: Entire game is dialed, and lefties have a winning track record at Augusta.
13. Russell Henley (+5500): Buyer beware... a single Top 10 in nine trips to the Masters doesn’t move the needle, and Henley also missed the cut last year.
14. Justin Rose (+3000) 📈: The win at the Farmers and T13 at THE PLAYERS affirm Rose still has it, and he’s finished second at Augusta National three times with four more Top 10s.
15. Corey Conners (+6600) ⛳: The Canadian is a horse for the course and ball-striking wizard with four Top 10s the past six years at Augusta National.
16. Min Woo Lee (+3300) 🎯: Executing golf shots all over the track is Min Woo’s speciality, and improved accuracy off the tee ahead of his fifth visit to the Masters could have him cooking late Sunday afternoon.
17. Si Woo Kim (+3300) 📈: Bank on Si Woo playing well at Augusta National, and while a win is probably asking too much, he’s playing the best golf of his career.
18. Jake Knapp (+6600) 🎯: Don’t sleep on Knapp because he’s been incredible in strong fields in 2026 and has the distance, approach play, and short game to contend.
19. Hideki Matsuyama (+2800) ⛳: The 2021 Masters champ and course horse has eight more Top 25s across his past 11 trips to Augusta while playing the weekend each year.
20. Robert MacIntyre (+3000): Approach play spiked to finish runner-up in the Valero, and he’s got the chops to contend — but MacIntyre winning the Masters is a tougher sell than a Haggis platter.
21. Maverick McNealy (+7500) 🎯: An underrated player with a well-rounded game that earns paychecks, including his T32 here as a debutant last year.
22. Tyrrell Hatton (+6600) 🛑: This will be Hatton’s 10th consecutive trip to the Masters, and he’s finished T9-T14 the past two years, so there’s a high floor.
23. Nicolai Hojgaard (+6600) 🎯: While there are no current holes in Hojgaard’s game, and he contended here in 2024, you’ll still want to temper expectations of a win and be giddy about four solid rounds.
24. Chris Gotterup (+4500) 📈: A true wildcard ahead of his first trip to the Masters, Gotterup’s range of outcomes makes him a great contrarian target for pools.
25. Jason Day (+6600) 📈: Dark horse to contend due to course knowledge and ability to string together four rounds with the best of the best.
26. Brooks Koepka (+4000) 🛑: Putting has held Koepka back in 2026 and in multiple trips to Augusta, but at least we know he’ll have oodles of confidence on his side.
27. Jordan Spieth (+4000) ⛳: There’s plenty to like about Spieth’s current form, so while he isn’t on my betting card to win, he’s a high-floor option for poolies.
28. Jacob Bridgeman (+8000) 📈: Top Debutant frontrunner and elite putter make Bridgeman a threat to make it nine straight Top 20s.
29. Adam Scott (+7000)⛳: A missed cut at the 2025 Masters was the first since 2009 for the 2013 winner, so while Scott is a clear horse for the course, I don’t think he threatens to win in 2026.
30. Harris English (+10000) ✅: Boring golf is good golf, and English plays his best in loaded fields on tough courses.
31. Viktor Hovland (+4000) 🛑: Hovland will need to flip the switch because he’s currently a tough sell with a hit-or-miss game on and around the greens, in addition to off the tee.
32. Sungjae Im (+10000) ⛳: Im has three Top 10s, two missed cuts, and a T16 at Augusta National, and he just finished T4 in the Valspar — still I’m skeptical.
33. J.J. Spaun (+6600): Winning consecutive events is difficult, and winning two of the three most recent majors is obviously tougher, so Spaun isn’t on my betting card or a go-to target in pools.
34. Rasmus Hojgaard (+15000) 📈: Currently not at the peak of his powers, Hojgaard will hit Augusta National for the second time and could fly under the radar after a T32 debut.
35. Shane Lowry (+6600) 📉: This is a tough read with peaks and valleys on Lowry’s Masters resume, and I don’t think he’s fully recovered from his 2026 Bear Trap collapse, either.
36. Sepp Straka (+6600): Boring golf could play to Straka’s favor this week, and while he’s made the cut in three of four trips to the Masters, he’s probably not in legitimate contention on Sunday afternoon.
37. Patrick Cantlay (+6000) 🛑: His one and only Masters Top 10 was in 2019, so Patty’s more can’t than can ahead of the 2026 edition.
38. Sam Burns (+7000) 📉: Losing true strokes on approach at Augusta the past two years isn’t encouraging alongside his career-high T29 finish in 2023.
39. Daniel Berger (+12500): An inconsistent short game will leave Berger short of legitimate contention.
40. Max Homa (+12500) ⛳: Unreliable recent ball striking and results cloud over Homa’s T12-T3 finishes in the past two Masters.
41. Kurt Kitayama (+15000): Kitayama is long on potential and short on results against strong fields, and it’ll take ceiling tee-to-green and putting performances for him to contend.
42. Sam Stevens (+20000) 📈: Don’t be surprised if Stevens plays well in his Augusta National debut, but you’ll also want to temper expectations for anything more than making the cut.
43. Marco Penge (+8000) 📈: There have been flashes of winning potential to start his PGA Tour career, but Penge just hasn’t put four rounds together and probably won’t this week.
44. Keegan Bradley (+20000) 🛑: Ryder Cup hangover — and loss — are dragging on, and lack of success in the Masters makes Keegan a stayaway for me.
45. Ryan Fox (+17500) ✅: Surgery to remove kidney stones in March derailed a sneaky run, so Fox is a tricky handicap with T26-T38 Masters finishes in two trips.
46. Ryan Gerard (+15000): While a potential popular target for poolies, don’t overlook that Gerard probably peaked earlier this year and is a Debutant.
47. Justin Thomas (+6000) 🛑: The T8 at THE PLAYERS shouldn’t give you enough confidence to back Thomas in betting markets, and he’s probably too risky for most pools while working his way back from offseason back surgery.
48. Wyndham Clark (+15000) 🛑: I’m not willing to trust Clark’s putter on the Augusta greens, are you?
49. Ben Griffin (+15000) 📉: It’s been tough sledding for Griffin since the 2025 breakthrough, and Augusta National is historically tough on debutants.
50. Brian Harman (+17500): Add limited distance off the tee to ho-hum current form and limited Masters success, and there isn’t a lot to be excited about with Harman.
51. Gary Woodland (+8000): With Woodland, it’s a question of whether his current form trumps his poor course history, and largely passing on him is my answer.
52. Cameron Smith (+9000) 📉: There aren’t legitimate signs of Smith being a true major championship contender at this stage of his career, and his ball-striking numbers stink.
53. Nick Taylor (+25000) ✅: Uncharacteristically, Taylor's putter has let him down the past five events, and it’s a trend that has me worried this week.
54. Michael Kim (+20000) 📈: Finishing T2 at the Valero is encouraging, but his T18 in Phoenix is Kim’s only other Top 20 finish in 2026.
55. Nico Echavarria (+25000): Admirable T51 finish in 2025 Masters debut will be tough to top.
56. Casey Jarvis (+15000) ✅: The 22-year-old South African is third in the DP World Tour Rankings and is scorching hot with two wins, a T2, and two T13s across his past five starts.
57. Matt McCarty (+20000) 📉: Don’t be fooled by last year’s T14, McCarty lacks distance, and his current tee-to-green form is spotty.
58. Max Greyserman (+22500): There’s a chance Greyserman plays the weekend, and I think there’s just as good a chance he doesn’t.
59. Aaron Rai (+20000): Missing consecutive cuts before withdrawing ahead of the Houston Open with a neck injury has me steering clear.
60. Harry Hall (+20000) ✅: With 16 Top 25s across his past 23 worldwide events, Hall is proving he can golf the ball — I’m just skeptical of his statistical fit for Augusta.
61. Alex Noren (+20000) 📉: Trending in the wrong direction following a hot finish to the 2025 DP World Tour season, Noren has also missed the cut in three of his four trips to the Masters.
62. Dustin Johnson (+15000): Consecutive missed cuts at the Masters, and Johnson losing true strokes on approach in three straight LIV Golf events are sirens to fade the 2020 champion.
63. Tom McKibbin (+20000): The promising youngster hasn’t carded a Top 20 in any of his past four LIV Golf events, which is anything but promising ahead of a Masters debut.
64. Aldrich Potgieter (+25000): The South African bomber missed the cut in his debut, and despite his huge potential, Potgieter probably isn’t consistent enough to break through in 2026, either.
65. Charl Schwartzel (+40000) ⛳: The 2011 winner has played the weekend in five of his past six Masters, but it’s been a T50-MC-T36 run the past three years, so I’m passing.
66. Kristoffer Reitan (+30000): Life on the PGA Tour has been a grind for Reitan, and losing true strokes on the greens in the three events leading into his Masters debut isn’t encouraging.
67. Bubba Watson (+35000): Putting the lights out paved the way to a T14 in the 2025 Masters, so a ho-hum and inconsistent start on the LIV Golf circuit this year is cause to steer clear.
68. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (+25000): The good news is Neergaard-Petersen has played the weekend in six of seven PGA Tour starts, and the bad news is he’s topped out with a T40 finish.
69. Sergio Garcia (+17500): With a missed cut in six of seven trips to Augusta since winning in 2017, simply say no to Sergio this week.
70. Haotong Li (+25000): Having played the weekend just a single time across his past six events, there’s no need to look long at Haotong.
71. Zach Johnson (+50000): Don’t be fooled by the throwback T8 finish here in 2025 because it was just his third Top 20 since Johnson won the 2007 Masters.
72. Michael Brennan (+30000): The fast track to the PGA Tour — and the Masters — has already caught up to Brennan, especially on the greens.
73. Andrew Novak (+25000): I expect the stage to be too large for Novak because of his inconsistent season outside a T7 at the Farmers and T14 last week at the Valero.
74. Johnny Keefer (+25000): Short-game pains sting even more at Augusta National, and Keefer has struggled on and around the greens this PGA Tour season.
75. Sami Valimaki (+30000): The Finn has missed the cut in the Farmers, Cognizant, and THE PLAYERS, so he’s still not in the mix enough in elite fields to endorse in his Masters debut.
76. Carlos Ortiz (+22500): After being overmatched in his 2021 Masters debut, I’m not expecting Ortiz to play the weekend in his second trip, either.
77. Davis Riley (+40000): Don’t let Riley’s T21 finish in the 2025 Masters fool you; he’s missed the cut in five of the past seven events.
78. Danny Willett (+75000): The darling of the 2016 Masters has played the weekend here the past two years, but his last DP World Tour win was in October 2021, and I don’t expect a Willett appearance on the leaderboard this week.
79. Naoyuki Kataoka (+100000): Following a missed cut in his most recent PGA Tour of Australasia event, Kataoka is likely to have his hands full in his Masters debut.
80. Brian Campbell (+75000): Without a Top 50 in 2026 to go along with true strokes lost putting in five straight events should instill zero confidence in Campbell.
81. Fred Couples (+250000): Smooth Freddie Boom Boom has missed consecutive cuts at the Masters, and he’s likely to make it seven of the past eight in 2026.
82. Vijay Singh (+250000): The last time Singh cracked the Top 40 at Augusta National was in 2014, so while he played the weekend in 2024, I’m looking past him.
83. Jose Maria Olazabal (+300000): The 60-year-old, two-time Masters champion has played the weekend twice in his past 10 trips to Augusta National.
84. Mike Weir (+200000): The lefty has missed the cut in 13 of his past 15 trips to Augusta National, and Weir has lost true strokes on the greens each of the past four years.
85. Angel Cabrera (+200000): Four consecutive missed cuts in the Masters with a four-year prison sentence sandwiched in, says it all, doesn’t it?
Amateur Rankings
1. Ethan Fang (+150000): An impressive collegiate track record includes first-team All-American honors while helping Oklahoma State win the NCAA Division I title, and Fang is also eighth in the World Golf Amateur Rankings.
2. Jackson Herrington (+200000): Dubbed “The Fridge,” Herrington could surprise, given his length off the tee and impressive amateur resume.
3. Mason Howell (+100000): The 2025 U.S. Amateur winner missed the cut in the 2025 U.S. Open and is 79th in the World Golf Amateur Rankings.
4. Fifa Laopakdee (+100000): Slotted in 25th in the World Golf Amateur Rankings and an Arizona State junior, Laopakdee is a wildcard to watch.
5. Brandon Holtz (+200000): Former pro golfer and college basketball player will be debuting at Augusta National at 39 years old, so it’s a better storyline than the likely end result.
6. Mateo Pulcini (+200000): A three-time Division II All-American at Oklahoma Christian, Pulcini is 115th in the World Golf Amateur Rankings.
