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

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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 8 September 2024.[1] Players ranked 1 - 32

Rank  | Change  | Player  | Earnings
1 |  |  Luke Humphries | £1,650,750
2 |  |  Michael Smith | £1,057,750
3 |  |  Michael van Gerwen | £975,500
4 |  |  Rob Cross | £588,500
5 |  |  Nathan Aspinall | £551,750
6 |  1  |  Dave Chisnall | £547,250
7 |  1  |  Gerwyn Price | £528,000
8 |  |  Jonny Clayton | £506,500
9 |  |  Damon Heta | £499,750
10 |  1  |  Ross Smith | £480,750
11 |  1  |  Peter Wright | £477,000
12 |  |  Dimitri Van den Bergh | £461,250
13 |  |  Chris Dobey | £450,250
14 |  |  Stephen Bunting | £418,000
15 |  |  Danny Noppert | £416,250
16 |  1  |  Josh Rock | £398,500
17 |  1  |  Joe Cullen | £398,250
18 |  |  James Wade | £378,250
19 |  1  |  Ryan Searle | £374,000
20 |  1  |  Andrew Gilding | £371,500
21 |  |  Dirk van Duijvenbode | £363,750
22 |  |  Luke Littler | £347,000
23 |  |  Gary Anderson | £338,500
24 |  |  Martin Schindler | £331,250
25 |  |  Gabriel Clemens | £304,500
26 |  1  |  Daryl Gurney | £284,250
27 |  1  |  Krzysztof Ratajski | £284,000
28 |  |  Raymond van Barneveld | £274,250
29 |  |  Brendan Dolan | £269,250
30 |  1  |  Gian van Veen | £208,000
31 |  2  |  Ricardo Pietreczko | £203,500
32 |  2  |  José de Sousa | £202,500
*Change since 1 September 2024.

PDC Order of Merit as of 8 September 2024.[1] Players ranked 33 - 64

Rank  | Change  | Player  | Earnings
33 |  1  |  Scott Williams | £201,500
34 |  |  Luke Woodhouse | £190,250
35 |  |  Ryan Joyce | £183,750
36 |  |  Mike De Decker | £176,750
37 |  |  Kim Huybrechts | £156,000
38 |  |  Callan Rydz | £151,500
39 |  |  Madars Razma | £149,750
40 |  |  Martin Lukeman | £144,250
41 |  |  Alan Soutar | £136,750
42 |  |  Ricky Evans | £131,500
43 |  |  Ritchie Edhouse | £131,000
44 |  1  |  Cameron Menzies | £129,750
45 |  |  Jermaine Wattimena | £129,000
46 |  |  Jim Williams | £121,500
47 |  |  Steve Beaton | £108,250
48 |  |  William O'Connor | £106,750
49 |  |  Matt Campbell | £105,750
50 |  1  |  Kevin Doets | £105,000
51 |  1  |  Keane Barry | £102,750
52 |  |  Simon Whitlock | £101,000
53 |  |  Richard Veenstra | £98,250
54 |  |  Mickey Mansell | £90,750
55 |  |  Florian Hempel | £88,750
56 |  |  Mensur Suljović | £87,500
57 |  |  Boris Krčmar | £85,750
58 |  |  Niels Zonneveld | £84,750
59 |  |  Ryan Meikle | £80,000
60 |  |  Jamie Hughes | £78,500
61 |  |  Vincent van der Voort | £77,250
62 |  |  Mervyn King | £76,500
63 |  1  |  Adam Gawlas | £73,250
64 |  1  |  Ian White | £72,750
*Change since 1 September 2024.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 8 September 2024.[1] Players ranked 65th or lower

Rank  | Change  | Player  | Earnings
65 |  |  Rowby-John Rodriguez | £65,250
66 |  |  Lee Evans | £62,250
67 |  |  Dylan Slevin | £60,500
68 |  |  Stephen Burton | £52,500
69 |  |  Karel Sedláček | £51,750
70 |  |  Adrian Lewis | £48,750
71 |  |  Maik Kuivenhoven | £47,750
72 |  |  Jeffrey de Zwaan | £46,000
73 |  |  Daniel Klose | £43,250
74 |  |  Keegan Brown | £38,750
75 |  |  Nick Kenny | £37,750
76 |  |  Jeffrey Sparidaans | £37,000
77 |  |  Robert Owen | £36,000
78 |  |  Arron Monk | £33,250
79 |  |  Graham Hall | £32,750
80 |  |  Wessel Nijman | £32,500
81 |  |  Dom Taylor | £31,000
82 |  |  Wesley Plaisier | £30,500
83 |  |  Graham Usher | £27,750
84 |  |  Pascal Rupprecht | £26,500
85 |  |  Jurjen van der Velde | £25,250
86 |  |  Jeffrey de Graaf | £24,500
87 |  |  Thibault Tricole | £21,250
87 |  |  James Hurrell | £21,250
89 |  |  Owen Roelofs | £21,000
89 |  |  Andy Baetens | £21,000
91 |  |  Danny van Trijp | £19,500
92 |  |  Josh Payne | £19,000
93 |  |  Chris Landman | £18,750
93 |  |  Adam Smith-Neale | £18,750
95 |  |  Mario Vandenbogaerde | £18,500
96 |  |  Berry van Peer | £18,000
96 |  |  Geert Nentjes | £18,000
98 |  |  Ronny Huybrechts | £17,750
99 |  |  Christian Perez | £15,500
100 |  |  Robbie Knops | £15,250
101 |  |  Danny Lauby | £14,500
101 |  |  Connor Scutt | £14,500
101 |  |  Adam Warner | £14,500
104 |  |  Nathan Rafferty | £14,250
104 |  |  Callum Goffin | £14,250
104 |  |  Lukas Wenig | £14,250
107 |  |  Steve Lennon | £14,000
108 |  |  Patrick Geeraets | £13,500
109 |  |  Radek Szagański | £13,250
110 |  |  Matthew Dennant | £13,000
111 |  |  Owen Bates | £12,000
112 |  |  Leighton Bennett | £11,500
112 |  |  Danny Jansen | £11,500
114 |  |  Rhys Griffin | £11,000
115 |  |  Robert Grundy | £10,500
115 |  |  Stefan Bellmont | £10,500
115 |  |  Franz Rötzsch | £10,500
118 |  10  |  Jitse Van der Wal | £10,250
119 |  1  |  Cameron Crabtree | £10,000
119 |  1  |  Andy Boulton | £10,000
121 |  1  |  Benjamin Reus | £9,500
121 |  1  |  Haupai Puha | £9,500
123 |  1  |  Brett Claydon | £9,000
123 |  1  |  George Killington | £9,000
125 |  1  |  Jelle Klaasen | £8,250
125 |  1  |  Kai Gotthardt | £8,250
127 |  1  |  Adam Hunt | £8,000
127 |  1  |  Darren Beveridge | £8,000
129 |  |  Martijn Dragt | £6,500
129 |  |  John Henderson | £6,500
129 |  |  Paul Krohne | £6,500
129 |  |  Joshua Richardson | £6,500
133 |  |  Jacques Labre | £6,250
134 |  |  Richie Burnett | £5,500
135 |  |  Christian Kist | £5,250
136 |  |  Darryl Pilgrim | £5,000
136 |  |  Michele Turetta | £5,000
138 |  |  Romeo Grbavac | £4,750
139 |  |  Justin Hood | £4,500
139 |  |  Tim Wolters | £4,500
139 |  |  Oskar Lukasiak | £4,500
142 |  |  William Borland | £4,000
143 |  5  |  Sebastian Białecki | £3,750
143 |  |  Johan Engström | £3,750
143 |  |  Kevin Troppmann | £3,750
143 |  |  Michael Unterbuchner | £3,750
147 |  1  |  Jamie Atkins | £3,000
147 |  1  |  Jules van Dongen | £3,000
149 |  1  |  Max Hopp | £2,500
149 |  18  |  Marko Kantele | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Niko Springer | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Matthias Ehlers | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Jan Dueckers | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Lee Cocks | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Marvin van Velzen | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Moreno Blom | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Moritz Hilger | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Darius Labanauskas | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Andreas Harrysson | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Leonard Gates | £2,500
149 |  1  |  Scott Mitchell | £2,500
162 |  1  |  René Eidams | £2,250
163 |  1  |  Aden Kirk | £2,000
163 |  1  |  Thomas Lovely | £2,000
165 |  1  |  Jarred Cole | £1,500
165 |  1  |  Joe Croft | £1,500
165 |  1  |  Michael Taylor | £1,500
168 |  |  Brian Raman | £1,250
168 |  |  François Schweyen | £1,250
168 |  |  Jody Tobback | £1,250
168 |  |  Luc Bogaert | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Dragutin Horvat | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Krzysztof Kciuk | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Benjamin Pratnemer | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Nico Blum | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Damian Mol | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Jiri Brejcha | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Teemu Harju | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Christopher Toonders | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Daniel Larsson | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Christian Gödl | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Dominik Haberl | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Hannes Schnier | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Zoran Lerchbacher | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Arno Merk | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Alexander Mašek | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Cor Dekker | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Patrick Klingelhöfer | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Oliver Mueller | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Viktor Tingström | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Vítězslav Sedlák | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Born Van Put | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Geert De Vos | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Jeroen Caron | £1,250
168 |  1  |  Steven Strobbe | £1,250
196 |  4  |  Reece Colley | £1,000
196 |  4  |  Shane McGuirk | £1,000
196 |  4  |  Bradley Brooks | £1,000
196 |  4  |  Harry Lane | £1,000
196 |  4  |  Jack Male | £1,000
196 |  4  |  Jenson Walker | £1,000
196 |  4  |  Johnny Haines | £1,000
196 |  4  |  Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000
196 |  4  |  Tom Lonsdale | £1,000
*Change since 1 September 2024.

## WDF World rankings

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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

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Points are currently awarded as follows:[3]

### Current rankings

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WDF Men's World Rankings as of 14 November 2023.[4] Rank  | Change  | Player  | Points

|
|
|

1 |  6  |  Andy Baetens | 1221
2 |  |  Neil Duff | 970
3 |  2  |  Jelle Klaasen | 948
4 |  |  Haupai Puha | 904
5 |  4  |  James Hurrell | 673
6 |  3  |  Luke Littler | 667
7 |  49  |  Wesley Plaisier | 666
8 |  2  |  Ben Robb | 664
9 |  |  Danny Lauby | 565
10 |  1  |  Raymond Smith | 563
11 |  17  |  Kai Fan Leung | 531
12 |  6  |  Mark Barilli | 516
13 |  |  Darren Johnson | 492
14 |  6  |  Chris Landman | 487
15 |  11  |  Barry Copeland | 485
16 |  8  |  Thibault Tricole | 458
17 |  |  Peter Machin | 458
18 |  2  |  Martyn Turner | 449
19 |  1  |  Alexander Merkx | 446
20 |  12  |  Leonard Gates | 444
21 |  |  Gary Stone | 444
22 |  |  Liam Maendl-Lawrance | 425
23 |  12  |  James Richardson | 416
24 |  |  Danny Porter | 416
25 |  3  |  László Kádár | 411
26 |  1  |  Patrik Kovács | 409
27 |  |  Jonny Tata | 402
28 |  9  |  Moreno Blom | 391
29 |  8  |  Antony Allen | 388
30 |  17  |  Benjamin Pratnemer | 385
31 |  |  Thomas Junghans | 365
32 |  |  Berry van Peer | 360

WDF Women's World Rankings as of 5 September 2022.[5] Rank  | Change  | Player  | Points

|
|
|

1 |  4  |  Beau Greaves | 1641
2 |  1  |  Deta Hedman | 1190
3 |  9  |  Kirsty Hutchinson | 784
4 |  |  Anca Zijlstra | 710
5 |  9  |  Suzanne Smith | 625
6 |  |  Anastasia Dobromyslova | 594
7 |  17  |  Jo Clements | 565
8 |  6  |  Fallon Sherrock | 560
9 |  2  |  Lorraine Winstanley | 508
10 |  7  |  Aileen de Graaf | 504
11 |  |  Rhian O'Sullivan | 502
12 |  3  |  Laura Turner | 482
13 |  25  |  Lorraine Hyde | 455
14 |  3  |  Wendy Harper | 443
15 |  5  |  Paula Jacklin | 427
16 |  1  |  Paula Murphy | 386
17 |  4  |  Nicole Regnaud | 373
18 |  22  |  Vicky Pruim | 371
19 |  18  |  Corrine Hammond | 355
20 |  |  Mikuru Suzuki | 354
21 |  102  |  Anna Forsmark | 348
22 |  6  |  Tori Kewish | 319
23 |  9  |  Veronika Ihász | 318
24 |  16  |  Maria O'Brien | 316
25 |  7  |  Priscilla Steenbergen | 312
26 |  19  |  Jitka Cisarova | 307
27 |  184  |  Aletta Wajer | 283
28 |  43  |  Natalie Gilbert | 283
29 |  6  |  Margaret Sutton | 268
30 |  15  |  Elena Shulgina | 253
31 |  12  |  Desi Mercer | 236
32 |  41  |  Krisztina Csombok | 225

## Previous World Number Ones (Men's, WDF)

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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

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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

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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

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 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. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
5. ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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.

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* Tables : World Darts Federation
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