Aaron Rai among those moving up in the latest European team Ryder Cup rankings

The 2025 Ryder Cup is less than two months away and players on the European side continue to work towards making captain Luke Donald's team.

The 2025 Ryder Cup is less than two months away and players on the European side continue to work toward making captain Luke Donald's team.

Checking in on the latest standings update, and there's not been much movement, with the top six (which would be automatic qualifiers) unchanged. In fact, the top 11 on the Euro standings are unchanged from a week ago. The first movement comes with Matt Fitzpatrick (12) and Thomas Detry (13) flipping spots.

Aaron Rai plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the 2025 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club.

Rory Mcllroy is the only golfer on the Euro side to have clinched a spot. The rest of the top six will be officially on the team after the DP World Tour's Betfred British Masters in three weeks. The next six will be captain's picks.

Alex Noren made the biggest jump this week, going from No. 71 to No. 46 but Aaron Rai goes from No. 16 to No. 14, inching closer to consideration.

The standings below are as of the Aug. 3, 2025, update.

European Ryder Cup team rankings

The top six earn automatic spots:

Pos.GolferRyder Cup points
1Rory McIlroy3440.78
2Robert MacIntyre1355.84
3Tommy Fleetwood1314.61
4Tyrrell Hatton1279.33
5Shane Lowry1234.11
6Sepp Straka1226.83

The next six in the standings:

Pos.GolferRyder Cup points
7Rasmus Hojgaard1150.91
8Justin Rose1019.62
9Ludvig Åberg1006.83
10Viktor Hovland930.31
11Matt Wallace867.02
12Matt Fitzpatrick787.48

The next six in the standings:

Pos.GolferRyder Cup points
13Thomas Detry780.29
14Aaron Rai711.36
15Jordan Smith692.29
16Niklas Norgaard638.73
17Thorbjorn Olesen615.55
18Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen591.04

The highest-ranking LIV golfer on the Euro side is Hatton at No. 4. Jon Rahm is 21st.

The Ryder Cup is set for Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: European team Ryder Cup rankings: Aaron Rai up two spots to No. 14

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