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 120 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 154 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 20.613
2 Rory McIlroy 11.677
3 Xander Schauffele 6.429
4 Russell Henley 6.272
5 Justin Thomas 5.670
6 ↑↑ Tommy Fleetwood 5.549
7 J.J Spaun 5.380
8 ↓↓ Collin Morikawa 5.133
9 ↑↑ Robert MacIntyre 4.882
10 ↓↓ Harris English 4.783
11 Keegan Bradley 4.705
12 ↑↑ Justin Rose 4.645
13 Sepp Straka 4.589
14 ↓↓ Ludvig Aberg 4.542
15 Viktor Hovland 4.496
16 Hideki Matsuyama 4.248
17 Ben Griffin 4.168
18 Maverick McNealy 3.873
19 Bryson DeChambeau 3.865
20 Cameron Young 3.821
21 Patrick Cantlay 3.748
22 Sam Burns 3.594
23 ↓↓ Shane Lowry 3.562
24 Corey Conners 3.277
25 Tyrrell Hatton 3.155
26 Chris Gotterup 3.131
27 Wyndham Clark 2.926
28 Brian Harman 2.901
29 ↑↑ Matt Fitzpatrick 2.725
30 Sungjae Im 2.687
31 Andrew Novak 2.684
32 ↑↑ Alex Noren 2.646
33 Billy Horschel 2.629
34 Aaron Rai 2.608
35 ↑↑ Kurt Kitayama 2.607
36 Akshay Bhatia 2.576
37 Jason Day 2.519
38 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 2.504
39 ↓↓ Ryan Fox 2.504
40 Taylor Pendrith 2.438
41 Max Greyserman 2.400
42 Thomas Detry 2.340
43 JT Poston 2.317
44 ↓↓ Daniel Berger 2.311
45 Samuel Stevens 2.280
46 Denny McCarthy 2.266
47 Min Woo Lee 2.203
48 ↑↑ Chris Kirk 2.176
49 Jordan Spieth 2.174
50 Ryan Gerard 2.173
51 Adam Scott 2.172
52 Lucas Glover 2.168
53 ↑↑ Rasmus Hojgaard 2.149
54 ↑↑ Harry Hall 2.135
55 Tony Finau 2.105
56 ↓↓ Matt McCarty 2.079
57 ↑↑ Bud Cauley 2.060
58 ↑↑ Marco Penge 2.052
59 John Keefer 2.046
60 ↓↓ Nicolas Echavarria 2.040
61 Brian Campbell 2.013
62 Michael Kim 1.972
63 ↑↑ Jacob Bridgeman 1.953
64 ↓↓ Aldrich Potgieter 1.945
65 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 1.926
66 ↓↓ Byeong Hun An 1.924
67 ↑↑ Thriston Lawrence 1.912
68 Jhonattan Vegas 1.893
69 ↓↓ Sahith Theegala 1.892
70 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 1.875
71 ↑↑ Kristoffer Reitan 1.869
72 ↑↑ Matt Wallace 1.857
73 ↓↓ Patrick Reed 1.846
74 ↓↓ Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.818
75 ↓↓ Davis Thompson 1.815
76 ↓↓ Mackenzie Hughes 1.801
77 Davis Riley 1.789
78 Chun an Yu 1.782
79 ↑↑ Rickie Fowler 1.778
80 ↓↓ Jon Rahm 1.757
81 Haotong Li 1.746
82 ↓↓ Stephan Jaeger 1.745
83 ↑↑ Nicolai Hojgaard 1.736
84 ↓↓ Tom Kim 1.735
85 ↓↓ Jake Knapp 1.726
86 ↓↓ Laurie Canter 1.714
87 ↓↓ Matti Schmid 1.683
88 Neal Shipley 1.644
89 ↓↓ Joe Highsmith 1.599
90 ↓↓ Erik van Rooyen 1.573
91 Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.545
92 Jordan Smith 1.538
93 ↓↓ Austin Eckroat 1.496
94 ↑↑ McClure Meissner 1.475
95 ↓↓ Mark Hubbard 1.455
96 Emiliano Grillo 1.431
97 ↑↑ John Parry 1.413
98 Thorbjorn Olesen 1.403
99 ↓↓ Max McGreevy 1.400
100 ↑↑ William Mouw 1.386

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

Tommy Fleetwood has gained 1.26 points since August 18, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 15th to 6th in the world rankings.

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

Justin Thomas has lost 0.64 points since August 18, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings. His ranking has dropped from 4th to 5th 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 Xander Schauffele, who is ranked 3rd in the world.