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Darts world rankings

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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 18 March 2025.[1]
Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank Change Player Earnings
1 Steady  Luke Humphries £1,898,000
2 Steady  Luke Littler £1,284,500
3 Steady  Michael van Gerwen £766,750
4 Steady  Rob Cross £568,000
5 Increase 1  Jonny Clayton £556,250
6 Decrease 1  Stephen Bunting £556,000
7 Steady  Damon Heta £520,750
8 Steady  Chris Dobey £510,250
9 Steady  Dave Chisnall £504,250
10 Steady  Gerwyn Price £501,500
11 Steady  James Wade £495,250
12 Steady  Nathan Aspinall £484,500
13 Steady  Danny Noppert £450,500
14 Steady  Peter Wright £447,250
15 Steady  Josh Rock £434,000
16 Steady  Gary Anderson £427,250
17 Steady  Michael Smith £414,250
18 Steady  Ross Smith £406,250
19 Steady  Ryan Searle £404,500
20 Steady  Dimitri Van den Bergh £394,500
21 Steady  Mike De Decker £377,750
22 Increase 1  Martin Schindler £376,750
23 Decrease 1  Joe Cullen £370,750
24 Steady  Gian van Veen £342,250
25 Steady  Daryl Gurney £336,250
26 Steady  Dirk van Duijvenbode £300,000
27 Increase 1  Andrew Gilding £297,000
27 Steady  Ritchie Edhouse £297,000
29 Steady  Ryan Joyce £293,250
30 Steady  Ricardo Pietreczko £283,000
31 Steady  Krzysztof Ratajski £272,500
32 Steady  Luke Woodhouse £268,500
*Change since 12 March 2025.
PDC Order of Merit as of 18 March 2025.[1]
Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank Change Player Earnings
33 Steady  Brendan Dolan £260,500
34 Steady  Jermaine Wattimena £256,000
35 Steady  Raymond van Barneveld £254,000
36 Steady  Scott Williams £227,250
37 Steady  Gabriel Clemens £213,750
38 Steady  Martin Lukeman £209,750
39 Steady  Cameron Menzies £203,000
40 Steady  Callan Rydz £174,500
41 Steady  Kevin Doets £161,250
42 Steady  Mickey Mansell £149,500
43 Steady  Madars Razma £147,500
44 Steady  Ricky Evans £146,000
45 Steady  José de Sousa £136,750
46 Steady  William O'Connor £127,500
47 Increase 1  Niels Zonneveld £125,250
48 Decrease 1  Kim Huybrechts £124,000
49 Steady  Richard Veenstra £118,500
50 Steady  Wessel Nijman £117,000
51 Steady  Keane Barry £115,250
52 Increase 1  Ian White £112,750
53 Decrease 1  Florian Hempel £109,750
54 Steady  Jim Williams £103,000
55 Steady  Matt Campbell £101,500
56 Increase 1  Alan Soutar £92,500
57 Decrease 1  Robert Owen £90,750
58 Increase 1  Nick Kenny £88,750
59 Increase 5  Jeffrey de Graaf £88,500
60 Increase 1  Dylan Slevin £85,000
60 Decrease 2  Connor Scutt £85,000
62 Decrease 2  Stephen Burton £84,500
63 Steady  Mensur Suljović £83,750
64 Decrease 3  Ryan Meikle £80,750
*Change since 12 March 2025.


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PDC Order of Merit as of 18 March 2025.[1]
Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank Change Player Earnings
65 Steady  Thibault Tricole £63,750
66 Increase 1  Dom Taylor £57,500
67 Decrease 1  James Hurrell £54,500
68 Steady  Chris Landman £42,250
69 Steady  Mario Vandenbogaerde £37,500
70 Steady  Andy Baetens £33,500
71 Steady  Rhys Griffin £32,000
72 Steady  Berry van Peer £30,250
73 Steady  Radek Szagański £27,250
74 Increase 8  Patrick Geeraets £27,000
74 Increase 1  Steve Lennon £27,000
76 Decrease 1  Lukas Wenig £26,500
77 Steady  Matthew Dennant £26,250
77 Decrease 3  Nathan Rafferty £26,250
79 Decrease 1  Danny Lauby £25,750
80 Decrease 1  Jitse Van der Wal £25,500
81 Increase 2  Darren Beveridge £24,250
81 Steady  Jelle Klaasen £24,250
83 Decrease 4  Owen Bates £23,500
84 Steady  Adam Hunt £22,250
85 Increase 3  Martijn Dragt £22,000
85 Steady  William Borland £22,000
87 Decrease 1  George Killington £21,000
88 Decrease 1  Benjamin Reus £20,000
89 Increase 1  Robert Grundy £19,000
90 Decrease 2  Haupai Puha £18,500
91 Increase 11  Adam Lipscombe £16,750
92 Decrease 1  Brett Claydon £16,500
93 Increase 4  Sebastian Białecki £12,500
94 Increase 1  Thomas Lovely £11,000
95 Decrease 1  Cam Crabtree £10,750
96 Increase 2  Darryl Pilgrim £10,250
96 Decrease 4  Joshua Richardson £10,250
98 Decrease 3  Bradley Brooks £10,000
98 Decrease 5  Michele Turetta £10,000
100 Decrease 1  Justin Hood £9,500
101 Increase 10  Niko Springer £9,000
102 Increase 5  Karel Sedláček £8,750
103 Decrease 4  Tim Wolters £8,500
104 Decrease 2  Darius Labanauskas £7,750
105 Decrease 4  Christian Kist £7,000
106 Increase 1  Marvin van Velzen £6,750
107 Steady  Andy Boulton £6,250
108 Increase 9  Greg Ritchie £6,000
108 Increase 3  Maik Kuivenhoven £6,000
108 Decrease 4  Stefan Bellmont £6,000
111 Increase 13  Tavis Dudeney £5,500
111 Decrease 6  Beau Greaves £5,500
111 Decrease 6  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £5,500
114 Decrease 7  Jim Long £5,250
115 Increase 11  Jimmy van Schie £5,000
115 Decrease 4  Jurjen van der Velde £5,000
117 Increase 14  Max Hopp £4,500
117 Steady  Carl Sneyd £4,500
119 Increase 7  Kai Gotthardt £4,000
119 Decrease 5  Boris Krčmar £4,000
119 Decrease 5  Jules van Dongen £4,000
122 Decrease 6  Aden Kirk £3,750
123 Increase 20  Danny van Trijp £3,500
123 Increase 3  Tommy Lishman £3,500
123 Decrease 6  Cor Dekker £3,500
123 Decrease 6  Wesley Plaisier £3,500
123 Decrease 6  Kevin Burness £3,500
128 Decrease 6  Oskar Lukasiak £3,250
128 Decrease 6  Tom Bissell £3,250
130 Increase 13  Jarno Bottenberg £3,000
130 Increase 4  Tom Sykes £3,000
130 Decrease 6  Stefaan Henderyck £3,000
133 New entry  Ted Evetts £2,500
133 New entry  Adam Warner £2,500
133 Increase 10  Mervyn King £2,500
133 Increase 1  Tytus Kanik £2,500
133 Decrease 7  Dominik Grüllich £2,500
138 Decrease 8  Nathan Girvan £2,250
139 Increase 4  Graham Hall £2,000
139 Decrease 8  Adam Paxton £2,000
141 Decrease 8  Andreas Harrysson £1,750
142 Decrease 8  Graham Usher £1,500
142 Decrease 8  Jeffrey Sparidaans £1,500
142 Decrease 8  Maximilian Czerwinski £1,500
145 Decrease 6  Cedric Waegemans £1,250
145 Decrease 6  François Schweyen £1,250
145 Decrease 6  Patrick De Backer £1,250
145 Decrease 6  Sybren Gijbels £1,250
149 Decrease 6  Viktor Tingström £1,000
149 Decrease 6  Alexander Merkx £1,000
149 Decrease 6  Paul Rowley £1,000
149 Decrease 6  Shaun Fox £1,000
149 Decrease 6  Simon Stevenson £1,000
149 Decrease 6  Tommy Morris £1,000
149 Decrease 6  Michael Flynn £1,000
149 Decrease 6  Leon Weber £1,000
157 Decrease 2  Henry Coates £750
157 Decrease 2  Pero Ljubić £750
157 Decrease 2  Ryan Branley £750
*Change since 12 March 2025.

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 17 February 2025.[4]
Rank Change Player Points
1 Steady  Jimmy van Schie 781
2 Steady  Danny Porter 629
3 Steady  Brandon Weening 542
4 Steady  Peter Machin 511
5 Steady  Ben Robb 455
6 Steady  Brian Raman 413
7 Steady  Benjamin Pratnemer 395
8 Steady  Jason Brandon 394
9 Steady  Thomas Junghans 393
10 Steady  Carl Wilkinson 386
11 Steady  Leonard Gates 358
12 Steady  James Beeton 357
13 Increase 6  Ryan Hogarth 350
14 Decrease 1  Cliff Prior 338
15 Steady  Howard Jones 334
16 Increase 2  Corné Groeneveld 328
17 Decrease 3  Alexander Merkx 328
18 Decrease 2  Neil Duff 314
19 Decrease 2  Reece Colley 309
20 Increase 25  Martyn Turner 305
21 Decrease 1  François Schweyen 293
22 Decrease 1  Edwin Torbjörnsson 292
23 Increase 19  Karl Schaefer 291
24 Decrease 2  Bradley Kirk 285
25 Increase 85  Raymond Smith 283
26 Decrease 3  Xanti van den Bergh 282
27 Decrease 3  Shane McGuirk 279
28 Decrease 1  Jeffrey Sparidaans 270
29 Decrease 1  David Fatum 267
30 Decrease 4  Darren Johnson 266
31 Decrease 6  Kai Fan Leung 266
32 Decrease 3  Liam Maendl-Lawrance 265
WDF Women's World Rankings as of 8 February 2025.[5]
Rank Change Player Points
1 Steady  Beau Greaves 1453
2 Steady  Rhian O'Sullivan 1016
3 Steady  Lerena Rietbergen 898
4 Increase 1  Nicole Regnaud 700
5 Increase 2  Lorraine Hyde 688
6 Steady  Deta Hedman 686
7 Decrease 3  Aileen de Graaf 625
8 Increase 1  Irina Armstrong 525
9 Increase 1  Joanne Hadley 523
10 Decrease 2  Jitka Císařová 510
11 Increase 1  Wendy Harper 499
12 Decrease 1  Desi Mercer 495
13 Steady  Sophie McKinlay 479
14 Increase 2  Paige Pauling 468
15 Decrease 1  Anca Zijlstra 468
16 Decrease 1  Gréta Tekauer 436
17 Steady  Amanda Loch 427
18 Increase 4  Aletta Wajer 406
19 Decrease 1  Kym Mitchell 397
20 Decrease 1  Priscilla Steenbergen 393
21 Steady  Paula Jacklin 389
22 Increase 1  Tracy Feiertag 377
23 Decrease 3  Kirsty Hutchinson 365
24 Steady  Vicky Pruim 348
25 Steady  Paula Murphy 330
26 Increase 1  Maud Jansson 305
27 Increase 1  Kirsi Viinikainen 294
28 Increase 1  Adriana van Wijgerden 278
29 Increase 3  Veronika Ihász 269
30 Decrease 4  Natalie Gilbert 260
31 Steady  Lisa Ashton 249
32 Increase 1  Eleanor Cairns 238

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. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  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. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  5. ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  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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