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 123 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 157 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 20.748
2 Rory McIlroy 11.424
3 Russell Henley 6.184
4 Xander Schauffele 6.160
5 Justin Thomas 5.512
6 J.J Spaun 5.444
7 Tommy Fleetwood 5.442
8 Collin Morikawa 4.848
9 Robert MacIntyre 4.764
10 Harris English 4.621
11 ↑↑ Ben Griffin 4.592
12 Viktor Hovland 4.588
13 Keegan Bradley 4.580
14 Justin Rose 4.570
15 Sepp Straka 4.545
16 Ludvig Aberg 4.429
17 Hideki Matsuyama 4.097
18 ↑↑ Alex Noren 3.931
19 Maverick McNealy 3.855
20 Cameron Young 3.799
21 Bryson DeChambeau 3.727
22 Patrick Cantlay 3.686
23 Sam Burns 3.507
24 Shane Lowry 3.472
25 Tyrrell Hatton 3.278
26 Chris Gotterup 3.106
27 Corey Conners 3.058
28 ↑↑ Aaron Rai 2.859
29 Matt Fitzpatrick 2.842
30 Brian Harman 2.816
31 Wyndham Clark 2.809
32 Andrew Novak 2.615
33 Sungjae Im 2.598
34 Akshay Bhatia 2.589
35 Billy Horschel 2.578
36 Kurt Kitayama 2.566
37 Ryan Fox 2.504
38 Jason Day 2.434
39 ↑↑ Michael Kim 2.421
40 Nick Taylor 2.417
41 Max Greyserman 2.378
42 Taylor Pendrith 2.353
43 ↑↑ Min Woo Lee 2.343
44 Thomas Detry 2.296
45 Daniel Berger 2.248
46 JT Poston 2.236
47 ↑↑ Patrick Reed 2.231
48 Samuel Stevens 2.230
49 Denny McCarthy 2.192
50 Harry Hall 2.173
51 Ryan Gerard 2.159
52 Adam Scott 2.120
53 ↑↑ Marco Penge 2.119
54 ↓↓ Chris Kirk 2.110
55 John Keefer 2.110
56 ↓↓ Lucas Glover 2.107
57 ↓↓ Jordan Spieth 2.101
58 ↓↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 2.087
59 Matt McCarty 2.045
60 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 2.033
61 Brian Campbell 2.017
62 ↓↓ Tony Finau 2.016
63 ↓↓ Bud Cauley 2.011
64 ↑↑ Kristoffer Reitan 2.002
65 ↓↓ Nicolas Echavarria 1.982
66 Aldrich Potgieter 1.957
67 Jacob Bridgeman 1.908
68 ↑↑ Mackenzie Hughes 1.875
69 Thriston Lawrence 1.866
70 Matt Wallace 1.836
71 Sahith Theegala 1.818
72 ↓↓ Byeong Hun An 1.818
73 ↑↑ Jon Rahm 1.813
74 Davis Thompson 1.804
75 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 1.803
76 ↓↓ Jhonattan Vegas 1.800
77 ↑↑ Adrien Saddier 1.781
78 ↑↑ Haotong Li 1.762
79 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.748
80 ↑↑ Jake Knapp 1.744
81 Rickie Fowler 1.744
82 ↓↓ Davis Riley 1.732
83 ↓↓ Chun an Yu 1.724
84 Laurie Canter 1.716
85 Nicolai Hojgaard 1.679
86 Tom Kim 1.676
87 ↓↓ Stephan Jaeger 1.671
88 Matti Schmid 1.628
89 Neal Shipley 1.617
90 ↑↑ Emiliano Grillo 1.614
91 Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.593
92 Erik van Rooyen 1.571
93 Joe Highsmith 1.551
94 Austin Eckroat 1.544
95 Jordan Smith 1.541
96 McClure Meissner 1.501
97 Mark Hubbard 1.444
98 William Mouw 1.431
99 ↑↑ Daniel Brown(Oct1994) 1.412
100 Gary Woodland 1.384

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

Alex Noren has gained 1.25 points since September 8, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 32nd to 18th in the world rankings.

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

Xander Schauffele has lost 0.40 points since September 8, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings. His ranking has dropped from 3rd to 4th 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 Russell Henley, who is ranked 3rd in the world.