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 155 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 189 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 16.079
2 Rory McIlroy 9.796
3 Cameron Young 7.213
4 Matt Fitzpatrick 6.217
5 Russell Henley 5.763
6 Justin Rose 5.253
7 Tommy Fleetwood 5.183
8 ↑↑ Jon Rahm 5.002
9 J.J Spaun 4.894
10 ↓↓ Collin Morikawa 4.862
11 Chris Gotterup 4.695
12 Xander Schauffele 4.679
13 ↑↑ Aaron Rai 4.280
14 Ludvig Aberg 4.280
15 Ben Griffin 4.263
16 Justin Thomas 4.254
17 ↓↓ Robert MacIntyre 4.016
18 Si Woo Kim 3.979
19 ↓↓ Sepp Straka 3.915
20 Alex Noren 3.715
21 ↑↑ Tyrrell Hatton 3.647
22 Harris English 3.551
23 ↑↑ Ryan Gerard 3.540
24 Kristoffer Reitan 3.506
25 ↓↓ Hideki Matsuyama 3.499
26 Patrick Reed 3.480
27 ↓↓ Jacob Bridgeman 3.438
28 ↓↓ Akshay Bhatia 3.243
29 ↑↑ Sam Burns 3.139
30 Bryson DeChambeau 3.047
31 Kurt Kitayama 3.019
32 Nicolai Hojgaard 2.988
33 ↓↓ Viktor Hovland 2.959
34 Patrick Cantlay 2.931
35 Maverick McNealy 2.917
36 ↓↓ Min Woo Lee 2.877
37 ↑↑ Wyndham Clark 2.829
38 ↓↓ Keegan Bradley 2.763
39 ↑↑ JT Poston 2.761
40 ↑↑ Alex Smalley 2.614
41 Rickie Fowler 2.585
42 Jake Knapp 2.568
43 ↓↓ Shane Lowry 2.485
44 Gary Woodland 2.328
45 Jason Day 2.285
46 Daniel Berger 2.280
47 ↓↓ Marco Penge 2.275
48 Michael Kim 2.227
49 Nicolas Echavarria 2.224
50 Adam Scott 2.217
51 Jordan Spieth 2.171
52 ↓↓ Matt McCarty 2.111
53 Samuel Stevens 2.082
54 Corey Conners 2.025
55 Michael Brennan 1.964
56 ↑↑ David Puig 1.956
57 Pierceson Coody 1.942
58 Andrew Novak 1.914
59 ↓↓ Brian Harman 1.904
60 Ryan Fox 1.901
61 Ryo Hisatsune 1.873
62 Nick Taylor 1.863
63 ↑↑ Eric Cole 1.814
64 Sami Valimaki 1.788
65 Thomas Detry 1.752
66 ↓↓ Harry Hall 1.737
67 Max Greyserman 1.735
68 Bud Cauley 1.722
69 Jayden Schaper 1.684
70 ↑↑ Matti Schmid 1.679
71 Jordan Smith 1.676
72 ↓↓ Sungjae Im 1.639
73 ↑↑ Alex Fitzpatrick 1.623
74 ↓↓ Michael Thorbjornsen 1.613
75 ↓↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 1.610
76 ↓↓ Matt Wallace 1.609
77 John Keefer 1.602
78 ↓↓ Casey Jarvis 1.590
79 ↑↑ Joaquin Niemann 1.533
80 ↓↓ Aldrich Potgieter 1.533
81 ↓↓ Patrick Rodgers 1.528
82 ↓↓ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.497
83 ↓↓ Sahith Theegala 1.494
84 Andrew Putnam 1.462
85 ↑↑ Shaun Norris 1.462
86 ↑↑ McClure Meissner 1.456
87 ↑↑ Eugenio Chacarra 1.455
88 Richard Hoey 1.433
89 Lucas Herbert 1.427
90 ↓↓ Haotong Li 1.414
91 ↑↑ Daniel Hillier 1.412
92 ↓↓ Garrick Higgo 1.385
93 ↓↓ Austin Smotherman 1.375
94 ↓↓ Taylor Pendrith 1.375
95 ↑↑ Stephan Jaeger 1.367
96 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.364
97 ↓↓ Ricky Castillo 1.357
98 ↓↓ Max McGreevy 1.334
99 ↓↓ John Parry 1.319
100 ↑↑ Keith Mitchell 1.315

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

Aaron Rai has gained 2.03 points since May 18, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 44th to 13th in the world rankings.

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

Scottie Scheffler has lost 0.38 points since May 18, 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 Cameron Young, who is ranked 3rd in the world.