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 144 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 178 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 15.344
2 Rory McIlroy 8.233
3 ↑↑ Cameron Young 5.407
4 Tommy Fleetwood 5.298
5 ↑↑ Xander Schauffele 4.961
6 ↑↑ Matt Fitzpatrick 4.960
7 ↓↓ Justin Rose 4.870
8 ↓↓ Collin Morikawa 4.833
9 ↓↓ Russell Henley 4.651
10 ↓↓ Chris Gotterup 4.548
11 Robert MacIntyre 4.522
12 Sepp Straka 4.392
13 ↓↓ J.J Spaun 4.059
14 Hideki Matsuyama 4.038
15 Justin Thomas 4.026
16 ↓↓ Ben Griffin 3.921
17 ↑↑ Jacob Bridgeman 3.659
18 Ludvig Aberg 3.637
19 Alex Noren 3.539
20 ↓↓ Harris English 3.488
21 ↓↓ Viktor Hovland 3.467
22 ↑↑ Akshay Bhatia 3.465
23 ↓↓ Patrick Reed 3.361
24 ↑↑ Bryson DeChambeau 3.309
25 ↓↓ Keegan Bradley 3.075
26 Maverick McNealy 2.967
27 Ryan Gerard 2.910
28 ↑↑ Jon Rahm 2.900
29 Si Woo Kim 2.851
30 ↓↓ Tyrrell Hatton 2.843
31 Min Woo Lee 2.805
32 Shane Lowry 2.743
33 ↓↓ Sam Burns 2.737
34 ↓↓ Patrick Cantlay 2.697
35 ↑↑ Kurt Kitayama 2.651
36 Marco Penge 2.533
37 ↑↑ Daniel Berger 2.467
38 ↑↑ Nicolas Echavarria 2.398
39 ↓↓ Aaron Rai 2.369
40 ↓↓ Corey Conners 2.294
41 ↓↓ Jason Day 2.151
42 ↑↑ Jake Knapp 2.119
43 Michael Brennan 2.069
44 ↓↓ Matt McCarty 2.065
45 Ryan Fox 2.050
46 Brian Harman 2.046
47 ↑↑ Nicolai Hojgaard 2.042
48 ↓↓ Kristoffer Reitan 2.037
49 ↓↓ Andrew Novak 2.018
50 ↓↓ Samuel Stevens 2.003
51 ↓↓ Pierceson Coody 1.998
52 ↑↑ Adam Scott 1.996
53 ↓↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 1.926
54 ↓↓ Michael Kim 1.924
55 ↓↓ Sami Valimaki 1.912
56 ↓↓ Michael Thorbjornsen 1.905
57 ↑↑ Thomas Detry 1.891
58 ↓↓ Max Greyserman 1.878
59 ↑↑ Jordan Spieth 1.860
59 ↓↓ Jayden Schaper 1.860
61 ↑↑ Rickie Fowler 1.850
62 Harry Hall 1.841
63 Ryo Hisatsune 1.832
64 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 1.770
65 ↑↑ Jordan Smith 1.735
66 ↓↓ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.720
67 Sungjae Im 1.673
68 ↑↑ Patrick Rodgers 1.640
69 ↑↑ Casey Jarvis 1.633
70 ↓↓ Taylor Pendrith 1.632
71 ↓↓ JT Poston 1.615
72 ↓↓ Wyndham Clark 1.603
73 ↓↓ Max McGreevy 1.585
74 ↓↓ John Keefer 1.545
75 ↑↑ David Puig 1.544
76 Richard Hoey 1.536
77 ↑↑ Aldrich Potgieter 1.535
78 ↓↓ Haotong Li 1.533
79 Elvis Smylie 1.521
80 ↑↑ Sahith Theegala 1.520
81 Bud Cauley 1.513
82 ↓↓ Daniel Brown(Oct1994) 1.504
83 ↓↓ Garrick Higgo 1.498
84 ↓↓ Lucas Glover 1.465
85 ↑↑ Matti Schmid 1.461
86 John Parry 1.454
87 ↓↓ Billy Horschel 1.447
88 ↑↑ David Lipsky 1.447
89 ↑↑ Daniel Hillier 1.435
90 ↑↑ Austin Smotherman 1.434
91 ↑↑ Ricky Castillo 1.423
92 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.420
93 ↓↓ Adrien Saddier 1.379
94 Chris Kirk 1.377
95 ↓↓ Matt Wallace 1.359
96 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 1.356
97 ↓↓ Tom McKibbin 1.338
98 ↓↓ Thriston Lawrence 1.336
99 ↓↓ Laurie Canter 1.329
100 Stephan Jaeger 1.317

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

Cameron Young has gained 2.30 points since March 2, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 22nd to 3rd in the world rankings.

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

Scottie Scheffler has lost 1.78 points since March 2, 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.