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 March 2025.

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,901,250
2		Luke Littler	£1,284,500
3		Michael van Gerwen	£780,750
4		Rob Cross	£568,000
5	1	Stephen Bunting	£558,000
6	1	Jonny Clayton	£557,750
7		Damon Heta	£520,250
8		Chris Dobey	£511,000
9		Dave Chisnall	£508,250
10		Gerwyn Price	£505,500
11		James Wade	£497,250
12		Nathan Aspinall	£484,500
13		Danny Noppert	£449,750
14		Peter Wright	£443,750
15		Josh Rock	£440,500
16		Gary Anderson	£424,500
17		Michael Smith	£413,250
18		Ross Smith	£407,500
19	1	Ryan Searle	£400,000
20	1	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£399,500
21		Mike De Decker	£374,500
22	1	Joe Cullen	£372,000
23	1	Martin Schindler	£361,500
24	1	Gian van Veen	£342,750
25	1	Daryl Gurney	£334,000
26		Dirk van Duijvenbode	£297,000
27		Ritchie Edhouse	£295,500
28		Andrew Gilding	£295,250
29		Ryan Joyce	£293,000
30		Ricardo Pietreczko	£286,000
31		Krzysztof Ratajski	£281,000
32		Luke Woodhouse	£269,750
*Change since 9 March 2025.

PDC Order of Merit as of 12 March 2025.

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Brendan Dolan	£264,750
34		Jermaine Wattimena	£255,750
35		Raymond van Barneveld	£252,750
36		Scott Williams	£226,500
37		Gabriel Clemens	£213,250
38		Martin Lukeman	£210,000
39		Cameron Menzies	£201,250
40		Callan Rydz	£176,500
41	1	Kevin Doets	£155,000
42	1	Mickey Mansell	£150,500
43		Madars Razma	£148,250
44	1	Ricky Evans	£143,250
45		José de Sousa	£135,750
46	2	William O'Connor	£125,000
47	1	Kim Huybrechts	£124,750
48	1	Niels Zonneveld	£123,250
49		Richard Veenstra	£117,500
50		Wessel Nijman	£117,000
51		Keane Barry	£115,250
52	1	Florian Hempel	£110,250
53	1	Ian White	£110,000
54		Jim Williams	£104,250
55		Matt Campbell	£102,250
56	1	Robert Owen	£92,000
57	1	Alan Soutar	£90,750
58	1	Connor Scutt	£85,000
59	1	Nick Kenny	£84,750
60		Stephen Burton	£84,250
61	2	Dylan Slevin	£82,250
61		Ryan Meikle	£82,250
63	1	Mensur Suljović	£80,250
64		Jeffrey de Graaf	£77,000
*Change since 9 March 2025.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 12 March 2025.

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65		Thibault Tricole	£62,750
66		James Hurrell	£54,500
67		Dom Taylor	£52,500
68		Chris Landman	£42,250
69		Mario Vandenbogaerde	£35,000
70		Andy Baetens	£32,500
71		Rhys Griffin	£31,000
72	1	Berry van Peer	£28,750
73	1	Radek Szagański	£27,250
74		Nathan Rafferty	£26,250
75	2	Lukas Wenig	£25,500
75		Steve Lennon	£25,500
77	1	Matthew Dennant	£24,250
78	2	Danny Lauby	£23,750
79	4	Owen Bates	£23,500
79	1	Jitse Van der Wal	£23,500
81	3	Jelle Klaasen	£22,750
82	1	Patrick Geeraets	£22,000
83	1	Darren Beveridge	£21,750
84	1	Adam Hunt	£21,250
85	2	William Borland	£21,000
86		George Killington	£20,000
87		Benjamin Reus	£19,000
88	3	Martijn Dragt	£18,500
88		Haupai Puha	£18,500
90	2	Robert Grundy	£17,500
91	1	Brett Claydon	£16,500
92		Joshua Richardson	£10,250
93		Michele Turetta	£10,000
94	4	Cam Crabtree	£9,250
95	5	Thomas Lovely	£9,000
95	1	Bradley Brooks	£9,000
97	14	Sebastian Białecki	£8,500
98	3	Darryl Pilgrim	£7,750
99	3	Justin Hood	£7,500
99	3	Tim Wolters	£7,500
101	10	Christian Kist	£7,000
102	1	Adam Lipscombe	£6,750
102	4	Darius Labanauskas	£6,750
104	3	Stefan Bellmont	£6,000
105	6	Beau Greaves	£5,500
105	6	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£5,500
107	11	Marvin van Velzen	£5,250
107	4	Jim Long	£5,250
107	4	Andy Boulton	£5,250
107	4	Karel Sedláček	£5,250
111	10	Jurjen van der Velde	£5,000
111	4	Niko Springer	£5,000
111		Maik Kuivenhoven	£5,000
114	7	Boris Krčmar	£4,000
114	7	Jules van Dongen	£4,000
116	6	Aden Kirk	£3,750
117	13	Greg Ritchie	£3,500
117	4	Cor Dekker	£3,500
117	4	Wesley Plaisier	£3,500
117	6	Carl Sneyd	£3,500
117	6	Kevin Burness	£3,500
122	3	Oskar Lukasiak	£3,250
122	3	Tom Bissell	£3,250
124	5	Stefaan Henderyck	£3,000
124	5	Tavis Dudeney	£3,000
126	4	Dominik Grüllich	£2,500
126	15	Kai Gotthardt	£2,500
126	5	Tommy Lishman	£2,500
126	5	Jimmy van Schie	£2,500
130	5	Nathan Girvan	£2,250
131	10	Max Hopp	£2,000
131	3	Adam Paxton	£2,000
133	4	Andreas Harrysson	£1,750
134	4	Graham Usher	£1,500
134	4	Tom Sykes	£1,500
134	4	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£1,500
134	4	Maximilian Czerwinski	£1,500
134	4	Tytus Kanik	£1,500
139	2	Cedric Waegemans	£1,250
139	2	François Schweyen	£1,250
139	2	Patrick De Backer	£1,250
139	2	Sybren Gijbels	£1,250
143		Viktor Tingström	£1,000
143	2	Alexander Merkx	£1,000
143	2	Danny van Trijp	£1,000
143	2	Graham Hall	£1,000
143	2	Paul Rowley	£1,000
143	2	Shaun Fox	£1,000
143	2	Simon Stevenson	£1,000
143	2	Tommy Morris	£1,000
143	2	Jarno Bottenberg	£1,000
143	2	Mervyn King	£1,000
143	2	Michael Flynn	£1,000
143	2	Leon Weber	£1,000
155	1	Henry Coates	£750
155	1	Pero Ljubić	£750
155	1	Ryan Branley	£750
*Change since 9 March 2025.

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 17 February 2025.

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Jimmy van Schie	781
2		Danny Porter	629
3		Brandon Weening	542
4		Peter Machin	511
5		Ben Robb	455
6		Brian Raman	413
7		Benjamin Pratnemer	395
8		Jason Brandon	394
9		Thomas Junghans	393
10		Carl Wilkinson	386
11		Leonard Gates	358
12		James Beeton	357
13	6	Ryan Hogarth	350
14	1	Cliff Prior	338
15		Howard Jones	334
16	2	Corné Groeneveld	328
17	3	Alexander Merkx	328
18	2	Neil Duff	314
19	2	Reece Colley	309
20	25	Martyn Turner	305
21	1	François Schweyen	293
22	1	Edwin Torbjörnsson	292
23	19	Karl Schaefer	291
24	2	Bradley Kirk	285
25	85	Raymond Smith	283
26	3	Xanti van den Bergh	282
27	3	Shane McGuirk	279
28	1	Jeffrey Sparidaans	270
29	1	David Fatum	267
30	4	Darren Johnson	266
31	6	Kai Fan Leung	266
32	3	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	265

WDF Women's World Rankings as of 8 February 2025.

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Beau Greaves	1453
2		Rhian O'Sullivan	1016
3		Lerena Rietbergen	898
4	1	Nicole Regnaud	700
5	2	Lorraine Hyde	688
6		Deta Hedman	686
7	3	Aileen de Graaf	625
8	1	Irina Armstrong	525
9	1	Joanne Hadley	523
10	2	Jitka Císařová	510
11	1	Wendy Harper	499
12	1	Desi Mercer	495
13		Sophie McKinlay	479
14	2	Paige Pauling	468
15	1	Anca Zijlstra	468
16	1	Gréta Tekauer	436
17		Amanda Loch	427
18	4	Aletta Wajer	406
19	1	Kym Mitchell	397
20	1	Priscilla Steenbergen	393
21		Paula Jacklin	389
22	1	Tracy Feiertag	377
23	3	Kirsty Hutchinson	365
24		Vicky Pruim	348
25		Paula Murphy	330
26	1	Maud Jansson	305
27	1	Kirsi Viinikainen	294
28	1	Adriana van Wijgerden	278
29	3	Veronika Ihász	269
30	4	Natalie Gilbert	260
31		Lisa Ashton	249
32	1	Eleanor Cairns	238

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
• 2024  Jimmy van Schie

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