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 143 weeks, starting on May 22. Overall he's held the #1 position for 177 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 15.868
2 Rory McIlroy 8.532
3 Tommy Fleetwood 5.244
4 Collin Morikawa 5.018
5 Justin Rose 4.850
6 Russell Henley 4.653
7 Chris Gotterup 4.597
8 Robert MacIntyre 4.249
9 Sepp Straka 4.191
10 Xander Schauffele 4.131
11 J.J Spaun 4.119
12 Hideki Matsuyama 4.104
13 Ben Griffin 4.043
14 Justin Thomas 3.843
15 ↑↑ Cameron Young 3.616
16 Harris English 3.606
17 Alex Noren 3.583
18 Viktor Hovland 3.519
19 ↑↑ Akshay Bhatia 3.450
20 Patrick Reed 3.427
21 Ludvig Aberg 3.417
22 ↑↑ Jacob Bridgeman 3.305
23 Keegan Bradley 3.154
24 Matt Fitzpatrick 3.061
25 Maverick McNealy 2.959
26 Tyrrell Hatton 2.898
27 Ryan Gerard 2.896
28 Si Woo Kim 2.874
29 Shane Lowry 2.844
30 Min Woo Lee 2.754
31 ↑↑ Kurt Kitayama 2.718
32 ↓↓ Sam Burns 2.631
33 ↓↓ Patrick Cantlay 2.542
34 ↑↑ Daniel Berger 2.508
35 ↓↓ Aaron Rai 2.480
36 ↑↑ Jon Rahm 2.479
37 ↑↑ Nicolas Echavarria 2.447
38 ↓↓ Marco Penge 2.367
39 Corey Conners 2.196
40 ↓↓ Jason Day 2.193
41 ↓↓ Bryson DeChambeau 2.171
42 ↑↑ Jake Knapp 2.159
43 ↓↓ Matt McCarty 2.136
44 ↑↑ Ryan Fox 2.116
45 ↓↓ Michael Brennan 2.099
46 ↓↓ Kristoffer Reitan 2.081
47 ↓↓ Andrew Novak 2.076
48 Pierceson Coody 2.048
49 ↓↓ Samuel Stevens 2.046
50 ↑↑ Adam Scott 2.045
51 ↓↓ Rasmus Hojgaard 2.027
52 Nicolai Hojgaard 2.004
53 ↓↓ Sami Valimaki 1.966
54 Max Greyserman 1.964
55 ↓↓ Michael Kim 1.961
56 Harry Hall 1.902
57 Jayden Schaper 1.900
58 ↓↓ Brian Harman 1.890
59 ↓↓ Michael Thorbjornsen 1.887
60 ↑↑ Rickie Fowler 1.841
61 ↑↑ Thomas Detry 1.827
62 ↓↓ Nick Taylor 1.778
63 ↓↓ Rasmus Neergaard Petersen 1.765
64 ↑↑ Jordan Spieth 1.702
65 Ryo Hisatsune 1.699
66 Taylor Pendrith 1.671
67 ↓↓ John Keefer 1.670
68 ↓↓ Wyndham Clark 1.659
69 ↑↑ Casey Jarvis 1.648
70 ↓↓ JT Poston 1.648
71 ↑↑ Aldrich Potgieter 1.611
72 ↓↓ Max McGreevy 1.605
73 Elvis Smylie 1.591
74 Garrick Higgo 1.579
75 ↓↓ Haotong Li 1.576
76 ↑↑ Sahith Theegala 1.557
77 Daniel Brown(Oct1994) 1.554
78 ↓↓ Lucas Glover 1.537
79 ↓↓ Sungjae Im 1.535
80 ↓↓ Richard Hoey 1.520
81 Bud Cauley 1.514
82 Billy Horschel 1.506
83 John Parry 1.483
84 David Puig 1.480
85 Patrick Rodgers 1.479
86 ↑↑ Daniel Hillier 1.466
87 ↓↓ Thriston Lawrence 1.457
88 ↓↓ Laurie Canter 1.451
89 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1.444
90 ↑↑ Matti Schmid 1.435
91 Tom McKibbin 1.425
92 ↓↓ Adrien Saddier 1.425
93 Jordan Smith 1.413
94 ↓↓ Denny McCarthy 1.409
95 ↑↑ Ricky Castillo 1.408
96 ↓↓ Brian Campbell 1.400
97 ↓↓ Matt Wallace 1.383
98 ↓↓ Tom Hoge 1.360
99 ↓↓ Chris Kirk 1.349
100 ↑↑ Austin Smotherman 1.335

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

Jacob Bridgeman has gained 1.34 points since February 23, which is the most of anybody in the world rankings. His rank has increased from 52nd to 22nd in the world rankings.

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

Scottie Scheffler has lost 1.26 points since February 23, 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.