Golf Rankings

Year-end world ranking

2023 World Golf Rankings

Final published week of 2023, December 31, 2023.

Scottie Scheffler finished world number one.

World number one in 2023

The top of the ranking changed hands 5 times during 2023.

  1. Rory McIlroyJan 8, 2023 – Feb 5, 2023 · 5 weeks
  2. Scottie SchefflerFeb 12, 2023 – Feb 12, 2023 · 1 week
  3. Jon RahmFeb 19, 2023 – Mar 5, 2023 · 3 weeks
  4. Scottie SchefflerMar 12, 2023 – Apr 2, 2023 · 4 weeks
  5. Jon RahmApr 9, 2023 – May 14, 2023 · 6 weeks
  6. Scottie SchefflerMay 21, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023 · 33 weeks · finished the year
  1. 1Scottie Scheffler
  2. 2Rory McIlroy
  3. 3Jon Rahm
  4. 4Viktor Hovland
  5. 5Patrick Cantlay
  6. 6Xander Schauffele
  7. 7Max Homa
  8. 8Matt Fitzpatrick
  9. 9Brian Harman
  10. 10Wyndham Clark
  11. 11Tom Kim
  12. 12Tyrrell Hatton
  13. 13Collin Morikawa
  14. 14Tommy Fleetwood
  15. 15Jordan Spieth
  16. 16Keegan Bradley
  17. 17Brooks Koepka
  18. 18Sepp Straka
  19. 19Jason Day
  20. 20Tony Finau
  21. 21Sam Burns
  22. 22Cameron Young
  23. 23Rickie Fowler
  24. 24Russell Henley
  25. 25Cameron Smith
  26. 26Justin Thomas
  27. 27Sungjae Im
  28. 28Ryan Fox
  29. 29Ludvig Aberg
  30. 30Lucas Glover
  31. 31Kurt Kitayama
  32. 32Sahith Theegala
  33. 33Min Woo Lee
  34. 34Denny McCarthy
  35. 35Corey Conners
  36. 36Justin Rose
  37. 37Emiliano Grillo
  38. 38Will Zalatoris
  39. 39Shane Lowry
  40. 40Harris English
  41. 41Eric Cole
  42. 42Cameron Davis
  43. 43J.T. Poston
  44. 44Adam Scott
  45. 45Adam Schenk
  46. 46Hideki Matsuyama
  47. 47Si Woo Kim
  48. 48Adrian Meronk
  49. 49Adam Hadwin
  50. 50Nicolai Hojgaard
  51. 51Nick Taylor
  52. 52Chris Kirk
  53. 53Taylor Moore
  54. 54Matt Kuchar
  55. 55Alex Noren
  56. 56Robert MacIntyre
  57. 57Brendon Todd
  58. 58Adam Svensson
  59. 59Lee Hodges
  60. 60Byeong Hun An
  61. 61Tom Hoge
  62. 62Andrew Putnam
  63. 63Billy Horschel
  64. 64Aaron Rai
  65. 65Joaquin Niemann
  66. 66Mackenzie Hughes
  67. 67Matt Wallace
  68. 68Lucas Herbert
  69. 69Justin Suh
  70. 70Victor Perez
  71. 71Vincent Norrman
  72. 72Dean Burmester
  73. 73Jordan Smith
  74. 74Patrick Reed
  75. 75Keith Mitchell
  76. 76Ryo Hisatsune
  77. 77Alexander Bjork
  78. 78Kyoung-Hoon Lee
  79. 79Beau Hossler
  80. 80Thorbjorn Olesen
  81. 81Thriston Lawrence
  82. 82Seamus Power
  83. 83Alex Smalley
  84. 84Taylor Montgomery
  85. 85Rasmus Hojgaard
  86. 86Luke List
  87. 87Erik van Rooyen
  88. 88Keita Nakajima
  89. 89Rikuya Hoshino
  90. 90Thomas Detry
  91. 91J.J. Spaun
  92. 92Gary Woodland
  93. 93Matthieu Pavon
  94. 94Austin Eckroat
  95. 95Patrick Rodgers
  96. 96Ben Griffin
  97. 97Pablo Larrazábal
  98. 98Mark Hubbard
  99. 99Zac Blair
  100. 100Yannik Paul

Biggest climbers of 2023

Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.

  1. Ludvig Aberg#3064 → #29+3035
  2. Richard Hoey#3064 → #148+2916
  3. Max Greyserman#1116 → #185+931
  4. Ben Silverman#1020 → #159+861
  5. Jacob Bridgeman#980 → #198+782

2023 by tour

How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.