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 49 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 83 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 13.991
2 Rory McIlroy 7.654
3 Xander Schauffele 6.350
4 Jon Rahm 6.316
5 Wyndham Clark 6.137
6 Viktor Hovland 5.614
7 Ludvig Aberg 5.609
8 Patrick Cantlay 4.613
9 Max Homa 4.439
10 ↓↓ Brian Harman 4.221
11 Tommy Fleetwood 4.153
12 Matt Fitzpatrick 3.902
13 ↑↑ Collin Morikawa 3.886
14 ↑↑ Cameron Young 3.708
15 Hideki Matsuyama 3.678
16 Tyrrell Hatton 3.544
17 Sahith Theegala 3.385
18 Russell Henley 3.353
19 Keegan Bradley 3.344
20 Jordan Spieth 3.226
21 Jason Day 3.095
22 ↑↑ Matthieu Pavon 3.092
23 Tom Kim 3.047
24 ↓↓ Sam Burns 3.037
25 Chris Kirk 2.899
26 Tony Finau 2.853
27 Nick Taylor 2.840
28 Sepp Straka 2.826
29 Will Zalatoris 2.812
30 Justin Thomas 2.658
31 ↑↑ Denny McCarthy 2.622
32 Min Woo Lee 2.585
33 Brooks Koepka 2.507
34 Nicolai Hojgaard 2.497
35 ↑↑ Lucas Glover 2.497
36 ↑↑ Akshay Bhatia 2.466
37 Shane Lowry 2.422
38 Byeong Hun An 2.390
39 ↓↓ Rickie Fowler 2.389
40 Eric Cole 2.336
41 ↓↓ Emiliano Grillo 2.300
42 Harris English 2.278
43 ↑↑ Stephan Jaeger 2.247
44 Kurt Kitayama 2.244
45 ↓↓ Sungjae Im 2.240
46 ↑↑ Adam Schenk 2.231
47 JT Poston 2.223
48 Si Woo Kim 2.218
49 Adam Hadwin 2.183
50 Corey Conners 2.113
51 Adam Scott 2.098
52 ↑↑ Cameron Smith 2.074
53 ↓↓ Austin Eckroat 2.039
54 ↓↓ Jake Knapp 2.032
55 ↑↑ Taylor Moore 2.030
56 ↓↓ Ryan Fox 2.008
57 Cameron Davis 1.945
58 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.907
59 ↓↓ Grayson Murray 1.889
60 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 1.869
61 ↓↓ Justin Rose 1.866
62 ↓↓ Adrian Meronk 1.846
63 Brendon Todd 1.785
64 Erik van Rooyen 1.748
65 Luke List 1.732
66 ↑↑ Mackenzie Hughes 1.673
67 Alex Noren 1.669
68 ↑↑ Thomas Detry 1.664
69 ↑↑ Peter Malnati 1.603
70 Nick Dunlap 1.570
71 ↓↓ Andrew Putnam 1.541
72 ↓↓ Thorbjorn Olesen 1.516
73 Keith Mitchell 1.441
74 Mark Hubbard 1.427
75 ↑↑ Keita Nakajima 1.423
76 ↓↓ Lee Hodges 1.421
77 Aaron Rai 1.403
78 ↓↓ Beau Hossler 1.400
79 ↓↓ Adam Svensson 1.392
80 ↓↓ Robert MacIntyre 1.355
81 Lucas Herbert 1.322
82 Joaquin Niemann 1.319
83 ↓↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 1.315
84 ↑↑ Billy Horschel 1.306
85 ↑↑ Patrick Reed 1.285
86 Sami Valimaki 1.284
87 ↓↓ Patrick Rodgers 1.253
88 ↓↓ Taylor Montgomery 1.251
89 Ryo Hisatsune 1.241
90 Rikuya Hoshino 1.232
91 ↑↑ Ben Griffin 1.220
92 Kyoung Hoon Lee 1.219
93 ↓↓ Victor Perez 1.204
94 ↓↓ Jordan Smith 1.201
95 ↓↓ Thriston Lawrence 1.193
96 Matt Wallace 1.182
97 ↓↓ Matt Kuchar 1.148
98 ↑↑ Alejandro Tosti 1.129
99 ↓↓ Alexander Bjork 1.128
100 Maverick McNealy 1.118

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

Scottie Scheffler has gained 1.92 points since March 25, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. In this time period he has solidified his position as the 1st ranked player in the world.

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

Jon Rahm has lost 0.55 points since March 25, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings. His ranking has dropped from 3rd to 4th 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 3rd in the world.