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 146 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 180 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 15.100
2 Rory McIlroy 8.059
3 ↑↑ Cameron Young 5.307
4 Tommy Fleetwood 5.234
5 J.J Spaun 5.009
6 ↑↑ Matt Fitzpatrick 4.974
7 ↓↓ Collin Morikawa 4.763
8 Robert MacIntyre 4.762
9 ↓↓ Justin Rose 4.735
10 Xander Schauffele 4.706
11 ↓↓ Chris Gotterup 4.631
12 ↓↓ Russell Henley 4.477
13 Sepp Straka 4.161
14 Hideki Matsuyama 3.954
15 Justin Thomas 3.860
16 ↓↓ Ben Griffin 3.834
17 ↑↑ Ludvig Aberg 3.723
18 Jacob Bridgeman 3.609
19 Alex Noren 3.472
20 ↓↓ Harris English 3.427
21 ↑↑ Akshay Bhatia 3.397
22 ↓↓ Viktor Hovland 3.334
23 ↓↓ Patrick Reed 3.296
24 ↑↑ Bryson DeChambeau 3.165
25 ↑↑ Min Woo Lee 3.022
26 ↓↓ Keegan Bradley 2.937
27 Maverick McNealy 2.913
28 Si Woo Kim 2.907
29 Ryan Gerard 2.850
30 ↑↑ Jon Rahm 2.844
31 ↓↓ Tyrrell Hatton 2.730
32 ↓↓ Shane Lowry 2.680
33 Sam Burns 2.638
34 Kurt Kitayama 2.601
35 Patrick Cantlay 2.584
36 ↑↑ Nicolai Hojgaard 2.548
37 Marco Penge 2.519
38 ↑↑ Daniel Berger 2.456
39 ↓↓ Aaron Rai 2.350
40 ↓↓ Nicolas Echavarria 2.330
41 Jason Day 2.286
42 Jake Knapp 2.267
43 ↑↑ Michael Kim 2.259
44 ↓↓ Corey Conners 2.248
45 Samuel Stevens 2.153
46 Kristoffer Reitan 2.096
47 Michael Brennan 2.067
48 ↓↓ Andrew Novak 2.065
49 ↓↓ Matt McCarty 2.021
50 ↑↑ Brian Harman 2.002
51 ↓↓ Ryan Fox 1.983
52 ↑↑ Gary Woodland 1.981
53 Adam Scott 1.973
54 ↓↓ Pierceson Coody 1.958
55 ↑↑ Ryo Hisatsune 1.941
56 ↓↓ Sami Valimaki 1.936
57 ↓↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 1.896
58 Michael Thorbjornsen 1.872
59 ↓↓ Max Greyserman 1.829
60 ↑↑ Thomas Detry 1.822
61 ↑↑ Jordan Spieth 1.821
62 Harry Hall 1.820
63 ↓↓ Jayden Schaper 1.815
64 John Keefer 1.781
65 Rickie Fowler 1.757
66 ↑↑ Matt Wallace 1.727
67 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 1.723
68 ↑↑ Jordan Smith 1.716
69 ↓↓ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.664
70 ↑↑ Casey Jarvis 1.650
71 Sungjae Im 1.594
72 ↑↑ Patrick Rodgers 1.594
73 ↑↑ Sahith Theegala 1.589
74 ↓↓ Taylor Pendrith 1.580
75 ↓↓ Max McGreevy 1.567
76 ↑↑ Bud Cauley 1.563
77 ↓↓ Aldrich Potgieter 1.545
78 ↓↓ Wyndham Clark 1.538
79 ↓↓ JT Poston 1.535
80 Richard Hoey 1.529
81 ↑↑ David Puig 1.508
82 ↑↑ John Parry 1.506
83 ↓↓ Elvis Smylie 1.490
84 ↓↓ Haotong Li 1.488
85 ↓↓ Garrick Higgo 1.464
86 ↑↑ Austin Smotherman 1.439
87 ↑↑ Ricky Castillo 1.426
88 ↑↑ David Lipsky 1.414
89 ↑↑ Matti Schmid 1.412
90 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.408
91 ↓↓ Daniel Hillier 1.405
92 ↓↓ Daniel Brown(Oct1994) 1.395
93 ↑↑ Andrew Putnam 1.390
94 ↓↓ Billy Horschel 1.388
95 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 1.372
96 ↓↓ Lucas Glover 1.366
97 ↓↓ Adrien Saddier 1.362
98 Chris Kirk 1.329
99 ↑↑ Stephan Jaeger 1.319
100 ↓↓ Thriston Lawrence 1.302

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

Cameron Young has gained 2.12 points since March 16, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 21st to 3rd in the world rankings.

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

Scottie Scheffler has lost 1.06 points since March 16, 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 Cameron Young, who is ranked 3rd in the world.