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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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.[1]
Players ranked 1 - 32
RankChangePlayerEarnings
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.[1]
Players ranked 33 - 64
RankChangePlayerEarnings
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.[1]
Players ranked 65th or lower
RankChangePlayerEarnings
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

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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]
RankChangePlayerPoints
1 6  Andy Baetens1221
2  Neil Duff970
3 2  Jelle Klaasen948
4  Haupai Puha904
5 4  James Hurrell673
6 3  Luke Littler667
7 49  Wesley Plaisier666
8 2  Ben Robb664
9  Danny Lauby565
10 1  Raymond Smith563
11 17  Kai Fan Leung531
12 6  Mark Barilli516
13  Darren Johnson492
14 6  Chris Landman487
15 11  Barry Copeland485
16 8  Thibault Tricole458
17  Peter Machin458
18 2  Martyn Turner449
19 1  Alexander Merkx446
20 12  Leonard Gates444
21  Gary Stone444
22  Liam Maendl-Lawrance425
23 12  James Richardson416
24  Danny Porter416
25 3  László Kádár411
26 1  Patrik Kovács409
27  Jonny Tata402
28 9  Moreno Blom391
29 8  Antony Allen388
30 17  Benjamin Pratnemer385
31  Thomas Junghans365
32  Berry van Peer360
WDF Women's World Rankings as of 5 September 2022.[5]
RankChangePlayerPoints
1 4  Beau Greaves1641
2 1  Deta Hedman1190
3 9  Kirsty Hutchinson784
4  Anca Zijlstra710
5 9  Suzanne Smith625
6  Anastasia Dobromyslova594
7 17  Jo Clements565
8 6  Fallon Sherrock560
9 2  Lorraine Winstanley508
10 7  Aileen de Graaf504
11  Rhian O'Sullivan502
12 3  Laura Turner482
13 25  Lorraine Hyde455
14 3  Wendy Harper443
15 5  Paula Jacklin427
16 1  Paula Murphy386
17 4  Nicole Regnaud373
18 22  Vicky Pruim371
19 18  Corrine Hammond355
20  Mikuru Suzuki354
21 102  Anna Forsmark348
22 6  Tori Kewish319
23 9  Veronika Ihász318
24 16  Maria O'Brien316
25 7  Priscilla Steenbergen312
26 19  Jitka Cisarova307
27 184  Aletta Wajer283
28 43  Natalie Gilbert283
29 6  Margaret Sutton268
30 15  Elena Shulgina253
31 12  Desi Mercer236
32 41  Krisztina Csombok225

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]

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]
RankPlayerPoints
1  Jim Williams381
2  Wesley Harms357
3  Wayne Warren329
4  Nick Kenny307
5  Michael Warburton306
6  Richard Veenstra261
7  Dave Parletti259
8  Martijn Kleermaker253
9  David Evans250
10  Mario Vandenbogaerde247
BDO Women's World Rankings as of 18 March 2020.[17]
RankPlayerPoints
1  Lisa Ashton431
2  Beau Greaves415
3  Fallon Sherrock406
4  Anastasia Dobromyslova359
5  Lorraine Winstanley348
6  Aileen de Graaf336
7  Mikuru Suzuki329
8  Deta Hedman321
9  Laura Turner307
10  Maria O'Brien274

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 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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