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 104 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 138 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 16.866
2 Rory McIlroy 11.255
3 Xander Schauffele 7.582
4 Collin Morikawa 6.231
5 Justin Thomas 6.191
6 Ludvig Aberg 5.129
7 Hideki Matsuyama 4.974
8 Russell Henley 4.675
9 ↑↑ Sepp Straka 4.570
10 Bryson DeChambeau 4.483
11 Maverick McNealy 4.040
12 Viktor Hovland 4.038
13 Shane Lowry 3.997
14 Tommy Fleetwood 3.775
15 Patrick Cantlay 3.602
16 Keegan Bradley 3.403
17 ↑↑ Harris English 3.382
18 Justin Rose 3.324
19 Corey Conners 3.248
20 Wyndham Clark 3.219
21 Sungjae Im 3.187
22 Tyrrell Hatton 3.142
23 Robert MacIntyre 3.111
24 Brian Harman 2.981
25 Daniel Berger 2.963
26 Billy Horschel 2.944
27 J.J Spaun 2.835
28 Aaron Rai 2.775
29 Min Woo Lee 2.724
30 Akshay Bhatia 2.694
31 Thomas Detry 2.648
32 Sahith Theegala 2.575
33 ↑↑ Sam Burns 2.534
34 Jason Day 2.522
35 ↑↑ JT Poston 2.516
36 ↑↑ Tony Finau 2.494
37 Andrew Novak 2.493
38 ↑↑ Taylor Pendrith 2.492
39 Adam Scott 2.422
40 ↓↓ Lucas Glover 2.375
41 Denny McCarthy 2.360
42 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 2.359
43 Byeong Hun An 2.276
44 Stephan Jaeger 2.259
45 ↓↓ Tom Kim 2.252
46 Max Greyserman 2.206
47 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 2.196
48 ↑↑ Mackenzie Hughes 2.176
49 ↑↑ Jhonattan Vegas 2.152
50 Nicolas Echavarria 2.118
51 ↑↑ Jordan Spieth 2.100
52 Ben Griffin 2.073
53 ↑↑ Davis Riley 2.067
54 ↓↓ Davis Thompson 2.059
55 Michael Kim 2.048
56 ↓↓ Patrick Reed 2.046
57 ↓↓ Nick Dunlap 2.012
58 Matt McCarty 1.974
59 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 1.951
60 ↑↑ Joe Highsmith 1.936
61 ↓↓ Laurie Canter 1.912
62 ↓↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 1.886
63 Eric Cole 1.849
64 ↑↑ Samuel Stevens 1.843
65 Cameron Young 1.843
66 Jacob Bridgeman 1.840
67 ↓↓ Cameron Davis 1.824
68 ↓↓ Matthieu Pavon 1.807
69 ↓↓ Austin Eckroat 1.794
70 ↓↓ Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.787
71 Alex Noren 1.768
72 Jon Rahm 1.748
73 ↑↑ Erik van Rooyen 1.719
74 ↑↑ Ryan Gerard 1.705
75 ↑↑ Joaquin Niemann 1.693
76 ↑↑ Ryan Fox 1.680
77 Matt Fitzpatrick 1.641
78 Chun an Yu 1.620
79 ↓↓ Will Zalatoris 1.564
80 Thorbjorn Olesen 1.564
81 ↓↓ Patrick Rodgers 1.530
82 ↓↓ Max McGreevy 1.515
83 ↓↓ Max Homa 1.514
84 Matt Wallace 1.496
85 ↓↓ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.478
86 ↑↑ Keith Mitchell 1.475
87 Bud Cauley 1.469
88 ↓↓ Chris Kirk 1.446
89 Taylor Moore 1.443
90 ↓↓ Thriston Lawrence 1.406
91 ↓↓ Ryo Hisatsune 1.399
92 ↑↑ Harry Hall 1.381
93 ↓↓ Jake Knapp 1.347
94 ↓↓ Nicolai Hojgaard 1.347
95 Beau Hossler 1.329
96 ↑↑ John Keefer 1.313
97 Gary Woodland 1.307
98 ↓↓ Adam Hadwin 1.306
99 ↑↑ Niklas Norgaard 1.293
100 Brian Campbell 1.265

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

Scottie Scheffler has gained 2.72 points since April 28, 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?

Ludvig Aberg has lost 0.57 points since April 28, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings. His ranking has dropped from 5th to 6th 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.