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 78 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 112 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 16.480
2 Xander Schauffele 10.145
3 Rory McIlroy 8.012
4 Collin Morikawa 5.977
5 Ludvig Aberg 5.723
6 Wyndham Clark 5.254
7 Hideki Matsuyama 5.194
8 Viktor Hovland 4.949
9 Tommy Fleetwood 4.235
10 Bryson DeChambeau 4.171
11 Patrick Cantlay 4.041
12 Keegan Bradley 3.935
13 Sahith Theegala 3.812
14 Russell Henley 3.680
15 Billy Horschel 3.602
16 Robert MacIntyre 3.566
17 Jon Rahm 3.565
18 Tyrrell Hatton 3.514
19 Sam Burns 3.215
20 Adam Scott 3.140
21 Aaron Rai 3.125
22 Sungjae Im 3.051
23 Brian Harman 2.995
24 ↑↑ Justin Thomas 2.963
25 ↑↑ Byeong Hun An 2.930
26 Tom Kim 2.926
27 Tony Finau 2.924
28 Shane Lowry 2.715
29 Matthieu Pavon 2.713
30 Max Homa 2.631
31 Akshay Bhatia 2.615
32 Jason Day 2.595
33 Nick Dunlap 2.582
34 Cameron Young 2.541
35 Sepp Straka 2.506
36 ↓↓ Matt Fitzpatrick 2.471
37 ↑↑ Max Greyserman 2.465
38 ↑↑ Austin Eckroat 2.454
39 Corey Conners 2.403
40 ↑↑ JT Poston 2.388
41 Denny McCarthy 2.384
42 Davis Thompson 2.355
43 ↓↓ Justin Rose 2.315
44 Chris Kirk 2.278
45 Taylor Pendrith 2.220
46 ↓↓ Min Woo Lee 2.196
47 Thriston Lawrence 2.193
48 Lucas Glover 2.167
49 ↑↑ Matt McCarty 2.162
50 ↓↓ Cameron Davis 2.157
51 ↑↑ Stephan Jaeger 2.144
52 ↓↓ Christiaan Bezuidenhout 2.047
53 ↓↓ Alex Noren 2.047
54 Eric Cole 2.003
55 Nicolai Hojgaard 2.001
56 Si Woo Kim 1.999
57 ↓↓ Adam Hadwin 1.972
58 Rasmus Hojgaard 1.938
59 ↓↓ Jordan Spieth 1.915
60 Thomas Detry 1.875
61 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 1.873
62 ↓↓ Will Zalatoris 1.852
63 Mackenzie Hughes 1.841
64 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 1.828
65 Matt Wallace 1.822
66 Kurt Kitayama 1.805
67 Rickie Fowler 1.772
68 ↑↑ Maverick McNealy 1.725
69 Harris English 1.712
70 ↑↑ Thorbjorn Olesen 1.689
71 Chun an Yu 1.667
72 Ben Griffin 1.660
73 ↓↓ Erik van Rooyen 1.614
74 ↓↓ Victor Perez 1.591
75 ↓↓ Brooks Koepka 1.574
76 Taylor Moore 1.574
77 Jhonattan Vegas 1.549
78 Beau Hossler 1.547
79 ↓↓ Emiliano Grillo 1.520
80 Ryan Fox 1.506
81 Jake Knapp 1.471
82 Brendon Todd 1.376
83 Romain Langasque 1.366
84 Adam Schenk 1.344
85 Keith Mitchell 1.343
86 ↑↑ Jordan Smith 1.336
87 Matteo Manassero 1.329
88 ↑↑ Nicolas Echavarria 1.312
89 ↑↑ Niklas Norgaard 1.308
90 ↑↑ Doug Ghim 1.306
91 ↑↑ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.301
92 Patrick Rodgers 1.289
93 ↓↓ Ryo Hisatsune 1.284
94 ↑↑ C.T. Pan 1.264
95 Lee Hodges 1.258
96 David Puig 1.256
97 ↑↑ Harry Hall 1.255
98 ↑↑ Matti Schmid 1.252
99 ↓↓ Patton Kizzire 1.236
100 ↓↓ Davis Riley 1.230

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

Nicolas Echavarria has gained 0.87 points since October 14, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 311th to 88th in the world rankings.

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

Xander Schauffele has lost 0.71 points since October 14, 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 Xander Schauffele, who is ranked 2nd in the world.