Darts world rankings

The Darts World Rankings are systems designed to determine a list of the best darts players in the world based on their performances in past tournaments.

In 1993, a group of former world champions and other high-profile players separated from the British Darts Organisation, meaning there were several major governing bodies in the sport. Each organization has its own players, and each has its own ranking system.

After the British Darts Organisation folded in 2020, the two main rankings are now maintained by the World Darts Federation and the Professional Darts Corporation.

The ranking systems are used to arrange tournament seedings, which are so arranged, that the number one player in the world will not face the number two player until the final of a tournament, providing they both reach that final.

PDC World Rankings

Main article: PDC Order of Merit

The Professional Darts Corporation's Ranking is based on the amount of prize money won in ranking tournaments on a two year cycle.

PDC Order of Merit as of 24 November 2024.^[1]

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,804,250
2	1	Michael Smith	£890,000
3	1	Michael van Gerwen	£815,500
4	1	Luke Littler	£618,500
5	1	Rob Cross	£571,750
6		Dave Chisnall	£538,500
7		Jonny Clayton	£509,000
8		Stephen Bunting	£486,000
9	2	Damon Heta	£484,000
10		Gerwyn Price	£480,500
11	2	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£474,250
12	2	Nathan Aspinall	£445,500
13	1	Danny Noppert	£441,750
14	1	Gary Anderson	£440,500
15		Chris Dobey	£430,250
16		James Wade	£426,750
17		Peter Wright	£417,500
18		Josh Rock	£415,000
19	2	Ross Smith	£405,000
20	1	Ryan Searle	£398,250
21	1	Andrew Gilding	£385,500
22	1	Martin Schindler	£375,000
23	1	Joe Cullen	£367,250
24		Mike De Decker	£356,000
25		Dirk van Duijvenbode	£345,750
26		Daryl Gurney	£324,250
27		Gabriel Clemens	£304,750
28		Gian van Veen	£284,000
29		Ritchie Edhouse	£281,750
30	1	Brendan Dolan	£271,500
31	1	Krzysztof Ratajski	£267,750
32		Raymond van Barneveld	£262,750
*Change since 17 November 2024.

PDC Order of Merit as of 24 November 2024.^[1]

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33	1	Ryan Joyce	£254,500
34	1	Ricardo Pietreczko	£245,750
35		Luke Woodhouse	£242,750
36		Jermaine Wattimena	£222,750
37	1	Scott Williams	£210,750
38	1	Martin Lukeman	£202,500
39		Cameron Menzies	£185,500
40		José de Sousa	£174,000
41		Kim Huybrechts	£163,500
42	1	Mickey Mansell	£143,250
43	1	Callan Rydz	£142,000
44		Madars Razma	£134,750
45		Ricky Evans	£132,250
46		Jim Williams	£128,750
47	3	Richard Veenstra	£115,250
48		William O'Connor	£114,500
49	4	Niels Zonneveld	£113,750
50	1	Alan Soutar	£113,000
51		Kevin Doets	£111,500
52	5	Keane Barry	£107,750
53	2	Florian Hempel	£103,000
54		Steve Beaton	£96,500
55	3	Matt Campbell	£95,500
56		Mensur Suljović	£92,750
57	2	Ian White	£91,250
58	2	Wessel Nijman	£85,000
58		Boris Krčmar	£85,000
60	3	Simon Whitlock	£84,250
61	1	Mervyn King	£82,500
62	1	Ryan Meikle	£78,500
63	1	Jamie Hughes	£72,750
64	4	Stephen Burton	£70,500
*Change since 17 November 2024.

PDC Order of Merit as of 24 November 2024.^[1]

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65	1	Adam Gawlas	£68,750
66	1	Lee Evans	£66,750
67		Dylan Slevin	£65,500
68	2	Karel Sedláček	£63,750
69	3	Vincent van der Voort	£63,500
70	8	Connor Scutt	£62,000
71	2	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£58,750
72	1	Maik Kuivenhoven	£56,500
73		Wesley Plaisier	£54,500
74	2	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£51,000
75	1	Daniel Klose	£47,250
76		Nick Kenny	£46,750
77	2	Robert Owen	£45,250
78	1	Keegan Brown	£42,750
79	4	Thibault Tricole	£42,250
80	1	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£41,500
81	5	Jeffrey de Graaf	£40,000
82	2	Graham Hall	£39,500
82	2	Dom Taylor	£39,500
84	2	Arron Monk	£37,750
85	1	Graham Usher	£32,250
85	1	Jurjen van der Velde	£32,250
87		Chris Landman	£31,750
88	3	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£31,000
89	1	James Hurrell	£30,750
90	1	Pascal Rupprecht	£26,500
91		Andy Baetens	£24,500
92	1	Josh Payne	£23,500
92	1	Berry van Peer	£23,500
94	4	Adrian Lewis	£22,500
95		Nathan Rafferty	£22,250
96		Steve Lennon	£22,000
97		Radek Szagański	£21,750
98		Lukas Wenig	£21,500
99		Owen Roelofs	£21,000
100		Danny van Trijp	£20,500
101		Callum Goffin	£20,250
102		Christian Kist	£19,750
103		Adam Warner	£19,500
104		Patrick Geeraets	£19,000
104		Matthew Dennant	£19,000
104		Geert Nentjes	£19,000
107		Darren Beveridge	£18,750
107		Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
109		Jitse Van der Wal	£18,250
110		Benjamin Reus	£18,000
111		Ronny Huybrechts	£17,750
112		Andy Boulton	£17,000
112		Danny Lauby	£17,000
114		Robert Grundy	£16,500
115		Robbie Knops	£16,250
116		Christian Perez	£15,500
117		George Killington	£14,500
118		Owen Bates	£14,000
119		Brett Claydon	£13,750
120		Martijn Dragt	£13,500
120		Adam Hunt	£13,500
122		Darryl Pilgrim	£13,000
122		Rhys Griffin	£13,000
124		Stefan Bellmont	£12,500
124		Danny Jansen	£12,500
124		Haupai Puha	£12,500
127		Jelle Klaasen	£11,750
128		William Borland	£11,500
128		Leighton Bennett	£11,500
130		Leonard Gates	£10,500
130		Franz Rötzsch	£10,500
132		Lee Cocks	£10,000
132		Cameron Crabtree	£10,000
134		John Henderson	£8,500
135		Jacques Labre	£8,250
135		Kai Gotthardt	£8,250
137		Richie Burnett	£7,500
137		Paul Krohne	£7,500
137		Tim Wolters	£7,500
137		Joshua Richardson	£7,500
141		Justin Hood	£7,000
142		Michele Turetta	£6,000
143		Jamie Atkins	£5,500
144		Beau Greaves	£5,000
144		Lourence Ilagan	£5,000
144		Noa-Lynn van Leuven	£5,000
144		Jimmy van Schie	£5,000
144		Sebastian Białecki	£5,000
149		Romeo Grbavac	£4,750
150		Ted Evetts	£4,500
150		Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
152		Pavel Drtil	£4,000
152		Jules van Dongen	£4,000
154		Marko Kantele	£3,750
154		Cor Dekker	£3,750
154		Johan Engström	£3,750
154		Kevin Troppmann	£3,750
154		Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
159		Jiri Brejcha	£2,500
159		Anton Östlund	£2,500
159		Bruno Stöckli	£2,500
159		Roger Hertig	£2,500
159		Shane McGuirk	£2,500
159		Alberto Bezjian	£2,500
159		Max Hopp	£2,500
159		Niko Springer	£2,500
159		Matthias Ehlers	£2,500
159		Jan Dueckers	£2,500
159		Marvin van Velzen	£2,500
159		Moreno Blom	£2,500
159		Moritz Hilger	£2,500
159		Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
159		Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
159		Scott Mitchell	£2,500
175		Dragutin Horvat	£2,250
175		René Eidams	£2,250
177		Aden Kirk	£2,000
177		Thomas Lovely	£2,000
179		Jarred Cole	£1,500
179		Joe Croft	£1,500
179		Michael Taylor	£1,500
182		Daniel Markovsky	£1,250
182		Michal Smejda	£1,250
182		Patrik Kovács	£1,250
182		Alex Fehlmann	£1,250
182		Marcel Walpen	£1,250
182		Nándor Prés	£1,250
182		András Csóka	£1,250
182		György Jehirszki	£1,250
182		János Végső	£1,250
182		Brian Raman	£1,250
182		François Schweyen	£1,250
182		Jody Tobback	£1,250
182		Luc Bogaert	£1,250
182		Krzysztof Kciuk	£1,250
182		Benjamin Pratnemer	£1,250
182		Nico Blum	£1,250
182		Damian Mol	£1,250
182		Teemu Harju	£1,250
182		Christopher Toonders	£1,250
182		Daniel Larsson	£1,250
182		Christian Gödl	£1,250
182		Dominik Haberl	£1,250
182		Hannes Schnier	£1,250
182		Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
182		Arno Merk	£1,250
182		Alexander Mašek	£1,250
182		Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
182		Oliver Mueller	£1,250
182		Viktor Tingström	£1,250
182		Vítězslav Sedlák	£1,250
182		Born Van Put	£1,250
182		Geert De Vos	£1,250
182		Jeroen Caron	£1,250
182		Steven Strobbe	£1,250
216		Dominik Grüllich	£1,000
216		Alexander Merkx	£1,000
216		Stefaan Henderyck	£1,000
216		Reece Colley	£1,000
216		Bradley Brooks	£1,000
216		Harry Lane	£1,000
216		Jack Male	£1,000
216		Jenson Walker	£1,000
216		Johnny Haines	£1,000
216		Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
216		Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
*Change since 17 November 2024.

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WDF World rankings

The rankings are based on a cumulative points system, calculated on a rolling one-year basis. When a tournament is played, the previous year's results are removed from the rankings and the new tournament scores are used. This list is used to determine seeds for some of the WDF Opens. The World Darts Federation ranking system is designed to provide a measure of the global activities of darts players in every WDF recognized darts event. It used to be very similar to the BDO system but was revised in January 2007 to include categories by country and by events, and the distribution of ranking points reflect the levels of prize money on offer and the numbers of entries in a tournament. Players gain points in six levels of categorized events and prize money and at the end of the season the leading players receive monetary bonus rewards from the WDF.^[2]

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows:^[3]

Current rankings

WDF Men's World Rankings as of 8 December 2024.^[4]

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Jimmy van Schie	826
2		Wesley Plaisier	689
3		Danny Porter	629
4		Brandon Weening	542
5	3	Peter Machin	485
6	1	Ben Robb	455
7	2	Alexander Merkx	446
8	1	Connor Scutt	445
9	4	Jason Brandon	432
10	4	Leonard Gates	424
11	1	Benjamin Pratnemer	395
12	1	Carl Wilkinson	378
13	1	Thomas Junghans	368
14		Jarno Bottenberg	362
15		Cliff Prior	338
16	2	Brian Raman	327
17		Howard Jones	317
18	2	Reece Colley	309
19	1	James Beeton	302
20	7	Sybren Gijbels	302
21	1	Ryan Hogarth	299
22	3	Edwin Torbjörnsson	292
23		Bradley Kirk	285
24		Neil Duff	284
25		Jeff Smith	283
26		Shane McGuirk	279
27	1	Kai Fan Leung	278
28	2	Corné Groeneveld	275
29	8	Darren Johnson	274
30	33	François Schweyen	268
31	3	Xanti van den Bergh	265
32	3	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	265

WDF Women's World Rankings as of 8 December 2024.^[5]

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Beau Greaves	1800
2		Aileen de Graaf	805
3		Rhian O'Sullivan	751
4	2	Lerena Rietbergen	729
5		Nicole Regnaud	722
6	1	Deta Hedman	691
7	3	Lorraine Hyde	684
8	2	Jitka Císařová	538
9		Irina Armstrong	525
10	2	Joanne Hadley	523
11	1	Desi Mercer	508
12	1	Wendy Harper	504
13	1	Amanda Loch	483
14	1	Anca Zijlstra	482
15	13	Sophie McKinlay	457
16	1	Gréta Tekauer	447
17	1	Kirsty Hutchinson	446
18	2	Paige Pauling	443
19	2	Fallon Sherrock	428
20	1	Priscilla Steenbergen	411
21	1	Paula Murphy	406
22	1	Aletta Wajer	406
23	2	Paula Jacklin	394
24	4	Kym Mitchell	389
25	1	Lisa Ashton	352
26	2	Tracy Feiertag	352
27	2	Vicky Pruim	348
28	1	Natalie Gilbert	316
29		Maud Jansson	305
30	4	Kirsi Viinikainen	286
31	1	Adriana van Wijgerden	278
32	1	Veronika Ihász	271

Previous World Number Ones (Men's, WDF)

The following is a list of players who ended the year ranked number one in the WDF.^[6]

• 1976 Harry Crane
• 1977 John Lowe
• 1978 Leighton Rees
• 1979 John Lowe (2)
• 1980 Eric Bristow
• 1981 Eric Bristow (2)
• 1982 Jocky Wilson
• 1983 Eric Bristow (3)
• 1984 Eric Bristow (4)
• 1985 Eric Bristow (5)
• 1986 John Lowe (3)
• 1987 Bob Anderson
• 1988 John Lowe (4)
• 1989 Bob Anderson (2)
• 1990 Eric Bristow (6)
• 1991 Phil Taylor
• 1992 Rod Harrington
• 1993 Leo Laurens
• 1994 Steve Beaton
• 1995 Richie Burnett
• 1996 Martin Adams
• 1997 Martin Adams (2)
• 1998 Ronnie Baxter
• 1999 Raymond van Barneveld
• 2000 Raymond van Barneveld (2)
• 2001 Mervyn King
• 2002 John Walton
• 2003 Martin Adams (3)
• 2004 Raymond van Barneveld (3)
• 2005 Raymond van Barneveld (4)
• 2006 Martin Adams (4)
• 2007 Gary Anderson
• 2008 Scott Waites
• 2009 Tony O'Shea
• 2010 Martin Adams (5)^[7]
• 2011 Scott Waites (2)^[8]
• 2012 Stephen Bunting^[9]
• 2013 James Wilson^[10]
• 2014 Alan Norris^[11]
• 2015 Darius Labanauskas^[12]
• 2016 Darius Labanauskas (2)^[13]
• 2017 Scott Mitchell^[14]
• 2018  Jim Williams
• 2019  Nick Kenny
• 2020  Wayne Warren
• 2021  Brian Raman
• 2022  Jelle Klaasen
• 2023  Andy Baetens

BDO rankings

The BDO Invitational Table relates only to registered playing members of the BDO, who comply with BDO and World Darts Federation (WDF) eligibility rules, including terms and conditions of the 1997 Tomlin Order.

The BDO awards points depending on a player's performances within each of its events and other BDO-recognised qualifying events. Forty-nine points are awarded to the champion of each of its three Major Events – The Lakeside World Professional Championship, The Bavaria World Darts Trophy and the Winmau World Masters and A+ events. Lower points are awarded for each round of the tournament reached. Other events are placed into Category A, B, C, and D based on the prize pool and number of payouts, with points for placings slowly decreasing.^[15] Only the best 12 placings are added for a player's ranking.

Final rankings

Following a cease in tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BDO stopped publishing rankings on 18 March 2020. The BDO having entered liquidation in September of that year, what follows are the final published rankings by the organisation.

Final BDO Men's World Rankings as of 18 March 2020.^[16]

Rank	Player	Points
1	Jim Williams	381
2	Wesley Harms	357
3	Wayne Warren	329
4	Nick Kenny	307
5	Michael Warburton	306
6	Richard Veenstra	261
7	Dave Parletti	259
8	Martijn Kleermaker	253
9	David Evans	250
10	Mario Vandenbogaerde	247

BDO Women's World Rankings as of 18 March 2020.^[17]

Rank	Player	Points
1	Lisa Ashton	431
2	Beau Greaves	415
3	Fallon Sherrock	406
4	Anastasia Dobromyslova	359
5	Lorraine Winstanley	348
6	Aileen de Graaf	336
7	Mikuru Suzuki	329
8	Deta Hedman	321
9	Laura Turner	307
10	Maria O'Brien	274

Notes and references

1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
2. "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2013 Monetary Awards". WDF. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
3. "WDF Rules". WDF. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
4. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
5. "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
6. WDF Roll of Honour (previous world number ones) Archived 10 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
7. "WDF Monetary Awards: Wolfie & Deta top the 2010 rankings : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
8. "WDF Monetary Awards: Scott & Deta Top The 2011 Rankings : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
9. "WDF Awards 2012 : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
10. "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2013 Monetary Awards : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
11. "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2014 Monetary Awards : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
12. "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2015 Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
13. "WDF World Rankings Systems 2016 – Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
14. "WDF World Rankings Systems 2017 – Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
15. "Handbook and BDO documentation: Section J – Invitation Tables Men's 2013/14" (PDF). BDO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
16. "BDO Men's Rankings Table". BDO. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
17. "BDO Women's Rankings Table". BDO. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

External links

• Tables : World Darts Federation
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160125183750/http://www.bdodarts.com/images/bdo-content/rules/gd/BDO_Invitation_Rules.pdf