2022 World Golf Rankings: No. 1, Top 50 at End of Year
No. 1 at the end of 2022 was Rory McIlroy. McIlroy did not win any of the majors, but finished Top 8 in all four including runner-up in the 2022 Masters and third at the 2022 PGA Championship. McIlroy won three PGA Tour tournaments during the year: the RBC Canadian Open, Tour Championship and CJ Cup. He led the PGA Tour in scoring average and FedEx Cup points; and was the Order of Merit winner on the European Tour.
Men's World Golf Rankings, End of 2022
These were the Top 50 golfers in the final Official World Golf Ranking of the calendar year 2022 (released on Dec. 25, 2022; the number is the player's average ranking points earned per tournament):
1. Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, 8.6456
2. Scottie Scheffler, United States, 8.4072
3. Cameron Smith, Australia, 7.5653
4. Patrick Cantlay, United States, 7.2630
5. Jon Rahm, Spain, 6.5331
6. Xander Schauffele, United States, 6.1889
7. Will Zalatoris, United States, 5.8026
8. Justin Thomas, United States, 5.4133
9. Matt Fitzpatrick, England, 5.2688
10. Viktor Hovland, Norway, 5.2280
11. Collin Morikawa, United States, 4.9248
12. Tony Finau, United States, 4.8125
13. Sam Burns, United States, 4.4873
14. Jordan Spieth, United States, 4.4049
15. Tom Kim, South Korea, 4.2657
16. Cameron Young, United States, 3.9516
17. Max Homa, United States, 3.8992
18. Billy Horschel, United States, 3.7573
19. Sungjae Im, South Korea, 3.5801
20. Shane Lowry, Ireland, 3.5152
21. Hideki Matsuyama, Japan, 3.4908
22. Joaquin Niemann, Chile, 3.3011
23. Tommy Fleetwood, England, 3.0115
24. Brian Harman, United States, 3.0089
25. Keegan Bradley, United States, 2.8246
26. Tyrrell Hatton, England, 2.7977
27. Sepp Straka, Austria, 2.7196
28. Ryan Fox, New Zealand, 2.6927
29. Seamus Power, Ireland, 2.6904
30. Russell Henley, United States, 2.5340
31. Kevin Kisner, United States, 2.5166
32. Abraham Ancer, Mexico, 2.5051
33. Aaron Wise, United States, 2.4670
34. Corey Conners, Canada, 2.4347
35. Adam Scott, Australia, 2.4278
36. Tom Hoge, United States, 2.3928
37. Thomas Pieters, Belgium, 2.3921
38. K.H. Lee, South Korea, 2.3452
39. Alex Noren, Sweden, 2.3384
40. Talor Gooch, United States, 2.2381
41. Dustin Johnson, United States, 2.2092
42. Kurt Kitayama, United States, 2.1950
43. Sahith Theegala, United States, 2.1793
44. Mito Pereira, Chile, 2.1255
45. Harold Varner III, United States, 2.1180
46. Mackenzie Hughes, Canada, 1.9680
47. Jason Kokrak, United States, 1.9645
48. Adrian Meronk, Poland, 1.9417
49. Kevin Na, United States, 1.9305
50. Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa, 1.9138
Comparing the above end-of-2022 rankings with the end-of-2021 rankings, the biggest jump from outside the Top 50 into the Top 50 from 2021 to 2022 was by Sahith Theegala, who went from No. 381 at the end of 2021 to No. 43 at the end of 2022. The biggest year-to-year drop within the Top 50 was by Dustin Johnson, who was No. 3 at the end of 2021 but No. 41 at the end of 2022. The full OWGR at the end of 2022 can be viewed in the OWGR Archives.
