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 91 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 125 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 14.442
2 Xander Schauffele 8.914
3 Rory McIlroy 8.610
4 Collin Morikawa 5.745
5 Hideki Matsuyama 5.581
6 Ludvig Aberg 4.944
7 Wyndham Clark 4.075
8 ↑↑ Tyrrell Hatton 3.820
9 Viktor Hovland 3.731
10 Bryson DeChambeau 3.660
11 ↑↑ Justin Thomas 3.539
12 Tommy Fleetwood 3.508
13 Keegan Bradley 3.437
14 Robert MacIntyre 3.424
15 Patrick Cantlay 3.399
16 Russell Henley 3.370
17 ↑↑ Sepp Straka 3.330
18 ↑↑ Shane Lowry 3.257
19 ↓↓ Sahith Theegala 3.143
20 Billy Horschel 3.131
21 Sungjae Im 3.112
22 ↑↑ Thomas Detry 2.927
23 Tom Kim 2.829
24 ↓↓ Adam Scott 2.815
25 ↓↓ Sam Burns 2.725
26 Maverick McNealy 2.716
27 ↓↓ Aaron Rai 2.668
28 Nick Taylor 2.526
29 Byeong Hun An 2.521
30 ↓↓ Tony Finau 2.517
31 Akshay Bhatia 2.455
32 ↑↑ Jason Day 2.427
33 Nick Dunlap 2.417
34 ↑↑ Max Greyserman 2.321
35 ↑↑ Harris English 2.317
36 ↑↑ Justin Rose 2.315
37 ↓↓ Brian Harman 2.296
38 ↑↑ Taylor Pendrith 2.260
39 Rasmus Hojgaard 2.256
40 ↓↓ JT Poston 2.244
41 ↓↓ Matthieu Pavon 2.214
42 Austin Eckroat 2.212
43 ↑↑ Lucas Glover 2.207
44 ↓↓ Cameron Young 2.163
45 ↑↑ Cameron Davis 2.125
46 ↓↓ Nicolas Echavarria 2.109
47 ↓↓ Stephan Jaeger 2.088
48 ↓↓ Corey Conners 2.078
49 ↓↓ Jon Rahm 2.072
50 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 2.044
51 ↑↑ Christiaan Bezuidenhout 2.018
52 ↓↓ Davis Thompson 2.007
53 Min Woo Lee 1.971
54 ↑↑ Laurie Canter 1.940
55 ↓↓ Matt McCarty 1.885
56 ↓↓ Thriston Lawrence 1.872
57 ↓↓ Matt Fitzpatrick 1.858
58 ↓↓ Eric Cole 1.847
59 ↑↑ Daniel Berger 1.800
60 ↓↓ Max Homa 1.795
61 ↓↓ Alex Noren 1.776
62 Jhonattan Vegas 1.744
63 Mackenzie Hughes 1.732
64 Ben Griffin 1.708
65 ↑↑ Jordan Spieth 1.700
66 Si Woo Kim 1.693
67 Adam Hadwin 1.663
68 Will Zalatoris 1.660
69 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 1.659
70 ↓↓ Chris Kirk 1.639
71 Chun an Yu 1.605
72 ↓↓ Nicolai Hojgaard 1.599
73 ↓↓ Matt Wallace 1.598
74 Joaquin Niemann 1.583
75 ↑↑ Taylor Moore 1.536
76 ↑↑ Samuel Stevens 1.520
77 ↓↓ Thorbjorn Olesen 1.513
78 Beau Hossler 1.452
79 ↑↑ Andrew Novak 1.444
80 J.J Spaun 1.439
81 ↑↑ David Puig 1.420
82 ↑↑ Justin Lower 1.409
83 Lee Hodges 1.394
84 ↓↓ Kurt Kitayama 1.382
85 ↑↑ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.380
86 ↑↑ Michael Kim 1.363
87 ↓↓ Erik van Rooyen 1.358
88 ↓↓ Harry Hall 1.314
89 ↓↓ Romain Langasque 1.312
90 ↑↑ Niklas Norgaard 1.305
91 ↓↓ Rickie Fowler 1.292
92 ↓↓ Victor Perez 1.284
93 Luke Clanton(Am) 1.275
94 ↓↓ Cameron Smith 1.260
95 ↓↓ Max McGreevy 1.259
96 ↓↓ Ryan Fox 1.232
97 Keith Mitchell 1.219
98 ↑↑ Charley Hoffman 1.214
99 ↓↓ Jordan Smith 1.211
100 ↓↓ Matteo Manassero 1.208

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

Rory McIlroy has gained 1.23 points since January 27, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. In this time period he has solidified his position as the 3rd ranked player in the world.

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

Scottie Scheffler has lost 0.93 points since January 27, 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.