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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

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 3 January 2025.

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,804,250
2	2	Luke Littler	£1,118,500
3		Michael van Gerwen	£815,500
4	1	Rob Cross	£551,750
5	3	Stephen Bunting	£536,000
6		Dave Chisnall	£528,500
7		Jonny Clayton	£494,000
8	1	Damon Heta	£484,000
9	1	Gerwyn Price	£480,500
10	5	Chris Dobey	£480,250
11	1	Nathan Aspinall	£470,500
12	5	Peter Wright	£442,500
13		Danny Noppert	£431,750
14		Gary Anderson	£430,500
15	1	James Wade	£426,750
16	2	Josh Rock	£405,000
16	14	Michael Smith	£405,000
18	7	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£399,250
19	1	Ryan Searle	£398,250
20	1	Andrew Gilding	£395,500
21	2	Ross Smith	£395,000
22		Martin Schindler	£365,000
23		Joe Cullen	£357,250
24		Mike De Decker	£356,000
25	1	Daryl Gurney	£334,250
26	1	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£325,750
27	1	Gian van Veen	£299,000
28	1	Ritchie Edhouse	£289,250
29	4	Ryan Joyce	£282,000
30	4	Ricardo Pietreczko	£280,750
31	1	Brendan Dolan	£271,500
32	1	Krzysztof Ratajski	£267,750
*Change since 24 November 2024.

PDC Order of Merit as of 3 January 2025.

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33	2	Luke Woodhouse	£262,750
34	2	Raymond van Barneveld	£252,750
35	1	Jermaine Wattimena	£240,250
36	1	Scott Williams	£220,750
37	10	Gabriel Clemens	£219,750
38		Martin Lukeman	£202,500
39		Cameron Menzies	£178,000
40	3	Callan Rydz	£177,000
41	10	Kevin Doets	£146,500
42	2	Madars Razma	£144,750
43	1	Mickey Mansell	£143,250
44	1	Ricky Evans	£142,250
45	5	José de Sousa	£139,000
46	5	Kim Huybrechts	£136,000
47		Richard Veenstra	£122,750
48	1	Niels Zonneveld	£121,250
49	8	Ian White	£116,250
50	2	Keane Barry	£115,250
51	5	Jim Williams	£111,250
52	4	William O'Connor	£107,000
53		Florian Hempel	£103,000
53	2	Matt Campbell	£103,000
55	3	Wessel Nijman	£100,000
56	2	Steve Beaton	£89,000
57	7	Alan Soutar	£85,500
58	9	Dylan Slevin	£80,500
59	18	Robert Owen	£80,250
60	2	Ryan Meikle	£78,500
61	3	Stephen Burton	£78,000
62	8	Connor Scutt	£77,000
63	7	Mensur Suljović	£75,250
64	17	Jeffrey de Graaf	£75,000
*Change since 24 November 2024.

PDC Order of Merit as of 3 January 2025.

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65	11	Nick Kenny	£71,750
66	2	Karel Sedláček	£71,250
67	9	Boris Krčmar	£70,000
68	5	Wesley Plaisier	£69,500
69	9	Simon Whitlock	£69,250
70	4	Lee Evans	£66,750
71	8	Jamie Hughes	£65,250
72	2	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£58,500
73	12	Mervyn King	£57,500
74	5	Thibault Tricole	£57,250
75	3	Maik Kuivenhoven	£56,500
76	11	Adam Gawlas	£53,750
77	6	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£51,250
78	3	Daniel Klose	£47,250
79	10	James Hurrell	£45,750
80	2	Keegan Brown	£42,750
81	1	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£41,500
82		Graham Hall	£39,500
82		Dom Taylor	£39,500
84	3	Chris Landman	£39,250
85	16	Vincent van der Voort	£38,500
86	2	Arron Monk	£37,750
87	2	Graham Usher	£32,250
87	2	Jurjen van der Velde	£32,250
89	1	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£31,000
90	32	Rhys Griffin	£28,000
91	11	Christian Kist	£27,250
92	2	Pascal Rupprecht	£26,500
93	37	Leonard Gates	£25,500
94		Paolo Nebrida	£25,000
95	4	Andy Baetens	£24,500
96	4	Josh Payne	£23,500
96	4	Berry van Peer	£23,500
98	37	Kai Gotthardt	£23,250
99	4	Nathan Rafferty	£22,250
100	4	Steve Lennon	£22,000
101	4	Radek Szagański	£21,750
102	4	Lukas Wenig	£21,500
103	4	Owen Roelofs	£21,000
104	4	Danny van Trijp	£20,500
105	4	Callum Goffin	£20,250
106	18	Stefan Bellmont	£20,000
107	4	Adam Warner	£19,500
108	4	Patrick Geeraets	£19,000
108	4	Matthew Dennant	£19,000
108	4	Geert Nentjes	£19,000
111	4	Darren Beveridge	£18,750
111	4	Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
113	4	Jitse Van der Wal	£18,250
114	4	Benjamin Reus	£18,000
115	4	Ronny Huybrechts	£17,750
116	4	Andy Boulton	£17,000
116	4	Danny Lauby	£17,000
118	4	Robert Grundy	£16,500
119	4	Robbie Knops	£16,250
120	96	Alexander Merkx	£16,000
121	5	Christian Perez	£15,500
122		Alexis Toylo	£15,000
122		Lok Yin Lee	£15,000
124	7	George Killington	£14,500
125	7	Owen Bates	£14,000
126	7	Brett Claydon	£13,750
127	7	Martijn Dragt	£13,500
127	7	Adam Hunt	£13,500
129	7	Darryl Pilgrim	£13,000
130	14	Lourence Ilagan	£12,500
130	14	Noa-Lynn van Leuven	£12,500
130	6	Danny Jansen	£12,500
130	6	Haupai Puha	£12,500
134	15	Romeo Grbavac	£12,250
135	8	Jelle Klaasen	£11,750
136	8	William Borland	£11,500
136	8	Leighton Bennett	£11,500
138	8	Franz Rötzsch	£10,500
139	20	Niko Springer	£10,000
139	20	Darius Labanauskas	£10,000
139	7	Lee Cocks	£10,000
139	7	Cameron Crabtree	£10,000
143	9	John Henderson	£8,500
144	9	Jacques Labre	£8,250
145		Ben Robb	£7,500
145		Cameron Carolissen	£7,500
145		Fallon Sherrock	£7,500
145		Gordon Mathers	£7,500
145		Jim Long	£7,500
145		Joe Comito	£7,500
145		Nitin Kumar	£7,500
145		Rashad Sweeting	£7,500
145		Ryusei Azemoto	£7,500
145		Stowe Buntz	£7,500
145		Tomoya Goto	£7,500
145		Zong Xiao Chen	£7,500
145	8	Richie Burnett	£7,500
145	8	Paul Krohne	£7,500
145	8	Tim Wolters	£7,500
145	8	Joshua Richardson	£7,500
145	51	Adrian Lewis	£7,500
162	21	Justin Hood	£7,000
163	21	Michele Turetta	£6,000
164	21	Jamie Atkins	£5,500
165	21	Beau Greaves	£5,000
165	21	Jimmy van Schie	£5,000
165	21	Sebastian Białecki	£5,000
168	18	Ted Evetts	£4,500
168	18	Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
170	18	Pavel Drtil	£4,000
170	18	Jules van Dongen	£4,000
172	18	Marko Kantele	£3,750
172	18	Cor Dekker	£3,750
172	18	Johan Engström	£3,750
172	18	Kevin Troppmann	£3,750
172	18	Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
177	18	Jiri Brejcha	£2,500
177	18	Anton Östlund	£2,500
177	18	Bruno Stöckli	£2,500
177	18	Roger Hertig	£2,500
177	18	Shane McGuirk	£2,500
177	18	Alberto Bezjian	£2,500
177	18	Max Hopp	£2,500
177	18	Matthias Ehlers	£2,500
177	18	Jan Dueckers	£2,500
177	18	Marvin van Velzen	£2,500
177	18	Moreno Blom	£2,500
177	18	Moritz Hilger	£2,500
177	18	Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
177	18	Scott Mitchell	£2,500
191	16	Dragutin Horvat	£2,250
191	16	René Eidams	£2,250
193	16	Aden Kirk	£2,000
193	16	Thomas Lovely	£2,000
195	16	Jarred Cole	£1,500
195	16	Joe Croft	£1,500
195	16	Michael Taylor	£1,500
198	16	Daniel Markovsky	£1,250
198	16	Michal Smejda	£1,250
198	16	Patrik Kovács	£1,250
198	16	Alex Fehlmann	£1,250
198	16	Marcel Walpen	£1,250
198	16	Nándor Prés	£1,250
198	16	András Csóka	£1,250
198	16	György Jehirszki	£1,250
198	16	János Végső	£1,250
198	16	Brian Raman	£1,250
198	16	François Schweyen	£1,250
198	16	Jody Tobback	£1,250
198	16	Luc Bogaert	£1,250
198	16	Krzysztof Kciuk	£1,250
198	16	Benjamin Pratnemer	£1,250
198	16	Nico Blum	£1,250
198	16	Damian Mol	£1,250
198	16	Teemu Harju	£1,250
198	16	Christopher Toonders	£1,250
198	16	Daniel Larsson	£1,250
198	16	Christian Gödl	£1,250
198	16	Dominik Haberl	£1,250
198	16	Hannes Schnier	£1,250
198	16	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
198	16	Arno Merk	£1,250
198	16	Alexander Mašek	£1,250
198	16	Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
198	16	Oliver Mueller	£1,250
198	16	Viktor Tingström	£1,250
198	16	Vítězslav Sedlák	£1,250
198	16	Born Van Put	£1,250
198	16	Geert De Vos	£1,250
198	16	Jeroen Caron	£1,250
198	16	Steven Strobbe	£1,250
232	16	Dominik Grüllich	£1,000
232	16	Stefaan Henderyck	£1,000
232	16	Reece Colley	£1,000
232	16	Bradley Brooks	£1,000
232	16	Harry Lane	£1,000
232	16	Jack Male	£1,000
232	16	Jenson Walker	£1,000
232	16	Johnny Haines	£1,000
232	16	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
232	16	Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
*Change since 24 November 2024.

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.

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows:

Current rankings

WDF Men's World Rankings as of 8 December 2024.

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.

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.

• 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)
• 2011 Scott Waites (2)
• 2012 Stephen Bunting
• 2013 James Wilson
• 2014 Alan Norris
• 2015 Darius Labanauskas
• 2016 Darius Labanauskas (2)
• 2017 Scott Mitchell
• 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. 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.

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.

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. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
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

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