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 edit

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 12 May 2024.[1]
Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank Change Player Earnings
1     Luke Humphries £1,521,500
2     Michael Smith £1,059,250
3     Michael van Gerwen £1,051,500
4     Nathan Aspinall £612,750
5   1   Rob Cross £609,250
6   1   Gerwyn Price £607,750
7     Dave Chisnall £498,000
7   1   Peter Wright £498,000
9   2   Damon Heta £484,750
10     Jonny Clayton £482,250
11   2   Dimitri Van den Bergh £480,250
12     Danny Noppert £464,000
13     Chris Dobey £425,750
14     Ross Smith £416,750
15     Joe Cullen £414,250
16   1   Stephen Bunting £406,750
17   1   Dirk van Duijvenbode £404,250
18     Andrew Gilding £363,000
19     Ryan Searle £345,500
20   1   Josh Rock £341,500
21     Gary Anderson £334,250
22   1   James Wade £325,000
23   1   Martin Schindler £322,000
24     Gabriel Clemens £315,500
25     Luke Littler £303,500
26     Krzysztof Ratajski £295,500
27     Brendan Dolan £281,750
28     Daryl Gurney £279,250
29     Raymond van Barneveld £255,250
30     José de Sousa £245,250
31     Scott Williams £209,000
32     Ricardo Pietreczko £183,000
*Change since 7 May 2024.
PDC Order of Merit as of 12 May 2024.[1]
Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank Change Player Earnings
33   1   Gian van Veen £170,000
33   1   Luke Woodhouse £170,000
35   2   Kim Huybrechts £169,750
36   3   Madars Razma £164,250
37     Ryan Joyce £162,500
38     Callan Rydz £161,750
39   3   Martin Lukeman £161,500
40     Mike De Decker £153,500
41   2   Jermaine Wattimena £124,250
42   1   Jim Williams £123,500
43   2   Ricky Evans £120,500
44     Alan Soutar £116,750
45     Simon Whitlock £114,250
46     William O'Connor £112,000
47     Steve Beaton £109,250
48   1   Ritchie Edhouse £107,250
49   1   Keane Barry £103,000
50   2   Rowby-John Rodriguez £101,250
51     Cameron Menzies £100,500
52   1   Matt Campbell £98,750
53   1   Mickey Mansell £96,250
54     Kevin Doets £91,750
55     Richard Veenstra £91,500
56     Boris Krčmar £88,750
57   1   Mensur Suljović £85,750
58   1   Jamie Hughes £83,750
59   1   Ryan Meikle £83,500
60   1   Florian Hempel £81,750
61   4   Vincent van der Voort £81,500
62     Mervyn King £80,500
63   1   Ian White £80,000
64   2   Adrian Lewis £77,500
*Change since 7 May 2024.


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PDC Order of Merit as of 12 May 2024.[1]
Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank Change Player Earnings
65     Adam Gawlas £73,500
66     Niels Zonneveld £69,250
67     Lee Evans £55,250
68     Dylan Slevin £52,000
69     Jeffrey de Zwaan £39,500
70     Daniel Klose £38,750
70   4   Maik Kuivenhoven £38,750
72   1   Stephen Burton £38,000
73   1   Karel Sedláček £36,750
73   1   Keegan Brown £36,750
75     Arron Monk £29,750
76     Jeffrey Sparidaans £28,000
77     Graham Hall £27,250
78     Robert Owen £26,000
79     Pascal Rupprecht £24,000
80     Nick Kenny £23,750
81     Graham Usher £23,250
82     Jurjen van der Velde £22,750
83     Josh Payne £19,000
84     Adam Smith-Neale £18,750
85     Ronny Huybrechts £17,750
86     Geert Nentjes £17,000
87     Owen Roelofs £15,500
88     James Hurrell £15,250
89   2   Thibault Tricole £14,750
90   1   Berry van Peer £14,500
91   1   Danny van Trijp £14,000
92   1   Jeffrey de Graaf £13,500
92   5   Wessel Nijman £13,500
92   1   Christian Perez £13,500
95   1   Robbie Knops £13,250
96   1   Dom Taylor £12,500
97   1   Adam Warner £12,000
98   7   Andy Baetens £11,500
99   2   Steve Lennon £11,000
100   1   Chris Landman £10,750
101   1   Leighton Bennett £10,500
102   1   Patrick Geeraets £10,000
102   1   Danny Lauby £10,000
104   1   Lukas Wenig £9,750
104   1   Callum Goffin £9,750
106   1   Danny Jansen £9,000
107   14   Franz Rötzsch £8,500
107     Mario Vandenbogaerde £8,500
109   1   Benjamin Drue Reus £8,000
109   1   Brett Claydon £8,000
111   3   Matthew Dennant £6,750
112   2   Radek Szagański £6,500
113   2   Jacques Labre £6,250
114   2   Robert Grundy £6,000
114   2   Jelle Klaasen £6,000
116   2   Darren Beveridge £5,500
116   2   Paul Krohne £5,500
116   2   George Killington £5,500
116   2   Stefan Bellmont £5,500
116   2   Joshua Richardson £5,500
121   11   Haupai Puha £4,750
121   1   Romeo Grbavac £4,750
123   2   Nathan Rafferty £4,500
123   2   Adam Hunt £4,500
123   2   Rhys Griffin £4,500
123   2   Connor Scutt £4,500
123   2   Oskar Lukasiak £4,500
128   1   Owen Bates £4,250
129   1   William Borland £4,000
129   1   Michele Turetta £4,000
129   1   John Henderson £4,000
132   1   Michael Unterbuchner £3,750
133   1   Tim Wolters £3,500
134     Jitse Van der Wal £3,250
135     Moritz Hilger £2,500
135     Sebastian Białecki £2,500
135     Richie Burnett £2,500
135     Darius Labanauskas £2,500
135     Johan Engström £2,500
135     Wesley Plaisier £2,500
135     Andreas Harrysson £2,500
135     Leonard Gates £2,500
135     Scott Mitchell £2,500
144   2   Jules van Dongen £2,000
144   2   Thomas Lovely £2,000
146   2   Lee Cocks £1,500
146   2   Jarred Cole £1,500
146   2   Joe Croft £1,500
146   2   Michael Taylor £1,500
150     Christopher Toonders £1,250
150     Daniel Larsson £1,250
150     Kevin Troppmann £1,250
150   2   Christian Gödl £1,250
150   2   Dominik Haberl £1,250
150   2   Hannes Schnier £1,250
150   2   Zoran Lerchbacher £1,250
150   2   Arno Merk £1,250
150   2   Niko Springer £1,250
150   2   René Eidams £1,250
150   2   Alexander Mašek £1,250
150   2   Cor Dekker £1,250
150   2   Jan Dueckers £1,250
150   2   Kai Gotthardt £1,250
150   2   Patrick Klingelhöfer £1,250
150   2   Matthias Ehlers £1,250
150   2   Oliver Mueller £1,250
150   2   Viktor Tingström £1,250
150   2   Vítězslav Sedlák £1,250
150   2   Born Van Put £1,250
150   2   Geert De Vos £1,250
150   2   Jeroen Caron £1,250
150   2   Steven Strobbe £1,250
173   5   Shane McGuirk £1,000
173   5   Darryl Pilgrim £1,000
173   5   Aden Kirk £1,000
173   5   Bradley Brooks £1,000
173   5   Harry Lane £1,000
173   5   Jack Male £1,000
173   5   Jenson Walker £1,000
173   5   Johnny Haines £1,000
173   5   Ron Meulenkamp £1,000
173   5   Tom Lonsdale £1,000
*Change since 7 May 2024.

WDF World rankings edit

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 edit

Points are currently awarded as follows:[3]

Current rankings edit

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) edit

The following is a list of players who ended the year ranked number one in the WDF.[6]

BDO rankings edit

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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 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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