Who is the top ranked golfer in the world?

The current #1 player in the world is Scottie Scheffler. He's been the top ranked player for the past 51 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 85 weeks. Scottie Scheffler first achieved the number 1 ranking on March 28, 2022.

Current Top 100 Golfers By World Ranking

Rank Name Ranking Points Been #1? Been Top 10?
1 Scottie Scheffler 14.712
2 Rory McIlroy 7.058
3 Wyndham Clark 6.346
4 Xander Schauffele 5.940
5 ↓↓ Jon Rahm 5.862
6 Ludvig Aberg 5.684
7 Viktor Hovland 5.302
8 Patrick Cantlay 4.831
9 Brian Harman 4.119
10 Max Homa 4.100
11 Tommy Fleetwood 3.966
12 Sahith Theegala 3.941
13 ↑↑ Collin Morikawa 3.898
14 Matt Fitzpatrick 3.678
15 Hideki Matsuyama 3.570
16 Cameron Young 3.506
17 Tyrrell Hatton 3.419
18 Russell Henley 3.337
19 Keegan Bradley 3.087
20 ↑↑ Matthieu Pavon 3.031
21 Jordan Spieth 2.976
22 ↑↑ Chris Kirk 2.966
23 Tom Kim 2.920
24 Jason Day 2.900
25 Sepp Straka 2.895
26 Nick Taylor 2.817
27 ↓↓ Sam Burns 2.815
28 Tony Finau 2.750
29 Justin Thomas 2.712
30 Will Zalatoris 2.640
31 Denny McCarthy 2.542
32 ↑↑ Byeong Hun An 2.486
33 Akshay Bhatia 2.476
34 Min Woo Lee 2.474
35 Lucas Glover 2.411
36 Nicolai Hojgaard 2.410
37 Brooks Koepka 2.373
38 Sungjae Im 2.365
39 Rickie Fowler 2.325
40 ↑↑ JT Poston 2.317
41 ↓↓ Shane Lowry 2.312
42 Stephan Jaeger 2.297
43 Eric Cole 2.267
44 Si Woo Kim 2.247
45 ↑↑ Adam Schenk 2.232
46 ↓↓ Emiliano Grillo 2.183
47 Harris English 2.176
48 ↓↓ Kurt Kitayama 2.119
49 Adam Hadwin 2.108
50 Austin Eckroat 2.065
51 Jake Knapp 2.052
52 Corey Conners 2.021
53 Adam Scott 1.991
54 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.959
55 Taylor Moore 1.948
56 ↑↑ Cameron Smith 1.908
57 ↑↑ Alex Noren 1.901
58 ↑↑ Taylor Pendrith 1.900
59 Grayson Murray 1.878
60 Tom Hoge 1.873
61 ↓↓ Ryan Fox 1.871
62 Cameron Davis 1.859
63 ↓↓ Adrian Meronk 1.763
64 Brendon Todd 1.743
65 ↓↓ Justin Rose 1.729
66 Erik van Rooyen 1.728
67 Luke List 1.714
68 ↑↑ Billy Horschel 1.692
69 ↓↓ Mackenzie Hughes 1.642
70 Thomas Detry 1.616
71 Peter Malnati 1.590
72 Nick Dunlap 1.567
73 Aaron Rai 1.530
74 Andrew Putnam 1.519
75 Thorbjorn Olesen 1.439
76 Keita Nakajima 1.423
77 ↑↑ Patrick Rodgers 1.402
78 ↓↓ Keith Mitchell 1.392
79 Mark Hubbard 1.391
80 ↓↓ Lee Hodges 1.357
81 Beau Hossler 1.353
82 ↑↑ Ben Kohles 1.344
83 ↓↓ Adam Svensson 1.322
84 Robert MacIntyre 1.284
85 ↑↑ Matt Wallace 1.277
86 ↓↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 1.274
87 Ryo Hisatsune 1.260
88 Ben Griffin 1.242
89 ↓↓ Lucas Herbert 1.237
90 ↓↓ Sami Valimaki 1.236
91 Joaquin Niemann 1.234
92 ↑↑ Patrick Reed 1.215
93 ↑↑ Sebastian Soderberg 1.206
94 ↓↓ Rikuya Hoshino 1.189
95 ↓↓ Kyoung Hoon Lee 1.180
96 ↓↓ Taylor Montgomery 1.173
97 ↓↓ Jordan Smith 1.169
98 ↓↓ Victor Perez 1.163
99 ↑↑ Charley Hoffman 1.150
100 ↓↓ Thriston Lawrence 1.144

Who has gained the most rating points in the last month?

Scottie Scheffler has gained 2.86 points since April 8, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. In this time period he has solidified his position as the 1st ranked player in the world.

Who has lost the most rating points in the last month?

Rory McIlroy has lost 0.64 points since April 8, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings.

Who is the highest ranked player who hasn't been #1?

The highest ranked player who hasn't reached the top spot in the world rankings is currently Wyndham Clark, who is ranked 3rd in the world.