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 133 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 167 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 17.366
2 Rory McIlroy 9.622
3 Tommy Fleetwood 5.692
4 Xander Schauffele 5.580
5 Russell Henley 5.198
6 J.J Spaun 4.977
7 Robert MacIntyre 4.861
8 Justin Thomas 4.772
9 Ben Griffin 4.726
10 Justin Rose 4.218
11 ↑↑ Sepp Straka 4.086
12 ↑↑ Alex Noren 4.083
13 Harris English 3.990
14 Viktor Hovland 3.987
15 ↓↓ Collin Morikawa 3.941
16 Keegan Bradley 3.925
17 Hideki Matsuyama 3.889
18 Ludvig Aberg 3.823
19 Cameron Young 3.468
20 Tyrrell Hatton 3.413
21 Maverick McNealy 3.256
22 ↑↑ Matt Fitzpatrick 3.129
23 ↑↑ Aaron Rai 3.064
24 Patrick Cantlay 3.032
25 Sam Burns 2.977
26 Bryson DeChambeau 2.942
27 Shane Lowry 2.941
28 Chris Gotterup 2.758
29 Marco Penge 2.660
30 Corey Conners 2.638
31 Max Greyserman 2.344
32 Andrew Novak 2.340
33 ↑↑ Kristoffer Reitan 2.338
34 Brian Harman 2.325
35 ↑↑ Michael Brennan 2.267
36 Michael Kim 2.243
37 Kurt Kitayama 2.241
38 Ryan Fox 2.188
39 ↓↓ Wyndham Clark 2.184
40 Rasmus Hojgaard 2.178
41 ↑↑ Sami Valimaki 2.169
42 ↓↓ Sungjae Im 2.151
43 ↓↓ Akshay Bhatia 2.129
44 Min Woo Lee 2.122
45 Patrick Reed 2.101
46 ↓↓ Billy Horschel 2.059
47 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 2.057
48 Taylor Pendrith 2.042
49 John Keefer 2.041
50 Samuel Stevens 2.012
51 ↑↑ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.994
52 ↑↑ Nicolas Echavarria 1.993
53 ↓↓ Jason Day 1.988
54 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 1.953
55 ↓↓ Thomas Detry 1.953
56 ↓↓ Matt McCarty 1.952
57 ↓↓ Ryan Gerard 1.923
58 JT Poston 1.919
59 Harry Hall 1.872
60 Adam Scott 1.872
61 ↓↓ Daniel Berger 1.867
62 Lucas Glover 1.846
63 ↑↑ Laurie Canter 1.821
64 Thriston Lawrence 1.785
65 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 1.772
66 ↑↑ Max McGreevy 1.770
67 ↑↑ Michael Thorbjornsen 1.760
68 ↑↑ Garrick Higgo 1.753
69 ↓↓ Brian Campbell 1.747
70 Bud Cauley 1.742
71 ↑↑ Richard Hoey 1.738
72 ↓↓ Chris Kirk 1.719
73 ↓↓ Jordan Spieth 1.690
74 ↑↑ Daniel Brown(Oct1994) 1.681
75 Adrien Saddier 1.678
76 ↓↓ Matt Wallace 1.678
77 ↑↑ Nicolai Hojgaard 1.677
78 ↑↑ Tom McKibbin 1.655
79 ↓↓ Jacob Bridgeman 1.641
80 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.632
81 ↓↓ Jon Rahm 1.599
82 Jhonattan Vegas 1.596
83 ↓↓ Aldrich Potgieter 1.589
84 ↓↓ Rickie Fowler 1.573
85 Haotong Li 1.548
86 ↑↑ Jordan Smith 1.531
87 ↑↑ Matti Schmid 1.529
88 ↓↓ Chun an Yu 1.527
89 ↓↓ Tony Finau 1.518
90 ↓↓ Mackenzie Hughes 1.510
91 ↓↓ Davis Thompson 1.495
92 ↑↑ John Parry 1.481
93 ↓↓ Byeong Hun An 1.475
94 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 1.452
95 ↓↓ Neal Shipley 1.450
96 ↑↑ Keita Nakajima 1.438
97 ↑↑ Pierceson Coody 1.433
98 ↓↓ Davis Riley 1.428
99 Thorbjorn Olesen 1.426
100 ↓↓ Jake Knapp 1.417

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

Sami Valimaki has gained 1.00 points since November 17, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 126th to 41st in the world rankings.

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

Scottie Scheffler has lost 1.53 points since November 17, 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 Tommy Fleetwood, who is ranked 3rd in the world.