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 23 March 2025.^[1]

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,904,000
2		Luke Littler	£1,284,500
3		Michael van Gerwen	£769,250
4		Rob Cross	£563,500
5		Jonny Clayton	£556,250
6		Stephen Bunting	£552,000
7		Damon Heta	£514,750
8	4	Nathan Aspinall	£514,500
9	1	Chris Dobey	£507,750
10	1	Dave Chisnall	£504,250
11		James Wade	£492,750
12	2	Gerwyn Price	£477,500
13	1	Peter Wright	£447,250
14	1	Danny Noppert	£442,000
15	1	Gary Anderson	£435,750
16	1	Josh Rock	£428,000
17		Michael Smith	£414,250
18		Ross Smith	£408,250
19		Ryan Searle	£407,000
20		Dimitri Van den Bergh	£390,500
21		Mike De Decker	£381,750
22		Martin Schindler	£380,750
23		Joe Cullen	£372,000
24		Gian van Veen	£346,250
25		Daryl Gurney	£335,000
26	3	Ryan Joyce	£302,750
27		Andrew Gilding	£299,500
27		Ritchie Edhouse	£299,500
29	3	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£288,000
30		Ricardo Pietreczko	£279,500
31		Krzysztof Ratajski	£270,000
32		Luke Woodhouse	£269,750
*Change since 18 March 2025.

PDC Order of Merit as of 23 March 2025.^[1]

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33	1	Jermaine Wattimena	£258,750
34	1	Brendan Dolan	£256,500
35		Raymond van Barneveld	£251,500
36		Scott Williams	£227,250
37		Gabriel Clemens	£213,750
38		Martin Lukeman	£211,000
39		Cameron Menzies	£209,000
40		Callan Rydz	£175,750
41		Kevin Doets	£162,500
42		Mickey Mansell	£149,500
43	1	Ricky Evans	£148,500
44	1	Madars Razma	£147,500
45		José de Sousa	£135,500
46	1	Niels Zonneveld	£125,250
47	1	Kim Huybrechts	£124,000
48	2	William O'Connor	£123,500
49	1	Wessel Nijman	£121,000
50	1	Richard Veenstra	£118,500
51		Keane Barry	£115,250
52		Ian White	£110,250
53		Florian Hempel	£109,750
54	1	Matt Campbell	£101,500
55	1	Jim Williams	£100,500
56		Alan Soutar	£93,750
57		Robert Owen	£90,750
58		Nick Kenny	£88,750
59		Jeffrey de Graaf	£88,500
60		Connor Scutt	£86,250
61	1	Dylan Slevin	£85,000
62		Stephen Burton	£84,500
63		Mensur Suljović	£83,750
64		Ryan Meikle	£76,750
*Change since 18 March 2025.

PDC Order of Merit as of 23 March 2025.^[1]

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65		Thibault Tricole	£63,750
66		Dom Taylor	£57,500
67		James Hurrell	£54,500
68		Chris Landman	£42,250
69		Mario Vandenbogaerde	£37,500
70		Andy Baetens	£33,500
71		Rhys Griffin	£32,000
72		Berry van Peer	£30,250
73		Radek Szagański	£27,250
74		Patrick Geeraets	£27,000
74		Steve Lennon	£27,000
76		Lukas Wenig	£26,500
77		Matthew Dennant	£26,250
77		Nathan Rafferty	£26,250
79		Danny Lauby	£25,750
80		Jitse Van der Wal	£25,500
81		Darren Beveridge	£24,250
81		Jelle Klaasen	£24,250
83	1	Adam Hunt	£23,500
83		Owen Bates	£23,500
85		Martijn Dragt	£22,000
85		William Borland	£22,000
87		George Killington	£21,000
88		Benjamin Reus	£20,000
89		Robert Grundy	£19,000
90		Haupai Puha	£18,500
91		Adam Lipscombe	£16,750
92		Brett Claydon	£16,500
93		Sebastian Białecki	£12,500
94	7	Niko Springer	£11,500
95	1	Thomas Lovely	£11,000
96	1	Cam Crabtree	£10,750
97	1	Darryl Pilgrim	£10,250
97	1	Joshua Richardson	£10,250
99	1	Bradley Brooks	£10,000
99	1	Michele Turetta	£10,000
101	1	Justin Hood	£9,500
102		Karel Sedláček	£8,750
103		Tim Wolters	£8,500
104		Darius Labanauskas	£7,750
105		Christian Kist	£7,000
106		Marvin van Velzen	£6,750
107	12	Boris Krčmar	£6,500
108	1	Andy Boulton	£6,250
109	1	Greg Ritchie	£6,000
109	1	Maik Kuivenhoven	£6,000
109	1	Stefan Bellmont	£6,000
112	1	Tavis Dudeney	£5,500
112	1	Beau Greaves	£5,500
112	1	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£5,500
115	1	Jim Long	£5,250
116	1	Jimmy van Schie	£5,000
116	1	Jurjen van der Velde	£5,000
118	1	Max Hopp	£4,500
118	1	Carl Sneyd	£4,500
120	1	Kai Gotthardt	£4,000
120	1	Jules van Dongen	£4,000
122	11	Dominik Grüllich	£3,750
122		Aden Kirk	£3,750
124	1	Danny van Trijp	£3,500
124	1	Tommy Lishman	£3,500
124	1	Cor Dekker	£3,500
124	1	Wesley Plaisier	£3,500
124	1	Kevin Burness	£3,500
129	1	Oskar Lukasiak	£3,250
129	1	Tom Bissell	£3,250
131	1	Jarno Bottenberg	£3,000
131	1	Tom Sykes	£3,000
131	1	Stefaan Henderyck	£3,000
134	1	Ted Evetts	£2,500
134	1	Adam Warner	£2,500
134	1	Mervyn King	£2,500
134	1	Tytus Kanik	£2,500
138		Nathan Girvan	£2,250
139		Graham Hall	£2,000
139		Adam Paxton	£2,000
141		Andreas Harrysson	£1,750
142		Graham Usher	£1,500
142		Jeffrey Sparidaans	£1,500
142		Maximilian Czerwinski	£1,500
145		Daniel Klose	£1,250
145		Laurin Welk	£1,250
145		Marko Kantele	£1,250
145		Michael Unterbuchner	£1,250
145		Paul Krohne	£1,250
145		Cedric Waegemans	£1,250
145		François Schweyen	£1,250
145		Patrick De Backer	£1,250
145		Sybren Gijbels	£1,250
154	5	Viktor Tingström	£1,000
154	5	Alexander Merkx	£1,000
154	5	Paul Rowley	£1,000
154	5	Shaun Fox	£1,000
154	5	Simon Stevenson	£1,000
154	5	Tommy Morris	£1,000
154	5	Michael Flynn	£1,000
154	5	Leon Weber	£1,000
162	5	Henry Coates	£750
162	5	Pero Ljubić	£750
162	5	Ryan Branley	£750
*Change since 18 March 2025.

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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 17 February 2025.^[4]

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Jimmy van Schie	781
2		Danny Porter	629
3		Brandon Weening	542
4		Peter Machin	511
5		Ben Robb	455
6		Brian Raman	413
7		Benjamin Pratnemer	395
8		Jason Brandon	394
9		Thomas Junghans	393
10		Carl Wilkinson	386
11		Leonard Gates	358
12		James Beeton	357
13	6	Ryan Hogarth	350
14	1	Cliff Prior	338
15		Howard Jones	334
16	2	Corné Groeneveld	328
17	3	Alexander Merkx	328
18	2	Neil Duff	314
19	2	Reece Colley	309
20	25	Martyn Turner	305
21	1	François Schweyen	293
22	1	Edwin Torbjörnsson	292
23	19	Karl Schaefer	291
24	2	Bradley Kirk	285
25	85	Raymond Smith	283
26	3	Xanti van den Bergh	282
27	3	Shane McGuirk	279
28	1	Jeffrey Sparidaans	270
29	1	David Fatum	267
30	4	Darren Johnson	266
31	6	Kai Fan Leung	266
32	3	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	265

WDF Women's World Rankings as of 8 February 2025.^[5]

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Beau Greaves	1453
2		Rhian O'Sullivan	1016
3		Lerena Rietbergen	898
4	1	Nicole Regnaud	700
5	2	Lorraine Hyde	688
6		Deta Hedman	686
7	3	Aileen de Graaf	625
8	1	Irina Armstrong	525
9	1	Joanne Hadley	523
10	2	Jitka Císařová	510
11	1	Wendy Harper	499
12	1	Desi Mercer	495
13		Sophie McKinlay	479
14	2	Paige Pauling	468
15	1	Anca Zijlstra	468
16	1	Gréta Tekauer	436
17		Amanda Loch	427
18	4	Aletta Wajer	406
19	1	Kym Mitchell	397
20	1	Priscilla Steenbergen	393
21		Paula Jacklin	389
22	1	Tracy Feiertag	377
23	3	Kirsty Hutchinson	365
24		Vicky Pruim	348
25		Paula Murphy	330
26	1	Maud Jansson	305
27	1	Kirsi Viinikainen	294
28	1	Adriana van Wijgerden	278
29	3	Veronika Ihász	269
30	4	Natalie Gilbert	260
31		Lisa Ashton	249
32	1	Eleanor Cairns	238

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 Alan Evans
• 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
• 2024  Jimmy van Schie

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