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 18 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 52 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 11.703
2 Rory McIlroy 10.971
3 Jon Rahm 9.634
4 Viktor Hovland 7.709
5 Patrick Cantlay 7.357
6 Xander Schauffele 6.834
7 Max Homa 5.308
8 Matt Fitzpatrick 5.145
9 Brian Harman 5.030
10 Wyndham Clark 4.889
11 Jordan Spieth 4.434
12 Cameron Smith 4.394
13 Tyrrell Hatton 4.216
14 Tommy Fleetwood 4.142
15 Brooks Koepka 4.136
16 Cameron Young 4.108
17 Keegan Bradley 4.059
18 Tom Kim 4.015
19 Collin Morikawa 3.995
20 Sam Burns 3.920
21 Tony Finau 3.822
22 Jason Day 3.663
23 Sepp Straka 3.648
24 Justin Thomas 3.556
25 Rickie Fowler 3.511
26 ↓↓ Will Zalatoris 3.511
27 Sungjae Im 3.428
28 Russell Henley 3.360
29 Kurt Kitayama 3.110
30 Lucas Glover 3.010
31 Corey Conners 2.926
32 Shane Lowry 2.740
33 Hideki Matsuyama 2.716
34 Emiliano Grillo 2.708
35 Denny McCarthy 2.700
36 Justin Rose 2.677
37 Sahith Theegala 2.646
38 Harris English 2.570
39 Si Woo Kim 2.560
40 Adam Schenk 2.346
41 JT Poston 2.338
42 ↑↑ Ryan Fox 2.287
43 Adam Scott 2.278
44 Chris Kirk 2.197
45 Taylor Moore 2.162
46 Nick Taylor 2.138
47 Min Woo Lee 2.122
48 Tom Hoge 2.099
49 Cameron Davis 2.067
50 Billy Horschel 2.055
51 Adrian Meronk 1.902
52 Lee Hodges 1.855
53 Byeong Hun An 1.841
54 Joaquin Niemann 1.818
55 Robert MacIntyre 1.808
56 Adam Hadwin 1.770
57 Patrick Reed 1.770
58 Andrew Putnam 1.765
59 Lucas Herbert 1.762
60 Brendon Todd 1.757
61 ↓↓ Seamus Power 1.716
62 Keith Mitchell 1.695
63 Adam Svensson 1.690
64 Matt Kuchar 1.645
65 Kyoung Hoon Lee 1.613
66 ↑↑ Taylor Montgomery 1.567
67 Victor Perez 1.567
68 Alex Noren 1.564
69 Eric Cole 1.515
70 Alex Smalley 1.512
71 Guillermo Mito Pereira 1.499
72 ↓↓ Pablo Larrazabal 1.492
73 Gary Woodland 1.462
74 Justin Suh 1.453
75 ↑↑ Alexander Bjork 1.447
76 ↑↑ Vincent Norrman 1.406
77 Aaron Wise 1.404
78 Patrick Rodgers 1.401
79 Thomas Detry 1.381
80 ↑↑ Nicolai Hojgaard 1.380
81 Austin Eckroat 1.373
82 ↓↓ Abraham Ancer 1.360
83 ↑↑ Thriston Lawrence 1.345
84 ↓↓ Chez Reavie 1.342
85 Jordan Smith 1.332
86 J.J Spaun 1.299
87 ↓↓ Mackenzie Hughes 1.285
88 ↑↑ David Lingmerth 1.271
89 ↓↓ Brandon Wu 1.264
90 Stephan Jaeger 1.255
91 ↑↑ Ludvig Aberg 1.254
92 ↓↓ Mark Hubbard 1.249
93 Aaron Rai 1.239
94 ↓↓ Hayden Buckley 1.230
95 Zac Blair 1.226
96 ↓↓ Adrian Otaegui 1.221
97 ↓↓ Davis Riley 1.219
98 ↑↑ Thorbjorn Olesen 1.214
99 Alejandro Tosti 1.209
100 ↑↑ Akshay Bhatia 1.200

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

Viktor Hovland has gained 1.36 points since August 21, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 5th to 4th in the world rankings.

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

Cameron Smith has lost 0.44 points since August 21, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings. His ranking has dropped from 9th to 12th 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 Viktor Hovland, who is ranked 4th in the world.