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 12 May 2024.

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.

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.

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

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