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 44 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 78 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 12.071
2 Rory McIlroy 7.685
3 Jon Rahm 6.864
4 Wyndham Clark 6.342
5 Xander Schauffele 6.023
6 ↓↓ Viktor Hovland 5.778
7 Patrick Cantlay 4.916
8 Brian Harman 4.440
9 Ludvig Aberg 4.125
10 ↓↓ Max Homa 4.061
11 Matt Fitzpatrick 4.025
12 ↑↑ Hideki Matsuyama 3.552
13 Tommy Fleetwood 3.551
14 ↑↑ Sahith Theegala 3.488
15 Keegan Bradley 3.390
16 Jordan Spieth 3.377
17 Tyrrell Hatton 3.355
18 Collin Morikawa 3.345
19 Sam Burns 3.276
20 Tom Kim 3.238
21 Jason Day 3.180
22 ↑↑ Russell Henley 3.066
23 Cameron Young 3.058
24 Nick Taylor 2.941
25 Chris Kirk 2.890
26 Sepp Straka 2.868
27 Matthieu Pavon 2.862
28 ↓↓ Justin Thomas 2.853
29 ↓↓ Tony Finau 2.779
30 Will Zalatoris 2.732
31 Brooks Koepka 2.627
32 ↑↑ Min Woo Lee 2.571
33 Rickie Fowler 2.523
34 ↑↑ Shane Lowry 2.471
35 Sungjae Im 2.457
36 Emiliano Grillo 2.450
37 Nicolai Hojgaard 2.422
38 Harris English 2.387
39 Eric Cole 2.376
40 Lucas Glover 2.340
41 Byeong Hun An 2.333
42 ↓↓ Kurt Kitayama 2.332
43 JT Poston 2.295
44 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 2.206
45 Ryan Fox 2.135
46 ↑↑ Jake Knapp 2.127
47 Corey Conners 2.122
48 ↑↑ Austin Eckroat 2.069
49 Denny McCarthy 2.068
50 ↓↓ Adam Hadwin 2.059
51 Adam Scott 2.025
52 Adrian Meronk 1.991
53 ↓↓ Justin Rose 1.969
54 Grayson Murray 1.941
55 Tom Hoge 1.885
56 Adam Schenk 1.879
57 ↓↓ Cameron Smith 1.858
58 ↓↓ Cameron Davis 1.832
59 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.799
60 ↑↑ Erik van Rooyen 1.772
61 Luke List 1.731
62 Taylor Moore 1.619
63 Brendon Todd 1.617
64 Alex Noren 1.593
65 Andrew Putnam 1.574
66 ↓↓ Thorbjorn Olesen 1.552
67 Lee Hodges 1.472
68 ↑↑ Stephan Jaeger 1.463
69 ↓↓ Beau Hossler 1.456
70 ↓↓ Adam Svensson 1.452
71 Mark Hubbard 1.444
72 Keith Mitchell 1.440
73 Nick Dunlap 1.437
74 Robert MacIntyre 1.424
75 ↓↓ Thomas Detry 1.391
76 ↓↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 1.377
77 Lucas Herbert 1.373
78 Aaron Rai 1.361
79 ↓↓ Mackenzie Hughes 1.358
80 ↑↑ Taylor Montgomery 1.352
81 Patrick Rodgers 1.328
82 ↑↑ Thriston Lawrence 1.327
83 ↑↑ Sami Valimaki 1.322
84 Joaquin Niemann 1.301
85 ↓↓ Ryo Hisatsune 1.286
86 ↓↓ Rikuya Hoshino 1.281
87 ↑↑ Victor Perez 1.259
88 Jordan Smith 1.253
89 ↓↓ Matt Kuchar 1.241
90 ↑↑ Kyoung Hoon Lee 1.226
91 Billy Horschel 1.224
92 ↓↓ Matt Wallace 1.213
93 ↓↓ Alexander Bjork 1.209
94 ↓↓ Taylor Pendrith 1.194
95 Vincent Norrman 1.165
96 ↓↓ Justin Suh 1.161
97 ↓↓ Ben Griffin 1.157
98 ↓↓ Akshay Bhatia 1.138
99 ↑↑ Maverick McNealy 1.127
100 Patrick Reed 1.118

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

Scottie Scheffler has gained 2.86 points since February 19, 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?

Jon Rahm has lost 0.45 points since February 19, 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 Wyndham Clark, who is ranked 4th in the world.