PDC Order of Merit

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The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.^[1]

The Professional Darts Corporation adopted an Order of Merit system in 2007, which is based on prize money won over two years for the main Order of Merit and separate one-year rankings for other PDC Pro Tour events.

PDC Order of Merit as of 12 March 2025.^[2]

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,901,250
2		Luke Littler	£1,284,500
3		Michael van Gerwen	£780,750
4		Rob Cross	£568,000
5	1	Stephen Bunting	£558,000
6	1	Jonny Clayton	£557,750
7		Damon Heta	£520,250
8		Chris Dobey	£511,000
9		Dave Chisnall	£508,250
10		Gerwyn Price	£505,500
11		James Wade	£497,250
12		Nathan Aspinall	£484,500
13		Danny Noppert	£449,750
14		Peter Wright	£443,750
15		Josh Rock	£440,500
16		Gary Anderson	£424,500
17		Michael Smith	£413,250
18		Ross Smith	£407,500
19	1	Ryan Searle	£400,000
20	1	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£399,500
21		Mike De Decker	£374,500
22	1	Joe Cullen	£372,000
23	1	Martin Schindler	£361,500
24	1	Gian van Veen	£342,750
25	1	Daryl Gurney	£334,000
26		Dirk van Duijvenbode	£297,000
27		Ritchie Edhouse	£295,500
28		Andrew Gilding	£295,250
29		Ryan Joyce	£293,000
30		Ricardo Pietreczko	£286,000
31		Krzysztof Ratajski	£281,000
32		Luke Woodhouse	£269,750
*Change since 9 March 2025.

PDC Order of Merit as of 12 March 2025.^[2]

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Brendan Dolan	£264,750
34		Jermaine Wattimena	£255,750
35		Raymond van Barneveld	£252,750
36		Scott Williams	£226,500
37		Gabriel Clemens	£213,250
38		Martin Lukeman	£210,000
39		Cameron Menzies	£201,250
40		Callan Rydz	£176,500
41	1	Kevin Doets	£155,000
42	1	Mickey Mansell	£150,500
43		Madars Razma	£148,250
44	1	Ricky Evans	£143,250
45		José de Sousa	£135,750
46	2	William O'Connor	£125,000
47	1	Kim Huybrechts	£124,750
48	1	Niels Zonneveld	£123,250
49		Richard Veenstra	£117,500
50		Wessel Nijman	£117,000
51		Keane Barry	£115,250
52	1	Florian Hempel	£110,250
53	1	Ian White	£110,000
54		Jim Williams	£104,250
55		Matt Campbell	£102,250
56	1	Robert Owen	£92,000
57	1	Alan Soutar	£90,750
58	1	Connor Scutt	£85,000
59	1	Nick Kenny	£84,750
60		Stephen Burton	£84,250
61	2	Dylan Slevin	£82,250
61		Ryan Meikle	£82,250
63	1	Mensur Suljović	£80,250
64		Jeffrey de Graaf	£77,000
*Change since 9 March 2025.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 12 March 2025.^[2]

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65		Thibault Tricole	£62,750
66		James Hurrell	£54,500
67		Dom Taylor	£52,500
68		Chris Landman	£42,250
69		Mario Vandenbogaerde	£35,000
70		Andy Baetens	£32,500
71		Rhys Griffin	£31,000
72	1	Berry van Peer	£28,750
73	1	Radek Szagański	£27,250
74		Nathan Rafferty	£26,250
75	2	Lukas Wenig	£25,500
75		Steve Lennon	£25,500
77	1	Matthew Dennant	£24,250
78	2	Danny Lauby	£23,750
79	4	Owen Bates	£23,500
79	1	Jitse Van der Wal	£23,500
81	3	Jelle Klaasen	£22,750
82	1	Patrick Geeraets	£22,000
83	1	Darren Beveridge	£21,750
84	1	Adam Hunt	£21,250
85	2	William Borland	£21,000
86		George Killington	£20,000
87		Benjamin Reus	£19,000
88	3	Martijn Dragt	£18,500
88		Haupai Puha	£18,500
90	2	Robert Grundy	£17,500
91	1	Brett Claydon	£16,500
92		Joshua Richardson	£10,250
93		Michele Turetta	£10,000
94	4	Cam Crabtree	£9,250
95	5	Thomas Lovely	£9,000
95	1	Bradley Brooks	£9,000
97	14	Sebastian Białecki	£8,500
98	3	Darryl Pilgrim	£7,750
99	3	Justin Hood	£7,500
99	3	Tim Wolters	£7,500
101	10	Christian Kist	£7,000
102	1	Adam Lipscombe	£6,750
102	4	Darius Labanauskas	£6,750
104	3	Stefan Bellmont	£6,000
105	6	Beau Greaves	£5,500
105	6	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£5,500
107	11	Marvin van Velzen	£5,250
107	4	Jim Long	£5,250
107	4	Andy Boulton	£5,250
107	4	Karel Sedláček	£5,250
111	10	Jurjen van der Velde	£5,000
111	4	Niko Springer	£5,000
111		Maik Kuivenhoven	£5,000
114	7	Boris Krčmar	£4,000
114	7	Jules van Dongen	£4,000
116	6	Aden Kirk	£3,750
117	13	Greg Ritchie	£3,500
117	4	Cor Dekker	£3,500
117	4	Wesley Plaisier	£3,500
117	6	Carl Sneyd	£3,500
117	6	Kevin Burness	£3,500
122	3	Oskar Lukasiak	£3,250
122	3	Tom Bissell	£3,250
124	5	Stefaan Henderyck	£3,000
124	5	Tavis Dudeney	£3,000
126	4	Dominik Grüllich	£2,500
126	15	Kai Gotthardt	£2,500
126	5	Tommy Lishman	£2,500
126	5	Jimmy van Schie	£2,500
130	5	Nathan Girvan	£2,250
131	10	Max Hopp	£2,000
131	3	Adam Paxton	£2,000
133	4	Andreas Harrysson	£1,750
134	4	Graham Usher	£1,500
134	4	Tom Sykes	£1,500
134	4	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£1,500
134	4	Maximilian Czerwinski	£1,500
134	4	Tytus Kanik	£1,500
139	2	Cedric Waegemans	£1,250
139	2	François Schweyen	£1,250
139	2	Patrick De Backer	£1,250
139	2	Sybren Gijbels	£1,250
143		Viktor Tingström	£1,000
143	2	Alexander Merkx	£1,000
143	2	Danny van Trijp	£1,000
143	2	Graham Hall	£1,000
143	2	Paul Rowley	£1,000
143	2	Shaun Fox	£1,000
143	2	Simon Stevenson	£1,000
143	2	Tommy Morris	£1,000
143	2	Jarno Bottenberg	£1,000
143	2	Mervyn King	£1,000
143	2	Michael Flynn	£1,000
143	2	Leon Weber	£1,000
155	1	Henry Coates	£750
155	1	Pero Ljubić	£750
155	1	Ryan Branley	£750
*Change since 9 March 2025.

In addition to the main two-year Order of Merit, the PDC also operates secondary Orders of Merit for their different tours. These include the:

• ProTour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in Players Championships and European Tour events over a 12-month rolling period. In addition to qualification for televised tournaments, this ranking determines the seedings for Pro Tour events.^[3]
• European Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in European Tour events during the calendar year. The top 32 on this ranking list comprise the qualifiers for the European Championship, all seeded, at the end of the year.^[4]
• Players Championship Order of Merit, which counts money earned in Player Championship events during the calendar year. The top 64 on this ranking list are the seeded qualifiers to the Players Championship Finals.^[5]
• Challenge Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Challenge Tour (by non Tour Card holders that participated in Q-School) during the calendar year. The top players at the end of the year qualify for the World Championship, UK Open, and receive Tour Cards.^[6]
• Development Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Development Tour (by Tour Card holders and non Tour Card holders alike, aged 16–23) during the calendar year. The top players at the end of the year qualify for the World Championship, UK Open, and receive Tour Cards.^[7]
• Women's Series Order of Merit, which was introduced in 2021 after the first women's series events were introduced in 2020.^[8] The tournament series qualifies two women to the Grand Slam, and World Championship.^[9]

The PDC rankings from all orders of merit determine exemptions from the qualifying competitions and seedings for all televised events. Additionally, the orders of merit are used to offer tour cards for the following year.

The PDC holds a variety of ranked and unranked televised tournaments throughout the year. There are an additional selection of ranked floor and streamed tournaments that comprise the PDC Pro Tour, as well as unranked secondary tours and events such as the Challenge Tour, Development Tour, and event qualifiers. Money earned in all ranking events counts toward the Order of Merit, with none counting from the unranked events.^[8]

PDC Ranking Tournaments with Payouts^[8]

Tournament	Prize money
	Total	Champion	Runner-up	Semi-finalists	Top 8	Top 16	Top 32	Top 64	Top 96	Top 128
Ranked televised events
World Championship	£2,500,000	£500,000	£200,000	£100,000	£50,000	£35,000	£25,000	£15,000	£7,500	—
UK Open	£600,000	£110,000	£50,000	£30,000	£15,000	£10,000	£5,000	£2,500	£1,500	£1,000
World Matchplay	£800,000	£200,000	£100,000	£50,000	£30,000	£15,000	£10,000	—
World Grand Prix	£600,000	£120,000	£60,000	£40,000	£25,000	£15,000	£7,500	—
European Championship	£600,000	£120,000	£60,000	£40,000	£25,000	£15,000	£7,500	—
Grand Slam of Darts[A]	£650,000	£150,000	£70,000	£50,000	£25,000	£12,250	£5,000[B]	—
Players Championship Finals	£600,000	£120,000	£60,000	£30,000	£20,000	£10,000	£6,500	£3,000	—
PDC Pro Tour[C]
13 European Tour events	£175,000	£30,000	£12,000	£8,500	£6,000	£4,000	£2,500[D]	£1,250[E]	—
30 Players Championship events	£125,000	£15,000	£10,000	£5,000	£3,500	£2,500	£1,500	£1,000	—
Total yearly ranking payouts	£11,625,000	£2,070,000	£996,000	£1,141,000	£1,432,000	£1,822,000	£2,208,000	£1,636,000	£288,000	£32,000

The PDC operates additional unranked tournaments for tour card holders and occasional qualifiers throughout the year. This includes three televised premier invitational events comprising the Premier League, World Series of Darts Finals, and the World Cup of Darts pairs event.^[11][12] Although none of these events count toward the Order of Merit, they all award some number of tournament spots based on Order of Merit position. Additionally there are usually five to seven World Series of Darts events scheduled across the globe each year with eight top PDC players seeded over eight local qualifiers.^[8]

The PDC also offers secondary tours that do not count toward the main Order of Merit, but do each include their own confined orders of merit. The Challenge Tour is open to any players who played at the most recent Q-School but failed to earn a tour card. Throughout the year, the top players on the Challenge Tour OoM are invited to fill openings on the Pro Tour, receive invitations to the World Championship and UK Open, and at the end of the year receive tour cards for the next two years.^[8]

The Development Tour is open to players outside of the top 32 on the main Order of Merit who are between the ages of 16 and 23. Similarly to the Challenge Tour, the top players on the Development Tour order of merit receive tour cards and invitations to the UK Open and World Championship. Additionally, 96 players - comprising 16 invitations, tour card holders of the appropriate age, and Development Tour competitors - partake in the World Youth Championship. Although this championship does not count toward any order of merit, there is a £60,000 payout, and the finalists receive tour cards as well as berths in the Grand Slam and World Championship.^[8]

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Under the previous ranking points system, Colin Lloyd was the world number one player in the PDC for most of 2005 and 2006, despite most of the major titles being shared between Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld and John Part. Although Lloyd also won two major titles, he often accumulated ranking points in the less prestigious non-televised events, in which Taylor did not always compete. Similarly, Alan Warriner was world number one on four occasions before ever winning his first and only PDC major, the 2001 Grand Prix, while Taylor won eight world championships and a host of other titles during that period.

PDC Ranking Leaders Timeline^[13][14]

13 players have held the position of World Number One since the World Darts Council started new rankings in 1993. Seven different players held the position in the old points system, and seven players have held the position since the PDC switched to the two-year earnings based Order of Merit system in 2007, with Phil Taylor being the only player to have been number one in both eras.

Player	#	Years in which player stood Number 1
Phil Taylor	13	1996 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Michael van Gerwen	7	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Alan Warriner	6	1993 1994 1997 1998 2001 2002
Rod Harrington	5	1995 1996 1998 1999 2000
Colin Lloyd	3	2005 2006 2007
Dennis Priestley	2	1994 1995
Peter Manley	2	2000 2001
Gerwyn Price	2	2021 2022
Luke Humphries	2	2024 2025
Raymond van Barneveld	1	2008
John Part	1	2003
Peter Wright	1	2022
Michael Smith	1	2023
Italic indicates the player was reigning world champion that year Bold indicates the player stood number one at the conclusion of that year's world championship

No.	Player(s)	From		Length	Ref.
1	Alan Warriner-Little	January 1993	Incarnation of the WDC	674 days[A]	[13]
2	Dennis Priestley	6 November 1994	1994 Lada UK Masters	155	[13][15]
3	Rod Harrington	10 April 1995	1995 UK Matchplay	479 days[A]	[13][15]
4	Phil Taylor	August 1996		31 days[A]	[13][15]
	Alan Warriner-Little (2)	September 1996		699 days[A]	[13][15]
	Rod Harrington (2)	1 August 1998	1998 World Matchplay	728 days	[13][15]
	Phil Taylor (2)	29 July 2000	2000 World Matchplay	57 days	[13][15]
5	Peter Manley	24 September 2000	2000 Windy City Open	399 days	[13][15]
	Alan Warriner-Little (3)	28 October 2001	2001 World Grand Prix	69 days	[13][15]
	Alan Warriner-Little (4) and Phil Taylor (3)	5 January 2002	2002 World Championship	28 days	[13][15]
	Alan Warriner-Little (5)	2 February 2002	2002 Eastbourne Open	88 days[A]	[13][15]
	Phil Taylor (4)	May 2002		248 days[A]	[13][15]
6	John Part	4 January 2003	2003 World Championship	203 days	[13][15]
	Phil Taylor (5)	26 July 2003	2003 Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy	582 days	[13][15]
7	Colin Lloyd	27 February 2005	2005 West Tyrone Open	469 days	[16][15]
	Phil Taylor (6)	11 June 2006	2006 UK Open	7 days	[17][18]
	Colin Lloyd (2)	18 June 2006	2006 Players Championship 3	197 days	[18][15]
	Phil Taylor (7)	1 January 2007	2007 World Championship	365 days	[13][15]
8	Raymond van Barneveld	1 January 2008	2008 World Championship	159 days	[19][15]
	Phil Taylor (8)	8 June 2008	2008 UK Open	2,033 days	[19][20]
9	Michael van Gerwen	1 January 2014	2014 World Championship	2,559 days	[20][21]
10	Gerwyn Price	3 January 2021	2021 World Championship	427 days	[21][22]
11	Peter Wright	6 March 2022	2022 UK Open	140 days	[22][23]
	Gerwyn Price (2)	24 July 2022	2022 World Matchplay	77 days	[23]
	Peter Wright (2)	9 October 2022	2022 World Grand Prix	21 days	[24]
	Gerwyn Price (3)	30 October 2022	2022 European Championship	65 days	[24][25]
12	Michael Smith	3 January 2023	2023 World Championship	365 days	[25]
13	Luke Humphries	3 January 2024	2024 World Championship	434 days	[26][27]

Key

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Following the World Darts Council split from the British Darts Organisation between 1992 and 1994, the WDC drew up its first ranking list in the run-up to its inaugural 1994 World Championship. Mike Gregory and Chris Johns later went back to the BDO set up, and Bobby George and many of the non-UK players never competed in the early days of the WDC.^{[citation needed]}

Ranking	Player		Ranking	Player
1	Alan Warriner		16	Jann Hoffmann
2	Rod Harrington		=	Chris Johns
3	Phil Taylor		=	Roland Scholten
4	John Lowe		19	Raymond van Barneveld
5	Mike Gregory		=	Keith Deller
6	Peter Evison		21	Bobby George
7	Kevin Spiolek		22	Per Skau
=	Dennis Priestley		23	Bernd Hebecker
9	Bob Anderson		=	Andree Welge
10	Jocky Wilson		=	Pascal Rabau
11	Jamie Harvey		26	Leo Laurens
12	Eric Bristow		=	Bert Vlaardingerbroek
13	Cliff Lazarenko		=	Tom Kirby
14	Magnus Caris		=	Wayne Weening
=	Steve Beaton		=	Mauro Levy

• Official PDC Order of Merit