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 176 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 210 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 16.402 ✓ ✓
2 Rory McIlroy 8.129 ✓ ✓
3 ↑ Matt Fitzpatrick 7.010 ✓
4 ↓ Cameron Young 6.970 ✓
5 Wyndham Clark 6.182 ✓
6 ↑ Chris Gotterup 5.101 ✓
7 ↑ Tommy Fleetwood 4.992 ✓
8 ↑ Xander Schauffele 4.988 ✓
9 ↓↓ Russell Henley 4.972 ✓
10 ↓↓ Sam Burns 4.956 ✓
11 Collin Morikawa 4.680 ✓
12 J.J Spaun 4.586 ✓
13 Viktor Hovland 4.555 ✓
14 Si Woo Kim 4.476
15 Jon Rahm 4.348 ✓ ✓
16 ↑ Jacob Bridgeman 4.146
17 Aaron Rai 4.127
18 ↑↑ Michael Brennan 3.961
19 Robert MacIntyre 3.934 ✓
20 ↓ Ludvig Aberg 3.894 ✓
21 ↓ Justin Rose 3.860 ✓ ✓
22 ↑ Ryan Fox 3.805
23 Ryan Gerard 3.702
24 ↓ Alex Noren 3.670 ✓
25 ↑ Hideki Matsuyama 3.376 ✓
26 ↓ Tyrrell Hatton 3.322 ✓
27 ↑ Patrick Cantlay 3.321 ✓
28 ↓ Ben Griffin 3.296 ✓
29 ↓ Justin Thomas 3.261 ✓ ✓
30 ↑ Tom Kim 3.233
31 Min Woo Lee 3.170
32 ↓ Patrick Reed 3.164 ✓
33 ↓ Kristoffer Reitan 3.130
34 ↑ Joaquin Niemann 2.921
35 Akshay Bhatia 2.882
36 ↑ JT Poston 2.832
37 Bryson DeChambeau 2.790 ✓
38 ↓ Sepp Straka 2.773 ✓
39 ↑↑ Eugenio Chacarra 2.765
40 ↑ Michael Thorbjornsen 2.652
41 Kurt Kitayama 2.649
42 ↑ Gary Woodland 2.622
43 ↓ Shane Lowry 2.597
44 Adam Scott 2.523 ✓ ✓
45 Harris English 2.464 ✓
46 ↑ Bud Cauley 2.459
47 ↓↓ Nicolai Hojgaard 2.443
48 ↓ Alex Smalley 2.386
49 Rickie Fowler 2.353 ✓
50 ↓ Maverick McNealy 2.211 ✓
51 Jake Knapp 2.196
52 Lucas Herbert 2.175
53 Marco Penge 2.142
54 ↑↑ Austin Smotherman 2.126
55 ↓↓ Keegan Bradley 2.107 ✓
56 ↓ Matt Wallace 2.028
57 ↑↑ Casey Jarvis 2.024
58 ↑↑ Keith Mitchell 1.966
59 Jackson Koivun 1.964
60 ↓ Alex Fitzpatrick 1.958
61 Sungjae Im 1.943
62 ↓↓ Corey Conners 1.934
63 ↓ Jordan Spieth 1.819 ✓ ✓
64 ↑ Brian Harman 1.806 ✓
65 ↑ John Keefer 1.776
66 ↓ Daniel Berger 1.767
67 ↓↓ Nicolas Echavarria 1.735
68 ↑↑ Jordan Smith 1.724
69 ↓↓ Michael Kim 1.719
70 ↓↓ Samuel Stevens 1.689
71 ↓ Harry Hall 1.680
72 ↓↓ Ryo Hisatsune 1.665
73 ↓ Pierceson Coody 1.623
74 ↑↑ Daniel Hillier 1.615
75 ↑↑ Ross Steelman 1.614
76 ↓ Max Homa 1.609 ✓
77 ↓↓ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.574
78 ↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 1.558
79 ↑↑ Sami Valimaki 1.554
80 ↑ Steven Fisk 1.544
81 ↓ David Puig 1.537
82 ↓↓ Jason Day 1.536 ✓ ✓
83 ↓↓ Eric Cole 1.536
83 ↑↑ Benjamin James 1.536
85 ↓↓ Matt McCarty 1.530
86 ↓↓ Ricky Castillo 1.498
87 ↑↑ Jacob Skov Olesen 1.489
88 ↑↑ Sandy Scott 1.433
89 ↑ Thomas Detry 1.423
90 ↓↓ Andrew Novak 1.420
91 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 1.411
92 ↑ Ben Kohles 1.388
93 ↓↓ Sahith Theegala 1.387
94 ↓↓ McClure Meissner 1.367
95 ↑↑ Blades Brown 1.354
96 ↑ Beau Hossler 1.335
97 ↑↑ Doug Ghim 1.331
98 ↓↓ Jayden Schaper 1.310
99 ↓↓ Matti Schmid 1.298
100 ↓↓ Jackson Suber 1.285

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

Austin Smotherman has gained 0.94 points since October 12, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 121st to 54th in the world rankings.

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

Scottie Scheffler has lost 1.07 points since October 12, 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 Matt Fitzpatrick, who is ranked 3rd in the world.