Rory Ryder Win Tops Match Play Rankings
Following Europe’s dramatic win in the 2025 Ryder Cup, Rory McIlroy retains his place as the number one in the Match Play World Golf Rankings. These are based on the points won per match across all team and individual match play events over the last 4 years.
Rory’s record of 3.5 points from 5 games slightly reduced his overall points per game to 0.806, but this is still the best of any current player.
The second day four-balls also saw him play his 100th professional match play game and Rory McIlroy’s career match play record is the best of anyone who has played more than 100 games. He also has the 2nd best record of any other player who has played more than 50 games, behind Luke Donald.
Match Play World Rankings 100+ Games
Other top performers from both teams at Bethpage Black also rose up the rankings:
- Xander Schauffele (0.680) rising from 8th to 6th
- Tommy Fleetwood (0.674) rising from 14th to 8th
- Tyrrell Hatton (0.673) rising from 15th to 9th
- Cameron Young (0.639) rising from 22nd to 14th
Special mention to Team USA’s J.J. Spaun who to date has played 7 games with a win ratio of 0.714, which would be enough to place him 3rd if he can keep this form going and reach the minimum of 8 games for the rankings.
Players heading in the other direction down the rankings were
- Sam Burns (0.614) falling from 10th to 19th
- Patrick Cantlay (0.600) falling from 7th to 21st
- Scotty Scheffler (0.516) falling from 28th to 34th
For the full record of all the players from the 2025 Ryder Cup, together with rankings for every other event, check out the table below.
