As the 2025 Ryder Cup draws nearer, we take a deeper look at both teams and in particular the Ryder Cup team rankings so see which side has the best players.
Could The Ryder Cup Team Rankings Help Find The Winner?
When it comes to finding the winner of the Ryder Cup there are many angles to explore.
Including the record of the home side – that have won ALL of the last five Ryder Cups.
But another way of hunting out the 2025 Ryder Cup winning team could simply be to look at which side has the best players – based on the current world rankings.
With that in mind, we’ve listed all 12 players from both the USA and European teams below with their Ryder Cup team rankings.
Added them up and worked out the team ranking for each side.
Let’s see who has come out on top.
Europe Ryder Cup Team Rankings 2025 🇪🇺
| Player | World Ranking |
| Rory McIlroy | 2 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 7 |
| Robert MacIntyre | 9 |
| Viktor Hovland (wildcard) | 12 |
| Justin Rose | 14 |
| Sepp Straka (wildcard) | 15 |
| Ludvig Aberg (wildcard) | 16 |
| Shane Lowry (wildcard) | 24 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 25 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick (wildcard) | 29 |
| Rasmus Hojgaard | 58 |
| Jon Rahm (wildcard) | 73 |
| Totals | 284 (Ave 23.66) |
The Europe Ryder Cup team rankings above showcase this year’s Masters winner Rory McIlroy as their best player – ranked number two in the world.
When looking at the Rory McIlroy Ryder Cup record – the Northern Irishman playing for the eighth time in the competition and heads into 2025 winning five of those.
Next best is FedEx Cup winner Tommy Fleetwood, who is ranked 7th.
However, team Europe only has three players ranked in the top 10 and seven in the top 20.
Their total Ryder Cup team ranking comes out at 284, with an average of 23.66.
However, some will clearly argue that Jon Rahm is clearly ranked higher than 73 – but playing on the LIV tour means he’s not picking up ranking points and the former world number one has slipped right down the list.
USA Ryder Cup Team Rankings 2025 🇺🇸
| Player | World Ranking |
| Scottie Scheffler | 1 |
| Russell Henley | 3 |
| Xander Schauffele | 4 |
| Justin Thomas (wildcard) | 5 |
| JJ Spaun | 6 |
| Collin Morikawa (wildcard) | 8 |
| Harris English | 10 |
| Ben Griffin (wildcard) | 11 |
| Cameron Young (wildcard) | 20 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 21 |
| Patrick Cantlay (wildcard) | 22 |
| Sam Burns (wildcard) | 23 |
| Totals | 134 (Ave 11.16) |
In contrast to the Europe Ryder Cup team, the USA players have a bundle in the top 10.
These, of course, include world number one player Scottie Scheffler, who will be playing in this third Ryder Cup.
The Scottie Scheffler Ryder Cup record sees this year’s Open winner with one win and one loss – but the standout stat is that he’s yet to win a foursomes game at the event (2 losses).
Russell Henley is next best in the USA Ryder Cup team rankings at number three in the world.
In fact, the USA team has a massive seven of their 12 players currently in the top 10 ranked.
Meaning 58% of the US side are currently considered the top ten players in the world.
Their strength-in-depth also continues into the top 25 – with the USA Ryder Cup rankings seeing ALL of their players ranked 23 or shorter.
All this equates to their overall Ryder Cup ranking at just 134 and an average of 11.16.
Ryder Cup 2025 Dates and Event Info ⛳
- 🏌️ Event: 2025 Ryder Cup
- 📅 Date: Fri 26 Sept – Sun 28 Sept
- 🕛 Opening Tee Time: Approx. 1.00pm BST
- 🏆 Defending Champions: Europe
- 📺 TV Channel: Sky Sports
- ⛳️ Venue: Bethpage Black Course | Farmingdale, New York, USA
- 🎲 Odds: Europe 6/5 | USA 4/6 | Tie 12/1
Ryder Cup Team Rankings: Team USA Have The Better-Ranked Players
Therefore, based on the Ryder Cup rankings for both teams – it’s the USA that are the clear front-runners.
Team USA has an average world ranking of just 11.16 – which is 12.5 less than the European average of 23.66.
Before a ball has been hit the golf betting sites are making USA the Ryder Cup favourites at 4/6, with Europe 7/4 and the tie 12/1.
As mentioned in the intro, the home side has also won ALL of the last five Ryder Cups – with the last away win coming for team Europe in 2012 at Medinah Country Club, Illinois (watch below).
