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 84 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 118 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 16.196
2 Xander Schauffele 9.556
3 Rory McIlroy 7.968
4 Collin Morikawa 5.619
5 Ludvig Aberg 5.494
6 Hideki Matsuyama 4.881
7 Wyndham Clark 4.866
8 Viktor Hovland 4.578
9 Tommy Fleetwood 3.931
10 Bryson DeChambeau 3.884
11 Patrick Cantlay 3.693
12 Keegan Bradley 3.654
13 Sahith Theegala 3.640
14 Robert MacIntyre 3.473
15 Tyrrell Hatton 3.439
16 Billy Horschel 3.406
17 Russell Henley 3.363
18 Adam Scott 3.125
19 Sam Burns 3.022
20 ↑↑ Justin Thomas 2.994
21 ↑↑ Tom Kim 2.994
22 Jon Rahm 2.959
23 Aaron Rai 2.951
24 Sungjae Im 2.850
25 Byeong Hun An 2.818
26 Tony Finau 2.758
27 Brian Harman 2.716
28 Shane Lowry 2.716
29 Akshay Bhatia 2.644
30 Matthieu Pavon 2.534
31 Maverick McNealy 2.530
32 Nick Dunlap 2.469
33 JT Poston 2.369
34 Austin Eckroat 2.344
35 Sepp Straka 2.335
36 Jason Day 2.334
37 Max Greyserman 2.333
38 Cameron Young 2.317
39 ↓↓ Max Homa 2.311
40 Rasmus Hojgaard 2.278
41 Corey Conners 2.277
42 Matt Fitzpatrick 2.270
43 Davis Thompson 2.232
44 Denny McCarthy 2.228
45 Thriston Lawrence 2.114
46 Justin Rose 2.111
47 Taylor Pendrith 2.077
48 Min Woo Lee 2.075
49 Matt McCarty 2.065
50 Chris Kirk 2.027
51 Lucas Glover 2.026
52 Cameron Davis 2.007
53 Stephan Jaeger 1.986
54 Alex Noren 1.964
55 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.940
56 Mackenzie Hughes 1.885
57 Eric Cole 1.879
58 Nicolai Hojgaard 1.837
59 Adam Hadwin 1.799
60 Si Woo Kim 1.786
61 Thomas Detry 1.735
62 Matt Wallace 1.730
63 Will Zalatoris 1.722
64 Jordan Spieth 1.686
65 ↑↑ Thorbjorn Olesen 1.677
66 Ben Griffin 1.674
67 Tom Hoge 1.673
68 Nick Taylor 1.656
69 Chun an Yu 1.648
70 Kurt Kitayama 1.639
71 Nicolas Echavarria 1.615
72 ↑↑ Joaquin Niemann 1.587
73 Harris English 1.575
74 Rickie Fowler 1.563
75 Erik van Rooyen 1.512
76 ↑↑ Romain Langasque 1.480
77 Jhonattan Vegas 1.469
78 Taylor Moore 1.460
79 ↓↓ Victor Perez 1.459
80 ↑↑ Cameron Smith 1.444
81 Beau Hossler 1.439
82 Max McGreevy 1.378
83 Ryan Fox 1.357
84 Emiliano Grillo 1.346
85 Jordan Smith 1.337
86 ↓↓ Brooks Koepka 1.335
87 Jake Knapp 1.327
88 Lee Hodges 1.289
89 Matteo Manassero 1.279
90 Patrick Rodgers 1.275
91 Luke Clanton(Am) 1.268
92 Niklas Norgaard 1.258
93 Doug Ghim 1.256
94 ↓↓ Keith Mitchell 1.247
95 Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.238
96 ↓↓ Ryo Hisatsune 1.238
97 Paul Waring 1.220
98 Mark Hubbard 1.219
99 ↓↓ Brendon Todd 1.218
100 Vincent Whaley 1.213

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

Joaquin Niemann has gained 0.54 points since November 25, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 133rd to 72nd in the world rankings.

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

Rory McIlroy has lost 0.42 points since November 25, 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.