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 137 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 171 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 17.017
2 Rory McIlroy 8.577
3 ↑↑ Justin Rose 5.276
4 Tommy Fleetwood 5.259
5 Russell Henley 4.744
6 Robert MacIntyre 4.523
7 J.J Spaun 4.452
8 ↓↓ Xander Schauffele 4.415
9 Ben Griffin 4.354
10 ↓↓ Justin Thomas 4.268
11 Harris English 3.762
12 Sepp Straka 3.691
13 Alex Noren 3.616
14 Hideki Matsuyama 3.592
15 Keegan Bradley 3.534
16 ↑↑ Chris Gotterup 3.503
16 Viktor Hovland 3.503
18 Collin Morikawa 3.335
19 Ludvig Aberg 3.258
20 Cameron Young 3.178
21 Maverick McNealy 3.043
22 Tyrrell Hatton 3.008
23 ↑↑ Ryan Gerard 2.989
24 Matt Fitzpatrick 2.929
25 ↑↑ Patrick Reed 2.898
26 Aaron Rai 2.689
27 Sam Burns 2.685
28 Patrick Cantlay 2.671
29 Shane Lowry 2.626
30 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 2.599
31 Marco Penge 2.437
32 Corey Conners 2.388
33 ↓↓ Bryson DeChambeau 2.363
34 ↑↑ Jason Day 2.317
35 Andrew Novak 2.252
36 ↑↑ Matt McCarty 2.245
37 Michael Brennan 2.151
38 ↓↓ Kristoffer Reitan 2.117
39 ↓↓ Max Greyserman 2.074
40 ↑↑ Samuel Stevens 2.070
41 ↓↓ Brian Harman 2.054
42 Rasmus Hojgaard 2.045
43 ↓↓ Michael Kim 2.026
44 ↓↓ Kurt Kitayama 2.025
45 Sami Valimaki 1.998
46 ↓↓ Ryan Fox 1.951
47 ↑↑ Pierceson Coody 1.915
48 Min Woo Lee 1.886
49 ↑↑ Jayden Schaper 1.881
50 Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.864
51 John Keefer 1.849
52 Taylor Pendrith 1.842
53 ↑↑ Harry Hall 1.838
54 ↓↓ Wyndham Clark 1.833
55 Nick Taylor 1.812
56 ↑↑ Daniel Berger 1.795
57 ↑↑ Jacob Bridgeman 1.791
58 ↓↓ Sungjae Im 1.773
59 JT Poston 1.759
60 ↓↓ Akshay Bhatia 1.743
61 ↓↓ Nicolas Echavarria 1.741
62 ↓↓ Thomas Detry 1.703
63 ↓↓ Billy Horschel 1.694
64 ↑↑ Haotong Li 1.686
65 Michael Thorbjornsen 1.685
66 Max McGreevy 1.684
67 Laurie Canter 1.678
68 Garrick Higgo 1.671
69 ↓↓ Lucas Glover 1.666
70 ↑↑ Nicolai Hojgaard 1.659
71 ↓↓ Adam Scott 1.651
72 Daniel Brown(Oct1994) 1.626
73 Richard Hoey 1.595
74 ↓↓ Thriston Lawrence 1.588
75 ↓↓ Bud Cauley 1.583
76 ↑↑ Jake Knapp 1.579
77 Tom McKibbin 1.563
78 ↓↓ Brian Campbell 1.546
79 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 1.540
80 Rickie Fowler 1.538
81 ↑↑ John Parry 1.521
82 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.520
83 ↓↓ Jordan Spieth 1.514
84 ↓↓ Adrien Saddier 1.511
85 ↑↑ Patrick Rodgers 1.496
86 ↓↓ Chris Kirk 1.492
87 ↓↓ Matt Wallace 1.483
88 ↑↑ Ryo Hisatsune 1.467
89 ↓↓ Aldrich Potgieter 1.436
90 Tom Hoge 1.407
91 ↓↓ Jordan Smith 1.400
92 ↑↑ Davis Riley 1.397
93 ↑↑ Sahith Theegala 1.393
94 ↑↑ Thorbjorn Olesen 1.385
95 ↑↑ David Puig 1.380
96 ↓↓ Jhonattan Vegas 1.380
97 ↓↓ Jon Rahm 1.376
98 ↓↓ Matti Schmid 1.365
99 ↑↑ Stephan Jaeger 1.343
100 ↓↓ Tony Finau 1.343

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

Ryan Gerard has gained 1.07 points since December 15, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 57th to 23rd in the world rankings.

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

Xander Schauffele has lost 1.17 points since December 15, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings. His ranking has dropped from 4th to 8th 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 Tommy Fleetwood, who is ranked 4th in the world.