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 69 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 103 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 18.109
2 Xander Schauffele 11.349
3 Rory McIlroy 8.355
4 Collin Morikawa 6.462
5 Ludvig Aberg 6.426
6 Wyndham Clark 5.696
7 ↑↑ Hideki Matsuyama 5.461
8 Viktor Hovland 5.323
9 Patrick Cantlay 4.810
10 Bryson DeChambeau 4.687
11 Tommy Fleetwood 4.269
12 Sahith Theegala 4.259
13 ↑↑ Keegan Bradley 4.221
14 Jon Rahm 4.046
15 Russell Henley 3.997
16 Robert MacIntyre 3.663
17 ↑↑ Sam Burns 3.549
18 ↑↑ Adam Scott 3.521
19 Brian Harman 3.484
20 Sungjae Im 3.436
21 Tony Finau 3.398
22 ↑↑ Aaron Rai 3.229
23 ↓↓ Tom Kim 3.220
24 ↓↓ Max Homa 3.195
25 ↑↑ Billy Horschel 3.074
26 Matthieu Pavon 3.042
27 Akshay Bhatia 2.962
28 ↓↓ Matt Fitzpatrick 2.961
29 Justin Thomas 2.921
30 ↓↓ Cameron Young 2.918
31 ↓↓ Sepp Straka 2.893
32 Shane Lowry 2.881
33 ↓↓ Jason Day 2.861
34 Byeong Hun An 2.788
35 ↑↑ Nick Dunlap 2.769
36 Justin Rose 2.668
37 ↓↓ Tyrrell Hatton 2.651
38 Corey Conners 2.575
39 Denny McCarthy 2.537
40 Min Woo Lee 2.498
41 Cameron Davis 2.480
42 Chris Kirk 2.474
43 Davis Thompson 2.443
44 ↑↑ Taylor Pendrith 2.353
45 ↓↓ Jordan Spieth 2.338
46 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 2.329
47 ↑↑ Alex Noren 2.189
48 Adam Hadwin 2.185
49 Nicolai Hojgaard 2.177
50 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 2.173
51 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 2.166
52 Eric Cole 2.140
53 ↑↑ Max Greyserman 2.133
54 ↑↑ Will Zalatoris 2.103
55 Thomas Detry 2.076
56 ↑↑ Austin Eckroat 2.072
57 ↓↓ Stephan Jaeger 2.068
58 ↓↓ Lucas Glover 2.022
59 Tom Hoge 1.983
60 JT Poston 1.960
61 ↑↑ Thriston Lawrence 1.900
62 ↓↓ Brooks Koepka 1.873
63 Mackenzie Hughes 1.799
64 Rickie Fowler 1.796
65 ↓↓ Harris English 1.791
66 ↓↓ Kurt Kitayama 1.787
67 Ben Griffin 1.779
68 Erik van Rooyen 1.769
69 Maverick McNealy 1.758
70 ↓↓ Taylor Moore 1.750
71 Victor Perez 1.738
72 ↓↓ Emiliano Grillo 1.724
73 ↑↑ Matt Wallace 1.714
74 ↓↓ Ryan Fox 1.675
75 ↑↑ Matt McCarty 1.667
76 Jake Knapp 1.657
77 ↓↓ Adam Schenk 1.653
78 Brendon Todd 1.571
79 Ben Kohles 1.450
80 ↑↑ Jhonattan Vegas 1.429
81 ↑↑ Romain Langasque 1.428
82 ↑↑ Ryo Hisatsune 1.412
83 Patrick Rodgers 1.395
84 Davis Riley 1.388
85 ↓↓ Peter Malnati 1.365
86 Thorbjorn Olesen 1.357
87 ↓↓ Lee Hodges 1.345
88 ↑↑ Rasmus Hojgaard 1.344
89 ↓↓ Adrian Meronk 1.338
90 Sebastian Soderberg 1.321
91 ↓↓ Luke List 1.318
92 Keith Mitchell 1.317
93 Matt Kuchar 1.299
94 ↑↑ Jesper Svensson 1.272
95 ↓↓ Mark Hubbard 1.272
95 ↓↓ Cameron Smith 1.272
97 Beau Hossler 1.267
98 Adam Svensson 1.241
99 C.T. Pan 1.216
100 ↓↓ Andrew Putnam 1.187

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

Hideki Matsuyama has gained 1.31 points since August 12, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 12th to 7th in the world rankings.

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

Jon Rahm has lost 0.67 points since August 12, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings. His ranking has dropped from 10th to 14th 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 2nd in the world.