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 17 November 2024.[1]
Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank Change Player Earnings
1     Luke Humphries £1,709,250
2   1   Michael van Gerwen £912,500
3   1   Michael Smith £886,000
4     Rob Cross £618,750
5   13   Luke Littler £558,500
6     Dave Chisnall £537,000
7   2   Jonny Clayton £531,000
8   2   Stephen Bunting £485,500
9   2   Dimitri Van den Bergh £481,250
10   2   Gerwyn Price £480,000
11   2   Damon Heta £476,500
12     Danny Noppert £446,750
13   7   Gary Anderson £442,500
14   7   Nathan Aspinall £441,500
15   2   Chris Dobey £432,250
16     James Wade £428,750
17   3   Peter Wright £414,500
18   3   Josh Rock £411,000
19   2   Ryan Searle £405,250
20   1   Andrew Gilding £380,500
21   1   Ross Smith £380,000
22   3   Joe Cullen £379,250
23     Martin Schindler £375,000
24   1   Mike De Decker £341,000
25   1   Dirk van Duijvenbode £330,750
26     Daryl Gurney £319,250
27   1   Gabriel Clemens £304,250
28   4   Gian van Veen £281,000
29     Ritchie Edhouse £280,250
30     Krzysztof Ratajski £271,250
31     Brendan Dolan £271,000
32   5   Raymond van Barneveld £258,750
*Change since 31 October 2024.
PDC Order of Merit as of 17 November 2024.[1]
Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank Change Player Earnings
33     Ricardo Pietreczko £250,750
34   1   Ryan Joyce £244,500
35   1   Luke Woodhouse £239,750
36   1   Jermaine Wattimena £217,750
37   8   Martin Lukeman £202,000
38   2   Scott Williams £200,750
39   1   Cameron Menzies £184,000
40   2   José de Sousa £179,000
41   2   Kim Huybrechts £162,000
42   1   Callan Rydz £154,000
43   13   Mickey Mansell £145,750
44   1   Madars Razma £134,250
45   1   Ricky Evans £131,750
46     Jim Williams £128,250
47   3   Keane Barry £117,750
48   1   William O'Connor £114,000
49   7   Alan Soutar £112,500
50   2   Richard Veenstra £112,250
51   2   Kevin Doets £111,000
52   1   Matt Campbell £105,500
53   1   Niels Zonneveld £103,750
54   1   Steve Beaton £99,000
55     Florian Hempel £96,500
56   1   Mensur Suljović £92,250
57   4   Simon Whitlock £86,750
58     Boris Krčmar £85,000
59     Ian White £84,750
60   2   Wessel Nijman £82,000
60     Mervyn King £82,000
62   1   Jamie Hughes £77,750
63     Ryan Meikle £74,500
64     Adam Gawlas £68,750
*Change since 31 October 2024.


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PDC Order of Merit as of 17 November 2024.[1]
Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank Change Player Earnings
65     Lee Evans £66,750
66     Vincent van der Voort £66,000
67     Dylan Slevin £65,500
68     Stephen Burton £64,000
69   2   Rowby-John Rodriguez £61,250
70   1   Karel Sedláček £60,750
71   1   Maik Kuivenhoven £56,500
72     Jeffrey de Zwaan £51,000
73     Wesley Plaisier £48,000
74     Daniel Klose £47,250
75     Robert Owen £45,250
76     Nick Kenny £43,750
77     Keegan Brown £42,750
78   5   Connor Scutt £42,000
79   1   Jeffrey Sparidaans £41,500
80   1   Graham Hall £39,500
80   1   Dom Taylor £39,500
82   1   Arron Monk £37,750
83   1   Thibault Tricole £35,750
84     Graham Usher £32,250
84     Jurjen van der Velde £32,250
86     Jeffrey de Graaf £30,000
87     Chris Landman £28,750
88     James Hurrell £27,750
89     Pascal Rupprecht £26,500
90     Adrian Lewis £25,000
91     Mario Vandenbogaerde £24,500
91     Andy Baetens £24,500
93     Josh Payne £23,500
93     Berry van Peer £23,500
95     Nathan Rafferty £22,250
96     Steve Lennon £22,000
97     Radek Szagański £21,750
98     Lukas Wenig £21,500
99     Owen Roelofs £21,000
100     Danny van Trijp £20,500
101     Callum Goffin £20,250
102     Christian Kist £19,750
103     Adam Warner £19,500
104     Patrick Geeraets £19,000
104     Matthew Dennant £19,000
104     Geert Nentjes £19,000
107     Darren Beveridge £18,750
107     Adam Smith-Neale £18,750
109     Jitse Van der Wal £18,250
110     Benjamin Reus £18,000
111     Ronny Huybrechts £17,750
112     Andy Boulton £17,000
112     Danny Lauby £17,000
114     Robert Grundy £16,500
115     Robbie Knops £16,250
116     Christian Perez £15,500
117     George Killington £14,500
118     Owen Bates £14,000
119     Brett Claydon £13,750
120     Martijn Dragt £13,500
120     Adam Hunt £13,500
122     Darryl Pilgrim £13,000
122     Rhys Griffin £13,000
124     Stefan Bellmont £12,500
124     Danny Jansen £12,500
124     Haupai Puha £12,500
127     Jelle Klaasen £11,750
128     William Borland £11,500
128     Leighton Bennett £11,500
130   25   Leonard Gates £10,500
130     Franz Rötzsch £10,500
132   1   Lee Cocks £10,000
132   1   Cameron Crabtree £10,000
134   1   John Henderson £8,500
135   1   Jacques Labre £8,250
135   1   Kai Gotthardt £8,250
137   1   Richie Burnett £7,500
137   1   Paul Krohne £7,500
137   1   Tim Wolters £7,500
137   1   Joshua Richardson £7,500
141   1   Justin Hood £7,000
142   1   Michele Turetta £6,000
143   1   Jamie Atkins £5,500
144     Beau Greaves £5,000
144     Lourence Ilagan £5,000
144     Noa-Lynn van Leuven £5,000
144   1   Jimmy van Schie £5,000
144   1   Sebastian Białecki £5,000
149   4   Romeo Grbavac £4,750
150   4   Ted Evetts £4,500
150   4   Oskar Lukasiak £4,500
152   4   Pavel Drtil £4,000
152   4   Jules van Dongen £4,000
154   4   Marko Kantele £3,750
154   4   Cor Dekker £3,750
154   4   Johan Engström £3,750
154   4   Kevin Troppmann £3,750
154   4   Michael Unterbuchner £3,750
159   4   Jiri Brejcha £2,500
159   4   Anton Östlund £2,500
159   4   Bruno Stöckli £2,500
159   4   Roger Hertig £2,500
159   4   Shane McGuirk £2,500
159   4   Alberto Bezjian £2,500
159   4   Max Hopp £2,500
159   4   Niko Springer £2,500
159   4   Matthias Ehlers £2,500
159   4   Jan Dueckers £2,500
159   4   Marvin van Velzen £2,500
159   4   Moreno Blom £2,500
159   4   Moritz Hilger £2,500
159   4   Darius Labanauskas £2,500
159   4   Andreas Harrysson £2,500
159   4   Scott Mitchell £2,500
175   3   Dragutin Horvat £2,250
175   3   René Eidams £2,250
177   3   Aden Kirk £2,000
177   3   Thomas Lovely £2,000
179   3   Jarred Cole £1,500
179   3   Joe Croft £1,500
179   3   Michael Taylor £1,500
182   3   Daniel Markovsky £1,250
182   3   Michal Smejda £1,250
182   3   Patrik Kovács £1,250
182   3   Alex Fehlmann £1,250
182   3   Marcel Walpen £1,250
182   3   Nándor Prés £1,250
182   3   András Csóka £1,250
182   3   György Jehirszki £1,250
182   3   János Végső £1,250
182   3   Brian Raman £1,250
182   3   François Schweyen £1,250
182   3   Jody Tobback £1,250
182   3   Luc Bogaert £1,250
182   3   Krzysztof Kciuk £1,250
182   3   Benjamin Pratnemer £1,250
182   3   Nico Blum £1,250
182   3   Damian Mol £1,250
182   3   Teemu Harju £1,250
182   3   Christopher Toonders £1,250
182   3   Daniel Larsson £1,250
182   3   Christian Gödl £1,250
182   3   Dominik Haberl £1,250
182   3   Hannes Schnier £1,250
182   3   Zoran Lerchbacher £1,250
182   3   Arno Merk £1,250
182   3   Alexander Mašek £1,250
182   3   Patrick Klingelhöfer £1,250
182   3   Oliver Mueller £1,250
182   3   Viktor Tingström £1,250
182   3   Vítězslav Sedlák £1,250
182   3   Born Van Put £1,250
182   3   Geert De Vos £1,250
182   3   Jeroen Caron £1,250
182   3   Steven Strobbe £1,250
216   3   Dominik Grüllich £1,000
216   3   Alexander Merkx £1,000
216   3   Stefaan Henderyck £1,000
216   3   Reece Colley £1,000
216   3   Bradley Brooks £1,000
216   3   Harry Lane £1,000
216   3   Jack Male £1,000
216   3   Jenson Walker £1,000
216   3   Johnny Haines £1,000
216   3   Ron Meulenkamp £1,000
216   3   Tom Lonsdale £1,000
*Change since 31 October 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]
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.[5]
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)

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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]
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.[17]
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

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 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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