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 128 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 162 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 18.893
2 Rory McIlroy 10.205
3 Xander Schauffele 6.294
4 Russell Henley 5.664
5 Tommy Fleetwood 5.530
6 J.J Spaun 5.093
7 Robert MacIntyre 5.024
8 ↓↓ Justin Thomas 4.992
9 Justin Rose 4.376
10 ↓↓ Collin Morikawa 4.323
11 Viktor Hovland 4.306
12 Ben Griffin 4.303
13 Harris English 4.287
14 Keegan Bradley 4.241
15 Ludvig Aberg 4.155
16 Sepp Straka 4.128
17 Alex Noren 3.746
18 Hideki Matsuyama 3.634
19 Cameron Young 3.617
20 Maverick McNealy 3.541
21 Tyrrell Hatton 3.492
22 Patrick Cantlay 3.345
23 Bryson DeChambeau 3.303
24 Sam Burns 3.192
25 Shane Lowry 3.157
26 Chris Gotterup 2.951
27 Corey Conners 2.782
28 Matt Fitzpatrick 2.669
29 ↑↑ Marco Penge 2.641
30 Aaron Rai 2.600
31 ↑↑ Max Greyserman 2.580
32 Brian Harman 2.519
33 Wyndham Clark 2.437
34 Kurt Kitayama 2.425
35 Andrew Novak 2.401
36 Sungjae Im 2.385
37 Michael Kim 2.341
38 Akshay Bhatia 2.315
39 Ryan Fox 2.307
40 Billy Horschel 2.281
41 Nick Taylor 2.240
42 ↑↑ Michael Brennan 2.231
43 ↑↑ Rasmus Hojgaard 2.220
44 Patrick Reed 2.186
45 Taylor Pendrith 2.181
46 Min Woo Lee 2.168
47 ↓↓ Jason Day 2.160
48 Samuel Stevens 2.081
49 ↓↓ Thomas Detry 2.073
50 ↑↑ Matt McCarty 2.064
51 Ryan Gerard 2.063
52 ↓↓ Daniel Berger 2.055
53 John Keefer 2.055
54 ↓↓ JT Poston 2.026
55 ↓↓ Harry Hall 2.021
56 ↑↑ Kristoffer Reitan 2.006
57 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 1.957
58 Lucas Glover 1.946
59 Chris Kirk 1.915
60 Brian Campbell 1.892
61 Nicolas Echavarria 1.891
62 Si Woo Kim 1.883
62 ↓↓ Adam Scott 1.883
64 Thriston Lawrence 1.883
65 ↓↓ Jordan Spieth 1.880
66 Bud Cauley 1.878
67 Matt Wallace 1.774
68 ↑↑ Laurie Canter 1.766
69 Jacob Bridgeman 1.757
70 Aldrich Potgieter 1.742
71 Jon Rahm 1.732
72 ↑↑ Chun an Yu 1.715
73 ↓↓ Tony Finau 1.705
74 ↑↑ Michael Thorbjornsen 1.701
75 Adrien Saddier 1.695
76 ↑↑ Richard Hoey 1.676
77 ↑↑ Garrick Higgo 1.673
78 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.667
79 Rickie Fowler 1.665
80 ↑↑ Daniel Brown(Oct1994) 1.662
81 ↓↓ Mackenzie Hughes 1.653
82 ↓↓ Byeong Hun An 1.651
83 ↓↓ Jhonattan Vegas 1.638
84 ↓↓ Davis Thompson 1.636
85 ↑↑ Tom McKibbin 1.635
86 ↓↓ Haotong Li 1.610
87 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 1.605
88 ↓↓ Jake Knapp 1.590
89 Neal Shipley 1.577
90 ↓↓ Sahith Theegala 1.571
91 ↓↓ Tom Kim 1.567
92 ↓↓ Davis Riley 1.562
93 Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.553
94 ↓↓ Stephan Jaeger 1.545
95 ↓↓ Nicolai Hojgaard 1.541
96 ↓↓ Emiliano Grillo 1.538
97 ↓↓ Matti Schmid 1.536
98 Jordan Smith 1.535
99 John Parry 1.501
100 ↑↑ Steven Fisk 1.492

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

Michael Brennan has gained 0.92 points since October 13, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 107th to 42nd in the world rankings.

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

Scottie Scheffler has lost 1.56 points since October 13, 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 3rd in the world.