Official World Golf Ranking
World number one
25 golfers have topped the world ranking since it began on 6 April 1986. The current number one is Scottie Scheffler.
- 1Tiger Woods68311Jun 15, 199711 spells · first Jun 15, 1997
- 2Greg Norman33010Sep 14, 198610 spells · first Sep 14, 1986
- 3Scottie Scheffler2024Mar 27, 20224 spells · first Mar 27, 2022
- 4Dustin Johnson1357Feb 19, 20177 spells · first Feb 19, 2017
- 5Rory McIlroy1219Mar 4, 20129 spells · first Mar 4, 2012
- 6Nick Faldo974Sep 2, 19904 spells · first Sep 2, 1990
- 7Seve Ballesteros624Apr 27, 19864 spells · first Apr 27, 1986
- 8Luke Donald564May 29, 20114 spells · first May 29, 2011
- 9Jon Rahm526Jul 19, 20206 spells · first Jul 19, 2020
- 10Jason Day513Sep 20, 20153 spells · first Sep 20, 2015
- 11Ian Woosnam501Apr 7, 19911 spell · first Apr 7, 1991
- 12Brooks Koepka474Oct 21, 20184 spells · first Oct 21, 2018
- 13Nick Price441Aug 14, 19941 spell · first Aug 14, 1994
- 14Vijay Singh323Sep 5, 20043 spells · first Sep 5, 2004
- 15Jordan Spieth264Aug 16, 20154 spells · first Aug 16, 2015
- 16Lee Westwood222Oct 31, 20102 spells · first Oct 31, 2010
- 17Fred Couples162Mar 22, 19922 spells · first Mar 22, 1992
- 18David Duval152Mar 28, 19992 spells · first Mar 28, 1999
- 19Justin Rose135Sep 9, 20185 spells · first Sep 9, 2018
- 20Adam Scott111May 18, 20141 spell · first May 18, 2014
- 21Ernie Els93Jun 22, 19973 spells · first Jun 22, 1997
- 22Martin Kaymer81Feb 27, 20111 spell · first Feb 27, 2011
- 23Justin Thomas52May 13, 20182 spells · first May 13, 2018
- 24Bernhard Langer31Apr 6, 19861 spell · first Apr 6, 1986
- 25Tom Lehman11Apr 20, 19971 spell · first Apr 20, 1997
“Spells” counts separate runs at number one — a player who is displaced and returns has more than one. Weeks are published ranking weeks, so the 2020 suspension (no ranking was published between 15 March and 14 June) counts for nobody.