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 21 April 2025.^[1]

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,905,750
2		Luke Littler	£1,300,500
3		Michael van Gerwen	£781,250
4		Stephen Bunting	£583,750
5	1	Rob Cross	£558,750
6	1	Jonny Clayton	£539,250
7		Damon Heta	£520,500
8		Nathan Aspinall	£518,000
9	1	Dave Chisnall	£508,750
10	1	Chris Dobey	£507,250
11		James Wade	£498,000
12		Gerwyn Price	£485,000
13		Peter Wright	£465,750
14		Josh Rock	£456,000
15		Gary Anderson	£445,250
16		Danny Noppert	£437,250
17		Ross Smith	£422,000
18		Ryan Searle	£408,000
19		Michael Smith	£394,750
20		Dimitri Van den Bergh	£391,750
21		Martin Schindler	£389,250
22	1	Mike De Decker	£387,750
23	1	Gian van Veen	£371,500
24	1	Joe Cullen	£364,000
25		Daryl Gurney	£327,000
26	1	Ryan Joyce	£311,750
27	1	Ritchie Edhouse	£310,500
28		Andrew Gilding	£300,500
29		Ricardo Pietreczko	£290,000
30		Luke Woodhouse	£275,500
31		Dirk van Duijvenbode	£275,000
32		Jermaine Wattimena	£267,750
*Change since 15 April 2025.

PDC Order of Merit as of 21 April 2025.^[1]

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Krzysztof Ratajski	£262,000
34		Brendan Dolan	£256,750
35		Raymond van Barneveld	£255,000
36		Cameron Menzies	£243,250
37		Scott Williams	£234,750
38		Martin Lukeman	£218,750
39		Gabriel Clemens	£210,250
40		Callan Rydz	£178,000
41		Kevin Doets	£170,250
42	2	Madars Razma	£155,000
43	1	Mickey Mansell	£152,750
44	1	Ricky Evans	£152,000
45	1	Niels Zonneveld	£139,500
46	1	Wessel Nijman	£138,500
47		William O'Connor	£129,500
48		Kim Huybrechts	£123,750
49		José de Sousa	£121,750
50		Richard Veenstra	£120,250
51		Ian White	£117,750
52		Florian Hempel	£108,250
53		Keane Barry	£107,500
54		Matt Campbell	£100,750
55		Jim Williams	£97,750
56		Robert Owen	£94,500
57		Alan Soutar	£93,500
58	1	Connor Scutt	£91,750
59	1	Jeffrey de Graaf	£90,000
60	2	Nick Kenny	£89,750
61	1	Stephen Burton	£87,250
62	1	Dylan Slevin	£86,500
63		Mensur Suljović	£81,750
64		Ryan Meikle	£76,500
*Change since 15 April 2025.

PDC Order of Merit as of 21 April 2025.^[1]

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65		Thibault Tricole	£67,250
66		Dom Taylor	£58,500
67		James Hurrell	£58,000
68		Mario Vandenbogaerde	£49,750
69		Chris Landman	£45,750
70		Andy Baetens	£36,500
71		Matthew Dennant	£33,750
71		Berry van Peer	£33,750
73		Rhys Griffin	£33,000
74		Steve Lennon	£32,000
74		Patrick Geeraets	£32,000
76		Darren Beveridge	£29,750
76		Nathan Rafferty	£29,750
78		Lukas Wenig	£29,500
78		Radek Szagański	£29,500
80		Jitse Van der Wal	£28,500
81		Adam Hunt	£27,500
82		Jelle Klaasen	£27,250
83		Owen Bates	£26,500
84		Danny Lauby	£25,750
85		Haupai Puha	£24,000
86		Martijn Dragt	£23,000
87		Adam Lipscombe	£22,750
88		William Borland	£22,000
89		Karel Sedláček	£21,750
89	3	Robert Grundy	£21,750
91	1	Benjamin Reus	£21,500
92	1	George Killington	£21,000
93		Brett Claydon	£19,000
94		Sebastian Białecki	£18,500
95		Niko Springer	£17,750
96		Dominik Grüllich	£16,750
96	3	Cam Crabtree	£16,750
98	1	Justin Hood	£15,000
99	1	Darius Labanauskas	£14,750
100		Bradley Brooks	£14,000
101		Joshua Richardson	£13,250
101		Thomas Lovely	£13,250
103	3	Andy Boulton	£12,000
103		Max Hopp	£12,000
103		Michele Turetta	£12,000
106	1	Maik Kuivenhoven	£11,000
107		Darryl Pilgrim	£10,250
108		Christian Kist	£10,000
109		Marvin van Velzen	£9,250
110		Stefan Bellmont	£8,500
110		Tim Wolters	£8,500
112		Jim Long	£8,250
113		Wesley Plaisier	£8,000
114		Jimmy van Schie	£7,500
114		Tavis Dudeney	£7,500
116		Kevin Burness	£7,000
117		Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£6,500
117		Boris Krčmar	£6,500
119		Oskar Lukasiak	£6,250
120		Greg Ritchie	£6,000
121		Stefaan Henderyck	£5,500
121		Carl Sneyd	£5,500
121		Beau Greaves	£5,500
124		Tom Bissell	£5,250
125		Ted Evetts	£5,000
125		Tommy Lishman	£5,000
125		Adam Warner	£5,000
125		Jurjen van der Velde	£5,000
129		Leon Weber	£4,500
129		Tom Sykes	£4,500
129		Cor Dekker	£4,500
132		Andreas Harrysson	£4,250
133		Jarno Bottenberg	£4,000
133		Kai Gotthardt	£4,000
133		Jules van Dongen	£4,000
136		Aden Kirk	£3,750
137		Maximilian Czerwinski	£3,500
137		Tytus Kanik	£3,500
137		Danny van Trijp	£3,500
140	4	Adam Paxton	£3,250
141	7	Michael Unterbuchner	£2,500
141	1	Graham Usher	£2,500
141	1	Daniel Klose	£2,500
141	1	Mervyn King	£2,500
145	2	Nathan Girvan	£2,250
146	2	Alexander Merkx	£2,000
146	2	Graham Hall	£2,000
148	1	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£1,500
149		András Borbély	£1,250
149		Finn Behrens	£1,250
149		Johan Engström	£1,250
149		Michael Rosenauer	£1,250
149		René Eidams	£1,250
149	1	Kevin Knopf	£1,250
149	1	Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
149	1	Paul Goyer	£1,250
149	1	Petr Křivka	£1,250
149	1	Laurin Welk	£1,250
149	1	Marko Kantele	£1,250
149	1	Paul Krohne	£1,250
149	1	Cedric Waegemans	£1,250
149	1	François Schweyen	£1,250
149	1	Patrick De Backer	£1,250
149	1	Sybren Gijbels	£1,250
165	5	Scott Campbell	£1,000
165	5	Viktor Tingström	£1,000
165	5	Paul Rowley	£1,000
165	5	Shaun Fox	£1,000
165	5	Simon Stevenson	£1,000
165	5	Tommy Morris	£1,000
165	5	Michael Flynn	£1,000
172	5	Henry Coates	£750
172	5	Pero Ljubić	£750
172	5	Ryan Branley	£750
*Change since 15 April 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