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 79 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 113 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 16.574
2 Xander Schauffele 9.986
3 Rory McIlroy 8.350
4 Collin Morikawa 5.888
5 Ludvig Aberg 5.642
6 Wyndham Clark 5.259
7 Hideki Matsuyama 5.199
8 Viktor Hovland 4.831
9 Tommy Fleetwood 4.203
10 Bryson DeChambeau 4.113
11 Patrick Cantlay 3.956
12 Keegan Bradley 3.877
13 Sahith Theegala 3.822
14 Russell Henley 3.710
15 Robert MacIntyre 3.582
16 Tyrrell Hatton 3.568
17 Billy Horschel 3.499
18 Jon Rahm 3.440
19 Sam Burns 3.228
20 Adam Scott 3.193
21 Aaron Rai 3.083
22 Sungjae Im 3.002
23 ↑↑ Byeong Hun An 2.945
24 Brian Harman 2.928
25 Tony Finau 2.923
26 ↑↑ Justin Thomas 2.916
27 Tom Kim 2.872
28 Shane Lowry 2.774
29 Matthieu Pavon 2.671
30 Akshay Bhatia 2.643
31 Jason Day 2.596
32 ↓↓ Max Homa 2.561
33 Nick Dunlap 2.549
34 Cameron Young 2.484
35 ↑↑ Austin Eckroat 2.471
36 Sepp Straka 2.458
37 ↑↑ Max Greyserman 2.439
38 ↓↓ Matt Fitzpatrick 2.413
39 Denny McCarthy 2.386
40 Davis Thompson 2.365
41 Corey Conners 2.357
42 ↑↑ JT Poston 2.353
43 ↓↓ Justin Rose 2.280
44 Chris Kirk 2.229
45 ↑↑ Rasmus Hojgaard 2.229
46 Taylor Pendrith 2.200
47 Thriston Lawrence 2.184
48 ↓↓ Min Woo Lee 2.172
49 Matt McCarty 2.146
50 ↓↓ Lucas Glover 2.143
51 ↓↓ Cameron Davis 2.119
52 ↓↓ Stephan Jaeger 2.112
53 Alex Noren 2.053
54 ↓↓ Christiaan Bezuidenhout 2.014
55 Si Woo Kim 1.997
56 Adam Hadwin 1.975
57 Eric Cole 1.970
58 Nicolai Hojgaard 1.966
59 ↓↓ Jordan Spieth 1.862
60 Thomas Detry 1.846
61 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 1.829
62 Will Zalatoris 1.820
63 Mackenzie Hughes 1.819
64 Tom Hoge 1.798
65 Matt Wallace 1.797
66 ↑↑ Kurt Kitayama 1.764
67 ↑↑ Maverick McNealy 1.740
68 ↑↑ Rickie Fowler 1.730
69 Harris English 1.710
70 Ben Griffin 1.705
71 ↑↑ Thorbjorn Olesen 1.685
72 Chun an Yu 1.614
73 Victor Perez 1.593
74 Erik van Rooyen 1.589
75 Taylor Moore 1.570
76 ↑↑ Jhonattan Vegas 1.540
77 ↓↓ Brooks Koepka 1.526
78 Beau Hossler 1.525
79 Emiliano Grillo 1.485
80 Ryan Fox 1.476
81 Jake Knapp 1.446
82 ↑↑ Max McGreevy 1.431
83 Romain Langasque 1.372
84 ↑↑ Jordan Smith 1.345
85 Keith Mitchell 1.344
86 Matteo Manassero 1.330
87 ↓↓ Brendon Todd 1.329
88 ↑↑ Nicolas Echavarria 1.323
89 ↓↓ Adam Schenk 1.312
90 Patrick Rodgers 1.311
91 Niklas Norgaard 1.306
92 ↑↑ Doug Ghim 1.292
93 ↑↑ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.291
94 ↓↓ Ryo Hisatsune 1.282
95 ↑↑ Mark Hubbard 1.276
96 Jesper Svensson 1.251
97 ↑↑ C.T. Pan 1.246
98 ↑↑ Matti Schmid 1.245
99 David Puig 1.242
100 ↑↑ Harry Hall 1.238

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

Nicolas Echavarria has gained 0.83 points since October 21, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 287th to 88th in the world rankings.

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

Xander Schauffele has lost 0.75 points since October 21, 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.