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 22 August 2024.

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,647,250
2		Michael Smith	£1,060,750
3		Michael van Gerwen	£969,500
4		Rob Cross	£591,500
5		Nathan Aspinall	£558,250
6		Gerwyn Price	£533,000
7		Dave Chisnall	£518,250
8		Jonny Clayton	£507,000
9		Damon Heta	£496,750
10		Ross Smith	£481,750
11		Dimitri Van den Bergh	£471,250
12		Peter Wright	£466,000
13		Chris Dobey	£439,750
14		Joe Cullen	£423,250
15		Stephen Bunting	£416,000
16		Danny Noppert	£408,250
17		Josh Rock	£400,500
18		James Wade	£373,250
19		Andrew Gilding	£365,000
20	1	Ryan Searle	£364,000
21	1	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£358,250
22		Gary Anderson	£338,500
23		Luke Littler	£331,000
24		Martin Schindler	£328,250
25		Gabriel Clemens	£301,500
26		Krzysztof Ratajski	£285,000
27		Daryl Gurney	£280,750
28		Raymond van Barneveld	£275,750
29		Brendan Dolan	£269,250
30		José de Sousa	£212,750
31		Gian van Veen	£200,000
31	1	Scott Williams	£200,000
*Change since 2 August 2024.

PDC Order of Merit as of 22 August 2024.

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Ricardo Pietreczko	£187,500
34		Luke Woodhouse	£187,250
35		Ryan Joyce	£179,750
36		Mike De Decker	£174,250
37		Kim Huybrechts	£156,000
38	1	Madars Razma	£152,750
39	1	Callan Rydz	£152,500
40		Martin Lukeman	£145,750
41		Alan Soutar	£136,250
42		Ricky Evans	£131,500
43	4	Cameron Menzies	£128,500
44	1	Jim Williams	£126,500
44	1	Jermaine Wattimena	£126,500
46	2	Ritchie Edhouse	£126,000
47	1	William O'Connor	£116,750
48		Steve Beaton	£110,000
49	1	Matt Campbell	£105,750
50	1	Keane Barry	£103,750
51		Kevin Doets	£102,500
52	1	Simon Whitlock	£101,500
53		Richard Veenstra	£97,000
54		Florian Hempel	£88,750
55	1	Mickey Mansell	£88,250
56	1	Boris Krčmar	£87,500
57	2	Mensur Suljović	£85,000
57		Ryan Meikle	£85,000
59	1	Niels Zonneveld	£84,750
60		Jamie Hughes	£79,500
61		Vincent van der Voort	£77,250
62		Mervyn King	£76,500
63		Ian White	£74,750
64		Adam Gawlas	£73,250
*Change since 2 August 2024.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 22 August 2024.

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65		Rowby-John Rodriguez	£65,250
66		Lee Evans	£62,250
67		Dylan Slevin	£58,000
68		Karel Sedláček	£51,750
69	1	Stephen Burton	£50,000
70	1	Adrian Lewis	£48,750
71	1	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£46,000
72		Maik Kuivenhoven	£45,250
73		Daniel Klose	£43,250
74		Keegan Brown	£38,750
75		Jeffrey Sparidaans	£37,000
76		Arron Monk	£33,250
77		Graham Hall	£32,750
78		Wessel Nijman	£32,500
79		Nick Kenny	£31,750
80		Robert Owen	£31,000
81	1	Wesley Plaisier	£30,500
82	2	Dom Taylor	£28,500
83	2	Graham Usher	£27,750
84	1	Pascal Rupprecht	£26,500
85		Jurjen van der Velde	£25,250
86		Jeffrey de Graaf	£24,500
87	9	Thibault Tricole	£21,250
87		James Hurrell	£21,250
89	2	Owen Roelofs	£21,000
89	1	Andy Baetens	£21,000
91	4	Danny van Trijp	£19,500
92	3	Josh Payne	£19,000
93	5	Chris Landman	£18,750
93	3	Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
95	2	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£18,500
96	4	Berry van Peer	£18,000
96	4	Geert Nentjes	£18,000
98	4	Ronny Huybrechts	£17,750
99		Christian Perez	£15,500
100		Robbie Knops	£15,250
101		Connor Scutt	£14,500
101		Adam Warner	£14,500
101	6	Danny Lauby	£14,500
104	8	Nathan Rafferty	£14,250
104	8	Callum Goffin	£14,250
104	2	Lukas Wenig	£14,250
107	2	Steve Lennon	£14,000
108	7	Patrick Geeraets	£13,500
109	5	Radek Szagański	£13,250
110	9	Matthew Dennant	£13,000
111	4	Owen Bates	£12,000
112	3	Leighton Bennett	£11,500
112	3	Danny Jansen	£11,500
114	3	Rhys Griffin	£11,000
115	1	Robert Grundy	£10,500
115	1	Stefan Bellmont	£10,500
115	1	Franz Rötzsch	£10,500
118	1	Andy Boulton	£10,000
118	1	Cameron Crabtree	£10,000
120	3	Benjamin Reus	£9,500
120	3	Haupai Puha	£9,500
122		Brett Claydon	£9,000
122		George Killington	£9,000
124	1	Kai Gotthardt	£8,250
125	1	Adam Hunt	£8,000
125	3	Darren Beveridge	£8,000
127	1	Jitse Van der Wal	£7,750
128	2	Jelle Klaasen	£7,000
129	10	Martijn Dragt	£6,500
129	3	John Henderson	£6,500
129		Paul Krohne	£6,500
129		Joshua Richardson	£6,500
133	2	Jacques Labre	£6,250
134	2	Richie Burnett	£5,500
135	9	Christian Kist	£5,250
136	2	Darryl Pilgrim	£5,000
136	2	Michele Turetta	£5,000
138	2	Romeo Grbavac	£4,750
139	6	Justin Hood	£4,500
139	2	Tim Wolters	£4,500
139	2	Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
142	3	William Borland	£4,000
143	2	Kevin Troppmann	£3,750
143	2	Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
145	12	Jamie Atkins	£3,000
145	2	Jules van Dongen	£3,000
147	2	Jan Dueckers	£2,500
147	2	Lee Cocks	£2,500
147	2	Marvin van Velzen	£2,500
147	2	Moreno Blom	£2,500
147	2	Moritz Hilger	£2,500
147	2	Sebastian Białecki	£2,500
147	2	Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
147	2	Johan Engström	£2,500
147	2	Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
147	2	Leonard Gates	£2,500
147	2	Scott Mitchell	£2,500
158	5	René Eidams	£2,250
159	2	Aden Kirk	£2,000
159	2	Thomas Lovely	£2,000
161	1	Jarred Cole	£1,500
161	1	Joe Croft	£1,500
161	1	Michael Taylor	£1,500
164	1	Benjamin Pratnemer	£1,250
164	1	Marko Kantele	£1,250
164	1	Nico Blum	£1,250
164	1	Damian Mol	£1,250
164	1	Jiri Brejcha	£1,250
164	1	Teemu Harju	£1,250
164	1	Christopher Toonders	£1,250
164	1	Daniel Larsson	£1,250
164	1	Christian Gödl	£1,250
164	1	Dominik Haberl	£1,250
164	1	Hannes Schnier	£1,250
164	1	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
164	1	Arno Merk	£1,250
164	1	Niko Springer	£1,250
164	1	Alexander Mašek	£1,250
164	1	Cor Dekker	£1,250
164	1	Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
164	1	Matthias Ehlers	£1,250
164	1	Oliver Mueller	£1,250
164	1	Viktor Tingström	£1,250
164	1	Vítězslav Sedlák	£1,250
164	1	Born Van Put	£1,250
164	1	Geert De Vos	£1,250
164	1	Jeroen Caron	£1,250
164	1	Steven Strobbe	£1,250
189		Reece Colley	£1,000
189		Shane McGuirk	£1,000
189		Bradley Brooks	£1,000
189		Harry Lane	£1,000
189		Jack Male	£1,000
189		Jenson Walker	£1,000
189		Johnny Haines	£1,000
189		Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
189		Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
*Change since 2 August 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