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 135 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 169 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 16.661
2 Rory McIlroy 9.273
3 Tommy Fleetwood 5.526
4 Xander Schauffele 5.295
5 Russell Henley 5.005
6 J.J Spaun 4.839
7 Robert MacIntyre 4.715
8 Ben Griffin 4.606
9 Justin Thomas 4.593
10 Justin Rose 4.085
11 ↑↑ Alex Noren 3.966
12 Sepp Straka 3.948
13 Harris English 3.864
14 Viktor Hovland 3.849
15 Keegan Bradley 3.774
16 Collin Morikawa 3.748
17 Hideki Matsuyama 3.725
18 Ludvig Aberg 3.645
19 Cameron Young 3.345
20 Tyrrell Hatton 3.309
21 Maverick McNealy 3.139
22 Matt Fitzpatrick 3.045
23 Aaron Rai 2.965
24 Patrick Cantlay 2.901
25 Sam Burns 2.860
26 Shane Lowry 2.827
27 Bryson DeChambeau 2.797
28 Chris Gotterup 2.679
29 Marco Penge 2.611
30 Corey Conners 2.538
31 ↑↑ Kristoffer Reitan 2.295
32 Max Greyserman 2.266
33 Andrew Novak 2.263
34 Michael Brennan 2.237
35 Brian Harman 2.232
36 Michael Kim 2.184
37 Kurt Kitayama 2.167
38 Sami Valimaki 2.129
39 Ryan Fox 2.122
40 Rasmus Hojgaard 2.107
41 Sungjae Im 2.057
42 Wyndham Clark 2.050
43 Min Woo Lee 2.043
44 Patrick Reed 2.038
45 Akshay Bhatia 2.032
46 ↑↑ Ryan Gerard 2.027
47 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 1.994
48 John Keefer 1.985
49 Taylor Pendrith 1.950
50 Samuel Stevens 1.949
51 ↓↓ Billy Horschel 1.949
52 ↑↑ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.946
53 Nicolas Echavarria 1.931
54 Jason Day 1.899
55 Matt McCarty 1.883
56 Thomas Detry 1.878
57 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 1.863
58 ↓↓ JT Poston 1.837
59 Laurie Canter 1.812
60 Harry Hall 1.810
61 Daniel Berger 1.802
62 Adam Scott 1.787
63 ↑↑ Jayden Schaper 1.777
64 Lucas Glover 1.775
65 Thriston Lawrence 1.754
66 Max McGreevy 1.726
67 Garrick Higgo 1.722
68 Michael Thorbjornsen 1.720
69 Richard Hoey 1.698
70 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 1.693
71 Brian Campbell 1.689
72 Bud Cauley 1.688
73 Daniel Brown(Oct1994) 1.656
74 Adrien Saddier 1.633
75 ↓↓ Chris Kirk 1.630
76 Matt Wallace 1.622
77 Nicolai Hojgaard 1.619
78 ↓↓ Jordan Spieth 1.617
79 Tom McKibbin 1.612
80 ↑↑ Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.610
81 ↓↓ Jacob Bridgeman 1.588
82 ↑↑ John Parry 1.554
83 ↓↓ Aldrich Potgieter 1.552
84 Jon Rahm 1.544
85 Jhonattan Vegas 1.534
86 Rickie Fowler 1.522
87 Haotong Li 1.504
88 Matti Schmid 1.486
89 Jordan Smith 1.486
90 Chun an Yu 1.477
91 Mackenzie Hughes 1.446
92 Tony Finau 1.431
93 Davis Thompson 1.425
94 Neal Shipley 1.408
95 Byeong Hun An 1.403
96 Keita Nakajima 1.399
97 Pierceson Coody 1.395
98 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 1.389
99 Thorbjorn Olesen 1.387
100 Davis Riley 1.371

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

Jayden Schaper has gained 0.83 points since December 1, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 152nd to 63rd in the world rankings.

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

Scottie Scheffler has lost 1.21 points since December 1, 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 Tommy Fleetwood, who is ranked 3rd in the world.