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[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 3 July 2024.^[1]

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,469,750
2		Michael van Gerwen	£1,064,500
3		Michael Smith	£1,034,500
4		Gerwyn Price	£619,750
5		Nathan Aspinall	£605,500
6		Rob Cross	£590,500
7		Dave Chisnall	£529,500
8	2	Jonny Clayton	£508,500
9	1	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£496,750
10	1	Peter Wright	£495,000
11		Damon Heta	£481,750
12		Danny Noppert	£458,250
13		Ross Smith	£442,000
14		Chris Dobey	£422,750
15		Joe Cullen	£414,250
16		Stephen Bunting	£407,000
17		Dirk van Duijvenbode	£400,750
18		Josh Rock	£376,250
19		Andrew Gilding	£357,500
20		Ryan Searle	£353,000
21		Gary Anderson	£335,750
22		James Wade	£335,250
23		Martin Schindler	£334,500
24		Gabriel Clemens	£315,000
25		Luke Littler	£304,500
26		Krzysztof Ratajski	£292,000
27		Daryl Gurney	£284,500
28		Brendan Dolan	£279,750
29		Raymond van Barneveld	£265,750
30		José de Sousa	£246,500
31		Scott Williams	£198,000
32		Gian van Veen	£185,000
*Change since 23 June 2024.

PDC Order of Merit as of 3 July 2024.^[1]

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Ricardo Pietreczko	£183,250
34		Luke Woodhouse	£176,250
35	1	Kim Huybrechts	£167,500
36	1	Ryan Joyce	£166,500
37	2	Madars Razma	£164,500
38		Callan Rydz	£159,250
39	1	Mike De Decker	£156,750
40	1	Martin Lukeman	£153,500
41		Alan Soutar	£134,750
42		Jermaine Wattimena	£128,750
43		Ricky Evans	£124,250
44		Jim Williams	£122,250
45		William O'Connor	£115,500
46		Ritchie Edhouse	£112,750
47	3	Cameron Menzies	£110,000
48	1	Matt Campbell	£109,500
49	1	Steve Beaton	£108,000
50	1	Simon Whitlock	£107,500
51	1	Kevin Doets	£102,500
51		Keane Barry	£102,500
53		Richard Veenstra	£95,000
54	1	Mickey Mansell	£93,250
55	1	Mensur Suljović	£89,750
56	1	Boris Krčmar	£88,250
57	3	Ryan Meikle	£86,000
58		Jamie Hughes	£85,750
59	6	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£85,000
60	1	Florian Hempel	£84,250
61	1	Vincent van der Voort	£82,500
62	3	Niels Zonneveld	£79,750
63		Mervyn King	£77,750
64	3	Ian White	£77,500
*Change since 23 June 2024.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 3 July 2024.^[1]

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65	1	Adrian Lewis	£75,500
66		Adam Gawlas	£71,500
67		Lee Evans	£58,750
68		Dylan Slevin	£55,500
69		Stephen Burton	£44,500
70		Karel Sedláček	£43,250
71	2	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£43,000
72	2	Daniel Klose	£42,250
72	2	Maik Kuivenhoven	£42,250
74		Keegan Brown	£37,750
75		Jeffrey Sparidaans	£31,500
76		Arron Monk	£30,750
77		Graham Hall	£28,750
78		Robert Owen	£28,500
79		Nick Kenny	£27,750
80	2	Graham Usher	£26,750
81	45	Wesley Plaisier	£25,000
81	2	Dom Taylor	£25,000
83	3	Jurjen van der Velde	£24,250
84	3	Pascal Rupprecht	£24,000
85	1	Jeffrey de Graaf	£21,500
86	4	Wessel Nijman	£19,000
86	1	Josh Payne	£19,000
88	2	Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
89		Andy Baetens	£18,500
90	3	Geert Nentjes	£18,000
91	3	Ronny Huybrechts	£17,750
92	1	Owen Roelofs	£17,500
93	1	James Hurrell	£16,750
94	2	Danny van Trijp	£15,000
95	2	Thibault Tricole	£14,750
96	2	Berry van Peer	£14,500
97	2	Robbie Knops	£14,250
98	3	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£14,000
99	2	Christian Perez	£13,500
100	7	Patrick Geeraets	£12,500
101	1	Steve Lennon	£12,000
101	3	Adam Warner	£12,000
103	4	Lukas Wenig	£11,750
103	4	Chris Landman	£11,750
105	2	Danny Jansen	£11,500
106	4	Radek Szagański	£11,250
107	2	Owen Bates	£11,000
107	5	Danny Lauby	£11,000
109	5	Callum Goffin	£10,750
110	5	Franz Rötzsch	£10,500
110	5	Leighton Bennett	£10,500
112	7	Nathan Rafferty	£9,750
113	3	Robert Grundy	£9,500
113	2	Haupai Puha	£9,500
115	3	Matthew Dennant	£9,000
116	4	George Killington	£8,000
116	4	Benjamin Reus	£8,000
116	4	Brett Claydon	£8,000
119	21	Cameron Crabtree	£7,500
119	1	Connor Scutt	£7,500
121	6	Kai Gotthardt	£7,250
122	8	Adam Hunt	£7,000
122	2	Rhys Griffin	£7,000
122	2	Stefan Bellmont	£7,000
122	5	Jelle Klaasen	£7,000
126	1	Jitse Van der Wal	£6,750
127	26	Andy Boulton	£6,500
128	10	Jacques Labre	£6,250
129	9	Richie Burnett	£5,500
129	9	Paul Krohne	£5,500
129	9	Darren Beveridge	£5,500
129	9	Joshua Richardson	£5,500
133	6	Romeo Grbavac	£4,750
134	4	Tim Wolters	£4,500
134	4	Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
136	3	William Borland	£4,000
136	3	Michele Turetta	£4,000
136	3	John Henderson	£4,000
139	3	Kevin Troppmann	£3,750
139	3	Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
141	12	Martijn Dragt	£3,000
141	2	Jules van Dongen	£3,000
143	3	Jan Dueckers	£2,500
143	3	Lee Cocks	£2,500
143	3	Marvin van Velzen	£2,500
143	3	Moreno Blom	£2,500
143	3	Moritz Hilger	£2,500
143	3	Sebastian Białecki	£2,500
143	3	Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
143	3	Johan Engström	£2,500
143	3	Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
143	3	Leonard Gates	£2,500
143	3	Scott Mitchell	£2,500
154	31	Jamie Atkins	£2,000
154	31	Darryl Pilgrim	£2,000
154	2	Thomas Lovely	£2,000
157	4	Jarred Cole	£1,500
157	4	Joe Croft	£1,500
157	4	Michael Taylor	£1,500
160	2	Benjamin Pratnemer	£1,250
160	2	Marko Kantele	£1,250
160	2	Nico Blum	£1,250
160	2	Christian Kist	£1,250
160	2	Damian Mol	£1,250
160	2	Jiri Brejcha	£1,250
160	2	Teemu Harju	£1,250
160	2	Christopher Toonders	£1,250
160	2	Daniel Larsson	£1,250
160	2	Christian Gödl	£1,250
160	2	Dominik Haberl	£1,250
160	2	Hannes Schnier	£1,250
160	2	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
160	2	Arno Merk	£1,250
160	2	Niko Springer	£1,250
160	2	René Eidams	£1,250
160	2	Alexander Mašek	£1,250
160	2	Cor Dekker	£1,250
160	2	Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
160	2	Matthias Ehlers	£1,250
160	2	Oliver Mueller	£1,250
160	2	Viktor Tingström	£1,250
160	2	Vítězslav Sedlák	£1,250
160	2	Born Van Put	£1,250
160	2	Geert De Vos	£1,250
160	2	Jeroen Caron	£1,250
160	2	Steven Strobbe	£1,250
187		Justin Hood	£1,000
187	2	Shane McGuirk	£1,000
187	2	Aden Kirk	£1,000
187	2	Bradley Brooks	£1,000
187	2	Harry Lane	£1,000
187	2	Jack Male	£1,000
187	2	Jenson Walker	£1,000
187	2	Johnny Haines	£1,000
187	2	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
187	2	Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
*Change since 23 June 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]

External links[edit]

• Tables : World Darts Federation
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160125183750/http://www.bdodarts.com/images/bdo-content/rules/gd/BDO_Invitation_Rules.pdf