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 28 April 2024.

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,541,000
2		Michael van Gerwen	£1,075,500
3		Michael Smith	£1,065,750
4		Nathan Aspinall	£620,500
5		Gerwyn Price	£610,750
6		Rob Cross	£591,250
7		Dave Chisnall	£503,750
8		Peter Wright	£496,500
9		Dimitri Van den Bergh	£494,000
10		Damon Heta	£486,250
11		Jonny Clayton	£482,250
12		Danny Noppert	£453,500
13		Chris Dobey	£424,250
14	1	Ross Smith	£418,750
15	1	Joe Cullen	£415,250
15	1	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£415,250
17		Stephen Bunting	£398,750
18		Andrew Gilding	£359,750
19		Josh Rock	£349,500
20	1	Ryan Searle	£347,500
21		Gary Anderson	£331,750
22	1	Martin Schindler	£328,500
23	1	James Wade	£328,000
24		Gabriel Clemens	£317,750
25	1	Luke Littler	£303,500
26	1	Krzysztof Ratajski	£288,500
27		Daryl Gurney	£273,500
28		Brendan Dolan	£269,500
29		José de Sousa	£256,250
30		Raymond van Barneveld	£251,000
31		Scott Williams	£206,750
32		Ricardo Pietreczko	£179,500
*Change since 21 April 2024.

PDC Order of Merit as of 28 April 2024.

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Kim Huybrechts	£170,750
34		Callan Rydz	£166,250
35		Luke Woodhouse	£166,000
36		Martin Lukeman	£164,750
37	1	Gian van Veen	£162,500
38	1	Madars Razma	£155,500
39		Ryan Joyce	£155,250
40		Mike De Decker	£147,500
41		Ricky Evans	£124,000
42		Jim Williams	£122,750
43		Jermaine Wattimena	£121,750
44		Alan Soutar	£119,500
45		Simon Whitlock	£113,500
46	1	William O'Connor	£110,500
47	1	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£109,000
48		Steve Beaton	£107,250
49	1	Keane Barry	£103,750
50	3	Ritchie Edhouse	£102,000
50	1	Cameron Menzies	£102,000
52	1	Mickey Mansell	£100,500
53	1	Matt Campbell	£98,000
54		Kevin Doets	£89,500
55		Boris Krčmar	£88,750
56		Vincent van der Voort	£87,750
57	3	Richard Veenstra	£87,500
58	1	Ryan Meikle	£85,750
58	1	Jamie Hughes	£85,750
58	1	Florian Hempel	£85,750
61		Mensur Suljović	£84,500
62		Adrian Lewis	£82,500
63		Mervyn King	£81,500
64		Ian White	£80,250
*Change since 21 April 2024.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 28 April 2024.

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65		Adam Gawlas	£79,250
66		Niels Zonneveld	£65,500
67		Lee Evans	£54,250
68		Dylan Slevin	£52,000
69		Jeffrey de Zwaan	£39,500
70	3	Daniel Klose	£37,250
71	1	Maik Kuivenhoven	£36,250
72	1	Keegan Brown	£35,750
73	1	Stephen Burton	£35,500
74		Karel Sedláček	£34,250
75		Arron Monk	£29,750
76		Jeffrey Sparidaans	£27,000
77		Robert Owen	£26,000
78		Pascal Rupprecht	£24,000
79		Graham Usher	£23,250
80		Nick Kenny	£22,750
80		Jurjen van der Velde	£22,750
82		Graham Hall	£22,250
83		Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
84		Josh Payne	£18,000
85		Geert Nentjes	£17,000
86		Ronny Huybrechts	£16,750
87		Owen Roelofs	£15,500
88		Danny van Trijp	£14,000
89		Robbie Knops	£13,250
90		James Hurrell	£12,750
91		Berry van Peer	£12,500
92		Christian Perez	£12,000
93		Steve Lennon	£11,000
93		Adam Warner	£11,000
95	6	Dom Taylor	£10,000
95	6	Danny Lauby	£10,000
97	2	Chris Landman	£9,750
98	2	Thibault Tricole	£9,500
99	2	Callum Goffin	£8,750
100	10	Wessel Nijman	£8,500
100	2	Leighton Bennett	£8,500
102	3	Brett Claydon	£8,000
103	3	Lukas Wenig	£7,750
104	1	Andy Baetens	£7,000
104	1	Benjamin Drue Reus	£7,000
104	1	Danny Jansen	£7,000
107	1	Radek Szagański	£6,500
107	1	Patrick Geeraets	£6,500
107	1	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£6,500
110	1	Jacques Labre	£6,250
111		Stefan Bellmont	£5,500
111		Joshua Richardson	£5,500
111		Matthew Dennant	£5,500
114		Jelle Klaasen	£5,000
115	11	Romeo Grbavac	£4,750
116	1	George Killington	£4,500
116	1	Rhys Griffin	£4,500
116	1	Connor Scutt	£4,500
116	1	Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
116	1	Paul Krohne	£4,500
121	1	Owen Bates	£4,250
122	1	Darren Beveridge	£4,000
122	1	William Borland	£4,000
122	1	Michele Turetta	£4,000
122	1	John Henderson	£4,000
126	1	Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
127	1	Robert Grundy	£3,500
127	1	Nathan Rafferty	£3,500
127	1	Tim Wolters	£3,500
127	1	Adam Hunt	£3,500
131		Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
131		Johan Engström	£2,500
131		Franz Rötzsch	£2,500
131		Wesley Plaisier	£2,500
131		Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
131		Leonard Gates	£2,500
131		Scott Mitchell	£2,500
131		Haupai Puha	£2,500
139	1	Jitse Van der Wal	£2,250
140	1	Jeffrey de Graaf	£2,000
140	1	Thomas Lovely	£2,000
142	1	Jarred Cole	£1,500
142	1	Joe Croft	£1,500
142	1	Michael Taylor	£1,500
145		Christian Gödl	£1,250
145		Dominik Haberl	£1,250
145		Hannes Schnier	£1,250
145		Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
145	1	Arno Merk	£1,250
145	1	Niko Springer	£1,250
145	1	René Eidams	£1,250
145	1	Alexander Mašek	£1,250
145	1	Cor Dekker	£1,250
145	1	Jan Dueckers	£1,250
145	1	Kai Gotthardt	£1,250
145	1	Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
145	1	Matthias Ehlers	£1,250
145	1	Oliver Mueller	£1,250
145	1	Viktor Tingström	£1,250
145	1	Vítězslav Sedlák	£1,250
145	1	Born Van Put	£1,250
145	1	Geert De Vos	£1,250
145	1	Jeroen Caron	£1,250
145	1	Steven Strobbe	£1,250
165	5	Aden Kirk	£1,000
165	5	Bradley Brooks	£1,000
165	5	Harry Lane	£1,000
165	5	Jack Male	£1,000
165	5	Jenson Walker	£1,000
165	5	Johnny Haines	£1,000
165	5	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
165	5	Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
165	5	Jules van Dongen	£1,000
*Change since 21 April 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