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 50 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 84 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 15.014
2 Rory McIlroy 7.364
3 Wyndham Clark 6.482
4 Jon Rahm 6.165
5 Xander Schauffele 6.163
6 Ludvig Aberg 5.761
7 Viktor Hovland 5.510
8 Patrick Cantlay 5.032
9 Max Homa 4.271
10 ↓↓ Brian Harman 4.253
11 Tommy Fleetwood 4.096
12 Sahith Theegala 4.046
13 Collin Morikawa 4.016
14 Matt Fitzpatrick 3.834
15 Hideki Matsuyama 3.643
16 Cameron Young 3.639
17 Tyrrell Hatton 3.555
18 ↑↑ Russell Henley 3.431
19 Keegan Bradley 3.216
20 Jordan Spieth 3.172
21 Matthieu Pavon 3.079
22 Jason Day 3.047
23 Tom Kim 3.036
24 Chris Kirk 3.001
25 Sepp Straka 2.993
26 ↓↓ Sam Burns 2.933
27 Justin Thomas 2.850
28 Tony Finau 2.836
29 Nick Taylor 2.822
30 Will Zalatoris 2.769
31 ↑↑ Denny McCarthy 2.620
32 Min Woo Lee 2.550
33 ↑↑ Akshay Bhatia 2.510
34 Lucas Glover 2.481
35 Nicolai Hojgaard 2.473
36 ↓↓ Brooks Koepka 2.462
37 Rickie Fowler 2.410
38 ↑↑ JT Poston 2.398
39 ↓↓ Shane Lowry 2.384
40 Byeong Hun An 2.360
41 Eric Cole 2.329
42 Sungjae Im 2.296
43 Stephan Jaeger 2.288
44 ↓↓ Emiliano Grillo 2.262
45 Si Woo Kim 2.242
46 ↓↓ Harris English 2.238
47 ↑↑ Adam Schenk 2.215
48 ↓↓ Kurt Kitayama 2.176
49 Adam Hadwin 2.171
50 Austin Eckroat 2.103
51 Corey Conners 2.093
52 Adam Scott 2.065
53 ↑↑ Cameron Smith 2.018
54 Taylor Moore 2.006
55 ↓↓ Jake Knapp 1.976
56 ↓↓ Ryan Fox 1.966
57 Cameron Davis 1.922
58 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.919
59 Tom Hoge 1.902
60 ↓↓ Grayson Murray 1.887
61 ↓↓ Adrian Meronk 1.806
62 ↓↓ Justin Rose 1.804
63 ↑↑ Brendon Todd 1.763
64 Erik van Rooyen 1.758
65 ↑↑ Billy Horschel 1.756
66 Luke List 1.715
67 Thomas Detry 1.679
68 ↓↓ Mackenzie Hughes 1.665
69 Alex Noren 1.665
70 Peter Malnati 1.606
71 Andrew Putnam 1.573
72 Nick Dunlap 1.555
73 Thorbjorn Olesen 1.493
74 ↑↑ Patrick Rodgers 1.442
75 Keith Mitchell 1.416
76 Mark Hubbard 1.409
77 Keita Nakajima 1.408
78 ↓↓ Lee Hodges 1.399
79 ↓↓ Aaron Rai 1.384
80 Beau Hossler 1.381
81 Adam Svensson 1.370
82 Robert MacIntyre 1.331
83 Rasmus Hojgaard 1.295
84 Lucas Herbert 1.294
85 ↑↑ Joaquin Niemann 1.290
86 Sami Valimaki 1.268
87 ↑↑ Patrick Reed 1.261
88 Taylor Montgomery 1.226
89 Ryo Hisatsune 1.224
90 Rikuya Hoshino 1.218
91 Kyoung Hoon Lee 1.213
92 Ben Griffin 1.202
93 Jordan Smith 1.179
94 Thriston Lawrence 1.177
95 ↓↓ Victor Perez 1.168
96 ↑↑ Charley Hoffman 1.164
97 Matt Wallace 1.163
98 Matt Kuchar 1.147
99 Maverick McNealy 1.130
100 Alejandro Tosti 1.122

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

Scottie Scheffler has gained 2.98 points since April 1, 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 0.39 points since April 1, 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 Wyndham Clark, who is ranked 3rd in the world.