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 151 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 185 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 16.455
2 Rory McIlroy 9.744
3 Cameron Young 7.141
4 Matt Fitzpatrick 6.176
5 Collin Morikawa 5.088
6 Tommy Fleetwood 5.088
7 ↓↓ Justin Rose 5.033
8 J.J Spaun 4.916
9 ↓↓ Russell Henley 4.857
10 Chris Gotterup 4.640
11 Xander Schauffele 4.605
12 Robert MacIntyre 4.358
13 Sepp Straka 4.128
14 Ben Griffin 4.068
15 Ludvig Aberg 3.961
16 Justin Thomas 3.729
17 Hideki Matsuyama 3.668
18 Alex Noren 3.583
19 Jacob Bridgeman 3.574
20 ↑↑ Jon Rahm 3.552
21 Harris English 3.490
22 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 3.469
23 Akshay Bhatia 3.372
24 Patrick Reed 3.358
25 ↑↑ Kristoffer Reitan 3.348
26 Tyrrell Hatton 3.271
27 ↓↓ Viktor Hovland 3.124
28 Bryson DeChambeau 3.052
29 ↑↑ Nicolai Hojgaard 3.051
30 Patrick Cantlay 2.938
31 Min Woo Lee 2.913
32 ↓↓ Keegan Bradley 2.889
33 Maverick McNealy 2.856
34 Kurt Kitayama 2.830
35 ↓↓ Sam Burns 2.819
36 Ryan Gerard 2.800
37 ↑↑ Rickie Fowler 2.657
38 Shane Lowry 2.581
39 Jake Knapp 2.568
40 Marco Penge 2.407
41 Jason Day 2.404
42 Daniel Berger 2.344
43 ↑↑ Matt McCarty 2.290
44 Aaron Rai 2.253
45 Michael Kim 2.226
46 ↑↑ Adam Scott 2.216
47 Gary Woodland 2.203
48 ↓↓ Nicolas Echavarria 2.200
49 Samuel Stevens 2.163
50 ↓↓ Corey Conners 2.107
51 Jordan Spieth 2.071
52 ↓↓ Michael Brennan 2.001
53 Brian Harman 1.964
54 Andrew Novak 1.964
55 Pierceson Coody 1.958
56 Ryan Fox 1.922
57 Harry Hall 1.860
58 ↑↑ Nick Taylor 1.841
59 Ryo Hisatsune 1.827
60 Sami Valimaki 1.819
61 Thomas Detry 1.793
62 ↑↑ David Puig 1.779
63 Michael Thorbjornsen 1.733
64 ↓↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 1.719
65 ↓↓ Jayden Schaper 1.716
66 ↑↑ Bud Cauley 1.686
67 ↑↑ Sungjae Im 1.674
68 Jordan Smith 1.668
69 Matt Wallace 1.665
70 ↓↓ Max Greyserman 1.659
71 Wyndham Clark 1.628
72 Casey Jarvis 1.619
73 Patrick Rodgers 1.598
74 ↓↓ John Keefer 1.588
75 ↑↑ Aldrich Potgieter 1.558
76 Sahith Theegala 1.527
77 ↓↓ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.526
78 ↑↑ Alex Smalley 1.448
79 JT Poston 1.446
80 Haotong Li 1.443
80 ↓↓ Max McGreevy 1.443
82 ↑↑ Andrew Putnam 1.427
83 ↑↑ Alex Fitzpatrick 1.425
84 Austin Smotherman 1.424
85 Garrick Higgo 1.416
86 ↓↓ Taylor Pendrith 1.412
87 John Parry 1.412
88 ↓↓ Richard Hoey 1.399
89 ↑↑ Lucas Herbert 1.399
90 Ricky Castillo 1.391
91 David Lipsky 1.370
92 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.365
93 Lucas Glover 1.360
94 ↓↓ Elvis Smylie 1.329
95 ↑↑ Shaun Norris 1.329
96 ↓↓ Daniel Hillier 1.314
97 ↓↓ Matti Schmid 1.300
98 Chris Kirk 1.296
99 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 1.290
100 Stephan Jaeger 1.257

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

Cameron Young has gained 1.26 points since April 20, 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?

Hideki Matsuyama has lost 0.43 points since April 20, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings. His ranking has dropped from 14th to 17th 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 Cameron Young, who is ranked 3rd in the world.