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

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 23 June 2024.

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,492,250
2		Michael van Gerwen	£1,064,500
3		Michael Smith	£1,031,500
4		Gerwyn Price	£617,250
5		Nathan Aspinall	£606,500
6		Rob Cross	£595,500
7	1	Dave Chisnall	£527,000
8	1	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£499,750
9	1	Peter Wright	£493,000
10	1	Jonny Clayton	£490,000
11		Damon Heta	£483,250
12		Danny Noppert	£458,250
13	2	Ross Smith	£426,000
14	1	Chris Dobey	£424,750
15	1	Joe Cullen	£414,250
16		Stephen Bunting	£410,000
17		Dirk van Duijvenbode	£399,750
18		Josh Rock	£372,750
19		Andrew Gilding	£354,000
20		Ryan Searle	£351,500
21		Gary Anderson	£334,250
22		James Wade	£330,250
23		Martin Schindler	£330,000
24		Gabriel Clemens	£314,500
25		Luke Littler	£303,500
26		Krzysztof Ratajski	£289,500
27		Daryl Gurney	£285,500
28		Brendan Dolan	£277,750
29		Raymond van Barneveld	£262,250
30		José de Sousa	£245,500
31		Scott Williams	£199,500
32	1	Gian van Veen	£184,000
*Change since 12 June 2024.

PDC Order of Merit as of 23 June 2024.

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33	1	Ricardo Pietreczko	£183,250
34		Luke Woodhouse	£178,250
35		Madars Razma	£171,000
36		Kim Huybrechts	£165,000
37		Ryan Joyce	£161,500
38	1	Callan Rydz	£158,750
39	1	Martin Lukeman	£156,500
40		Mike De Decker	£155,750
41		Alan Soutar	£133,250
42		Jermaine Wattimena	£129,750
43		Ricky Evans	£121,750
44		Jim Williams	£120,750
45		William O'Connor	£113,000
46		Ritchie Edhouse	£111,750
47		Matt Campbell	£107,500
48		Steve Beaton	£107,000
49		Simon Whitlock	£106,500
50		Cameron Menzies	£105,500
51		Keane Barry	£102,500
52		Kevin Doets	£101,000
53		Richard Veenstra	£95,000
53		Rowby-John Rodriguez	£95,000
55		Mickey Mansell	£93,250
56		Mensur Suljović	£88,750
57		Boris Krčmar	£87,250
58	1	Jamie Hughes	£84,250
59	1	Florian Hempel	£83,750
60	1	Ryan Meikle	£83,500
61	1	Ian White	£82,500
62		Vincent van der Voort	£81,500
63		Mervyn King	£77,250
64		Adrian Lewis	£75,500
*Change since 12 June 2024.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 23 June 2024.

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65		Niels Zonneveld	£75,250
66		Adam Gawlas	£71,500
67		Lee Evans	£57,750
68		Dylan Slevin	£55,500
69		Stephen Burton	£42,000
70	3	Karel Sedláček	£41,250
70		Daniel Klose	£41,250
70		Maik Kuivenhoven	£41,250
73	1	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£40,500
74		Keegan Brown	£36,750
75		Jeffrey Sparidaans	£30,500
76		Arron Monk	£29,750
77		Graham Hall	£28,750
78		Robert Owen	£26,000
79		Nick Kenny	£25,250
80		Jurjen van der Velde	£24,250
81		Pascal Rupprecht	£24,000
82		Graham Usher	£23,250
83	2	Dom Taylor	£21,000
84	4	Jeffrey de Graaf	£20,000
85	2	Josh Payne	£19,000
86	2	Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
87	1	Geert Nentjes	£18,000
88	1	Ronny Huybrechts	£17,750
89	3	Andy Baetens	£17,500
90	1	Wessel Nijman	£16,500
91	1	Owen Roelofs	£15,500
92	1	James Hurrell	£15,250
93		Thibault Tricole	£14,750
94		Berry van Peer	£14,500
95		Robbie Knops	£14,250
96		Danny van Trijp	£14,000
97		Christian Perez	£13,500
98		Adam Warner	£12,000
99		Lukas Wenig	£11,750
99		Chris Landman	£11,750
101		Mario Vandenbogaerde	£11,500
102		Danny Lauby	£11,000
102		Steve Lennon	£11,000
104		Callum Goffin	£10,750
105		Franz Rötzsch	£10,500
105		Leighton Bennett	£10,500
107		Danny Jansen	£10,000
107		Patrick Geeraets	£10,000
109	9	Owen Bates	£9,500
110	3	Radek Szagański	£8,750
111	2	Haupai Puha	£8,500
112	2	George Killington	£8,000
112	4	Matthew Dennant	£8,000
112	2	Benjamin Reus	£8,000
112	2	Brett Claydon	£8,000
116	3	Robert Grundy	£7,500
117	2	Jelle Klaasen	£7,000
118	1	Jacques Labre	£6,250
119	10	Nathan Rafferty	£5,750
120	2	Rhys Griffin	£5,500
120	2	Connor Scutt	£5,500
120	2	Paul Krohne	£5,500
120	2	Darren Beveridge	£5,500
120	2	Stefan Bellmont	£5,500
120	2	Joshua Richardson	£5,500
126	1	Wesley Plaisier	£5,000
127	1	Kai Gotthardt	£4,750
127	1	Jitse Van der Wal	£4,750
127	1	Romeo Grbavac	£4,750
130	1	Tim Wolters	£4,500
130	1	Adam Hunt	£4,500
130	1	Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
133		William Borland	£4,000
133		Michele Turetta	£4,000
133		John Henderson	£4,000
136	20	Kevin Troppmann	£3,750
136		Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
138	1	Richie Burnett	£3,500
139	1	Jules van Dongen	£3,000
140	1	Cameron Crabtree	£2,500
140	1	Marvin van Velzen	£2,500
140	1	Moreno Blom	£2,500
140	16	Jan Dueckers	£2,500
140	1	Lee Cocks	£2,500
140	1	Moritz Hilger	£2,500
140	1	Sebastian Białecki	£2,500
140	1	Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
140	1	Johan Engström	£2,500
140	1	Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
140	1	Leonard Gates	£2,500
140	1	Scott Mitchell	£2,500
152	2	Thomas Lovely	£2,000
153	2	Andy Boulton	£1,500
153	2	Martijn Dragt	£1,500
153	2	Jarred Cole	£1,500
153	2	Joe Croft	£1,500
153	2	Michael Taylor	£1,500
158		Benjamin Pratnemer	£1,250
158		Marko Kantele	£1,250
158		Nico Blum	£1,250
158	2	Christian Kist	£1,250
158	2	Damian Mol	£1,250
158	2	Jiri Brejcha	£1,250
158	2	Teemu Harju	£1,250
158	2	Christopher Toonders	£1,250
158	2	Daniel Larsson	£1,250
158	2	Christian Gödl	£1,250
158	2	Dominik Haberl	£1,250
158	2	Hannes Schnier	£1,250
158	2	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
158	2	Arno Merk	£1,250
158	2	Niko Springer	£1,250
158	2	René Eidams	£1,250
158	2	Alexander Mašek	£1,250
158	2	Cor Dekker	£1,250
158	2	Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
158	2	Matthias Ehlers	£1,250
158	2	Oliver Mueller	£1,250
158	2	Viktor Tingström	£1,250
158	2	Vítězslav Sedlák	£1,250
158	2	Born Van Put	£1,250
158	2	Geert De Vos	£1,250
158	2	Jeroen Caron	£1,250
158	2	Steven Strobbe	£1,250
185	3	Jamie Atkins	£1,000
185	3	Shane McGuirk	£1,000
185	3	Darryl Pilgrim	£1,000
185	3	Aden Kirk	£1,000
185	3	Bradley Brooks	£1,000
185	3	Harry Lane	£1,000
185	3	Jack Male	£1,000
185	3	Jenson Walker	£1,000
185	3	Johnny Haines	£1,000
185	3	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
185	3	Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
*Change since 12 June 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 14 November 2023.

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.

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)

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

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