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 139 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 173 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 17.124
2 Rory McIlroy 8.344
3 Tommy Fleetwood 5.428
4 ↑↑ Justin Rose 5.051
5 ↑↑ Collin Morikawa 4.828
6 Russell Henley 4.651
7 ↑↑ Chris Gotterup 4.641
8 ↓↓ J.J Spaun 4.415
9 ↓↓ Robert MacIntyre 4.383
10 ↑↑ Hideki Matsuyama 4.339
11 Ben Griffin 4.288
12 Sepp Straka 4.272
13 ↓↓ Xander Schauffele 4.264
14 ↓↓ Justin Thomas 4.097
15 Harris English 3.745
16 Viktor Hovland 3.562
17 ↓↓ Alex Noren 3.549
18 ↑↑ Patrick Reed 3.452
19 Keegan Bradley 3.439
20 Matt Fitzpatrick 3.129
21 Ludvig Aberg 3.123
22 Cameron Young 3.106
23 Tyrrell Hatton 3.068
24 Maverick McNealy 3.021
25 ↑↑ Ryan Gerard 2.947
26 ↑↑ Si Woo Kim 2.842
27 Sam Burns 2.840
28 Patrick Cantlay 2.682
29 Shane Lowry 2.665
30 ↓↓ Aaron Rai 2.576
31 ↑↑ Min Woo Lee 2.519
32 ↓↓ Bryson DeChambeau 2.388
33 Marco Penge 2.377
34 ↑↑ Jason Day 2.305
35 ↓↓ Corey Conners 2.286
36 ↑↑ Matt McCarty 2.176
37 ↑↑ Akshay Bhatia 2.176
38 ↓↓ Andrew Novak 2.147
39 ↓↓ Michael Brennan 2.135
40 ↓↓ Kristoffer Reitan 2.106
41 ↑↑ Samuel Stevens 2.058
42 ↓↓ Kurt Kitayama 2.039
43 ↓↓ Brian Harman 2.037
44 Rasmus Hojgaard 2.036
45 ↓↓ Michael Kim 2.032
46 ↑↑ Pierceson Coody 2.027
47 ↓↓ Sami Valimaki 2.025
48 ↑↑ Michael Thorbjornsen 2.020
49 ↓↓ Ryan Fox 1.994
50 ↑↑ Jon Rahm 1.988
51 ↓↓ Max Greyserman 1.970
52 ↑↑ Jacob Bridgeman 1.970
53 ↑↑ Nicolai Hojgaard 1.906
54 ↑↑ Jayden Schaper 1.905
55 ↑↑ Jake Knapp 1.865
56 Nick Taylor 1.843
57 ↓↓ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.840
58 ↓↓ Nicolas Echavarria 1.831
59 Harry Hall 1.828
60 Daniel Berger 1.800
61 ↓↓ John Keefer 1.794
62 ↓↓ Wyndham Clark 1.787
63 ↓↓ JT Poston 1.757
64 ↓↓ Taylor Pendrith 1.753
65 ↑↑ Ryo Hisatsune 1.713
66 ↓↓ Thomas Detry 1.693
67 Max McGreevy 1.690
68 ↓↓ Sungjae Im 1.678
69 ↑↑ Rickie Fowler 1.666
70 ↑↑ Haotong Li 1.643
71 ↓↓ Adam Scott 1.639
72 Richard Hoey 1.598
73 ↓↓ Lucas Glover 1.596
74 ↓↓ Garrick Higgo 1.593
75 ↓↓ Laurie Canter 1.579
76 Daniel Brown(Oct1994) 1.575
77 ↑↑ Elvis Smylie 1.572
78 ↓↓ Billy Horschel 1.563
79 ↓↓ Bud Cauley 1.538
80 ↓↓ Thriston Lawrence 1.531
81 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 1.506
82 Jordan Spieth 1.502
83 John Parry 1.486
84 ↓↓ Adrien Saddier 1.481
85 ↓↓ Brian Campbell 1.480
86 ↑↑ David Puig 1.471
87 ↓↓ Tom McKibbin 1.471
88 ↑↑ Patrick Rodgers 1.470
89 ↓↓ Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.459
90 ↓↓ Matt Wallace 1.452
91 Jordan Smith 1.449
92 ↑↑ Tom Hoge 1.448
93 ↓↓ Chris Kirk 1.416
94 ↑↑ Sahith Theegala 1.401
95 ↓↓ Aldrich Potgieter 1.369
96 Tony Finau 1.335
97 Thorbjorn Olesen 1.335
98 ↑↑ Daniel Hillier 1.320
99 ↓↓ Matti Schmid 1.319
100 ↓↓ Jhonattan Vegas 1.317

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

Chris Gotterup has gained 1.96 points since December 29, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 28th to 7th in the world rankings.

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

Xander Schauffele has lost 1.03 points since December 29, which is the steepest drop of anybody in the world rankings. His ranking has dropped from 4th to 13th 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.