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 138 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 172 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 17.037
2 Rory McIlroy 8.406
3 ↑↑ Justin Rose 5.208
4 Tommy Fleetwood 5.166
5 ↑↑ Chris Gotterup 4.658
6 Russell Henley 4.651
7 J.J Spaun 4.468
8 Robert MacIntyre 4.442
9 Ben Griffin 4.331
10 ↓↓ Xander Schauffele 4.316
11 ↑↑ Hideki Matsuyama 4.249
12 Justin Thomas 4.182
13 Harris English 3.752
14 Sepp Straka 3.628
15 Viktor Hovland 3.622
16 ↓↓ Alex Noren 3.558
17 ↑↑ Patrick Reed 3.486
18 Keegan Bradley 3.464
19 Collin Morikawa 3.184
20 Ludvig Aberg 3.178
21 Cameron Young 3.155
22 Maverick McNealy 3.099
23 Matt Fitzpatrick 3.067
24 ↑↑ Ryan Gerard 2.959
25 ↓↓ Tyrrell Hatton 2.953
26 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 2.858
27 Aaron Rai 2.684
28 Sam Burns 2.628
29 Shane Lowry 2.617
30 ↓↓ Patrick Cantlay 2.610
31 Marco Penge 2.405
32 Corey Conners 2.336
33 ↓↓ Bryson DeChambeau 2.291
34 ↑↑ Jason Day 2.277
35 Andrew Novak 2.213
36 ↑↑ Matt McCarty 2.210
37 Michael Brennan 2.161
38 ↓↓ Kristoffer Reitan 2.129
39 ↑↑ Samuel Stevens 2.080
40 Rasmus Hojgaard 2.072
41 ↓↓ Michael Kim 2.064
42 ↓↓ Kurt Kitayama 2.058
43 ↑↑ Michael Thorbjornsen 2.044
44 ↑↑ Pierceson Coody 2.037
45 ↓↓ Sami Valimaki 2.014
46 ↓↓ Brian Harman 2.008
47 ↓↓ Max Greyserman 1.991
48 Akshay Bhatia 1.990
49 ↓↓ Ryan Fox 1.976
50 ↑↑ Nicolai Hojgaard 1.930
51 ↑↑ Jayden Schaper 1.918
52 ↓↓ Min Woo Lee 1.899
53 ↑↑ Daniel Berger 1.869
54 Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.866
55 ↑↑ Jacob Bridgeman 1.841
56 ↓↓ Wyndham Clark 1.829
57 ↓↓ John Keefer 1.821
58 Nick Taylor 1.819
59 Harry Hall 1.807
60 ↓↓ Taylor Pendrith 1.799
61 JT Poston 1.769
62 ↑↑ Jake Knapp 1.754
63 ↓↓ Thomas Detry 1.734
64 ↓↓ Sungjae Im 1.726
65 ↓↓ Nicolas Echavarria 1.707
66 Max McGreevy 1.688
67 ↑↑ Jon Rahm 1.681
68 ↑↑ Haotong Li 1.665
69 Garrick Higgo 1.646
70 ↓↓ Adam Scott 1.644
71 ↓↓ Billy Horschel 1.638
72 ↓↓ Lucas Glover 1.629
73 Richard Hoey 1.621
74 ↓↓ Laurie Canter 1.609
75 ↑↑ Rickie Fowler 1.605
76 Daniel Brown(Oct1994) 1.600
77 ↑↑ Elvis Smylie 1.587
78 ↑↑ Ryo Hisatsune 1.573
78 ↓↓ Bud Cauley 1.573
80 ↓↓ Thriston Lawrence 1.560
81 ↓↓ Brian Campbell 1.539
82 Tom McKibbin 1.535
83 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 1.534
84 John Parry 1.506
85 ↓↓ Adrien Saddier 1.504
86 ↑↑ Patrick Rodgers 1.494
87 ↑↑ David Puig 1.491
88 ↓↓ Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.489
89 ↓↓ Jordan Spieth 1.482
90 ↓↓ Matt Wallace 1.478
91 Jordan Smith 1.472
92 ↑↑ Sahith Theegala 1.434
93 ↓↓ Chris Kirk 1.431
94 ↓↓ Aldrich Potgieter 1.414
95 ↓↓ Jhonattan Vegas 1.380
96 Tom Hoge 1.374
97 Thorbjorn Olesen 1.357
98 Davis Riley 1.342
99 ↓↓ Matti Schmid 1.342
100 ↑↑ Daniel Hillier 1.334

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

Chris Gotterup has gained 1.94 points since December 22, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 28th to 5th in the world rankings.

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

Xander Schauffele has lost 1.12 points since December 22, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings. His ranking has dropped from 4th to 10th 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 Tommy Fleetwood, who is ranked 4th in the world.