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 28 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 62 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 10.475
2 Rory McIlroy 9.266
3 Jon Rahm 8.614
4 Viktor Hovland 7.259
5 Patrick Cantlay 6.181
6 Xander Schauffele 5.966
7 Max Homa 5.111
8 Matt Fitzpatrick 4.827
9 Brian Harman 4.565
10 Wyndham Clark 4.342
11 Tom Kim 4.216
12 Tyrrell Hatton 4.076
13 Tommy Fleetwood 3.979
14 Collin Morikawa 3.935
15 Jordan Spieth 3.758
16 Keegan Bradley 3.736
17 Brooks Koepka 3.571
18 Cameron Smith 3.468
19 Cameron Young 3.467
20 Sam Burns 3.457
21 Jason Day 3.374
22 Tony Finau 3.345
23 Rickie Fowler 3.299
24 Sepp Straka 3.244
25 Russell Henley 3.160
26 Justin Thomas 3.022
27 Sungjae Im 2.999
28 Ryan Fox 2.932
29 Sahith Theegala 2.846
30 Kurt Kitayama 2.832
31 Lucas Glover 2.798
32 ↑↑ Ludvig Aberg 2.711
33 Will Zalatoris 2.639
34 Corey Conners 2.527
35 Denny McCarthy 2.483
36 Emiliano Grillo 2.459
37 Shane Lowry 2.451
38 Harris English 2.343
39 Justin Rose 2.314
40 Hideki Matsuyama 2.280
41 ↑↑ Eric Cole 2.237
42 JT Poston 2.206
43 Si Woo Kim 2.183
44 Cameron Davis 2.177
45 Min Woo Lee 2.169
46 Adam Schenk 2.136
47 Adam Scott 2.123
48 Adrian Meronk 2.069
49 Adam Hadwin 2.034
50 ↑↑ Nicolai Hojgaard 1.981
51 Nick Taylor 1.979
52 ↓↓ Chris Kirk 1.940
53 Taylor Moore 1.912
54 ↑↑ Matt Kuchar 1.759
55 ↑↑ Alex Noren 1.724
56 Robert MacIntyre 1.724
57 Brendon Todd 1.710
58 Adam Svensson 1.701
59 ↓↓ Billy Horschel 1.692
60 ↓↓ Byeong Hun An 1.676
61 Lee Hodges 1.660
62 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 1.653
63 Andrew Putnam 1.612
64 Aaron Rai 1.564
65 ↑↑ Mackenzie Hughes 1.551
66 ↑↑ Justin Suh 1.505
67 Patrick Reed 1.484
68 ↑↑ Matt Wallace 1.480
69 Lucas Herbert 1.476
70 Victor Perez 1.469
71 Jordan Smith 1.462
72 ↓↓ Kyoung Hoon Lee 1.462
73 ↓↓ Keith Mitchell 1.451
74 ↓↓ Seamus Power 1.450
75 Vincent Norrman 1.433
76 Beau Hossler 1.385
77 ↑↑ Thorbjorn Olesen 1.381
78 Alexander Bjork 1.376
79 ↓↓ Alex Smalley 1.366
80 Taylor Montgomery 1.362
81 Luke List 1.330
82 Gary Woodland 1.311
83 ↑↑ Ryo Hisatsune 1.308
84 J.J Spaun 1.301
85 ↓↓ Pablo Larrazabal 1.292
86 Rasmus Hojgaard 1.292
87 ↓↓ Joaquin Niemann 1.286
87 ↑↑ Erik van Rooyen 1.286
89 ↓↓ Thomas Detry 1.276
90 ↑↑ Thriston Lawrence 1.264
91 ↑↑ Austin Eckroat 1.233
92 ↓↓ Patrick Rodgers 1.223
93 ↓↓ Mark Hubbard 1.213
94 ↑↑ Ben Griffin 1.206
95 ↑↑ Matthieu Pavon 1.199
96 Adrian Otaegui 1.192
97 Yannik Paul 1.186
98 Stephan Jaeger 1.180
99 ↓↓ Guillermo Mito Pereira 1.168
100 ↓↓ Zac Blair 1.167

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

Ludvig Aberg has gained 1.00 points since October 30, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 58th to 32nd in the world rankings.

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

Rory McIlroy has lost 0.68 points since October 30, 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 Viktor Hovland, who is ranked 4th in the world.