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 30 July 2025.

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,797,750
2		Luke Littler	£1,500,500
3		Michael van Gerwen	£739,750
4		Stephen Bunting	£620,500
5		James Wade	£611,750
6		Gerwyn Price	£533,000
7		Chris Dobey	£520,500
8		Jonny Clayton	£513,750
9		Rob Cross	£505,500
10		Damon Heta	£486,250
11		Josh Rock	£481,750
12		Gary Anderson	£475,750
13		Dave Chisnall	£469,250
14		Ross Smith	£461,250
15		Danny Noppert	£454,000
16		Peter Wright	£442,000
17		Martin Schindler	£418,000
18		Gian van Veen	£416,000
19		Mike De Decker	£398,000
20		Ryan Searle	£388,000
21		Michael Smith	£368,500
22		Dimitri Van den Bergh	£363,250
23		Nathan Aspinall	£333,250
24		Ryan Joyce	£329,750
25		Andrew Gilding	£326,750
26	4	Jermaine Wattimena	£324,750
27	1	Daryl Gurney	£323,250
28	1	Ritchie Edhouse	£315,250
29	1	Ricardo Pietreczko	£314,500
30	1	Joe Cullen	£314,000
31		Luke Woodhouse	£298,750
32		Dirk van Duijvenbode	£278,500
*Change since 27 July 2025.

PDC Order of Merit as of 30 July 2025.

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Cameron Menzies	£274,250
34		Krzysztof Ratajski	£268,250
35		Raymond van Barneveld	£256,250
36		Brendan Dolan	£248,500
37		Scott Williams	£245,250
38		Martin Lukeman	£226,250
39		Gabriel Clemens	£198,250
40		Wessel Nijman	£195,500
41		Kevin Doets	£183,750
42	1	Callan Rydz	£180,750
43		Mickey Mansell	£161,000
44	2	Niels Zonneveld	£155,750
45	1	Ricky Evans	£155,250
46	1	Madars Razma	£151,750
47		William O'Connor	£143,500
48	1	Ian White	£121,750
49	1	Richard Veenstra	£120,500
50		Kim Huybrechts	£117,750
51		Florian Hempel	£109,750
52	1	Keane Barry	£105,000
53	1	Matt Campbell	£102,500
54		Alan Soutar	£101,000
55	1	Connor Scutt	£98,250
55		José de Sousa	£98,250
57		Jim Williams	£95,500
58		Robert Owen	£95,000
59		Jeffrey de Graaf	£94,500
60	1	Ryan Meikle	£90,500
60		Nick Kenny	£90,500
62	1	Stephen Burton	£88,500
63		Mensur Suljović	£85,750
64		Thibault Tricole	£80,750
*Change since 27 July 2025.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 30 July 2025.

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65		Dylan Slevin	£78,750
66		Dom Taylor	£69,000
67		James Hurrell	£67,500
68		Mario Vandenbogaerde	£58,250
69		Chris Landman	£54,250
70	8	Lukas Wenig	£45,500
71	1	Niko Springer	£45,250
72	1	Andy Baetens	£44,500
73		Bradley Brooks	£43,750
74	2	Matthew Dennant	£42,750
75	2	Berry van Peer	£38,750
76		Steve Lennon	£38,500
77	2	Darren Beveridge	£38,250
78	4	Owen Bates	£37,500
79	2	Nathan Rafferty	£36,750
80	1	Karel Sedláček	£36,500
81	17	Sebastian Białecki	£36,250
82	2	Rhys Griffin	£36,000
83	4	Patrick Geeraets	£35,250
84	1	Adam Hunt	£33,500
85	2	Jitse Van der Wal	£32,500
86	1	Radek Szagański	£31,500
87	1	Jelle Klaasen	£30,250
88	7	Cam Crabtree	£29,750
89	2	Martijn Dragt	£29,000
90	2	Danny Lauby	£28,750
91		Robert Grundy	£28,250
92	1	Adam Lipscombe	£27,750
93	3	Benjamin Reus	£27,000
94	1	William Borland	£26,500
94	5	Haupai Puha	£26,500
96	3	Justin Hood	£26,000
97	3	George Killington	£25,000
98	2	Dominik Grüllich	£24,750
99	2	Darius Labanauskas	£22,250
100	1	Brett Claydon	£22,000
101		Max Hopp	£21,750
102	2	Wesley Plaisier	£17,750
103	1	Maik Kuivenhoven	£17,250
104	1	Andy Boulton	£16,500
105	1	Joshua Richardson	£16,250
105	3	Darryl Pilgrim	£16,250
107	2	Marvin van Velzen	£15,250
107	3	Thomas Lovely	£15,250
109	1	Michele Turetta	£15,000
110	2	Tom Bissell	£13,500
111	2	Jim Long	£12,750
112	10	Jimmy van Schie	£12,500
112		Carl Sneyd	£12,500
114	6	Andreas Harrysson	£12,250
115	1	Christian Kist	£12,000
115	4	Leon Weber	£12,000
117	14	Jamai van den Herik	£10,500
117	1	Stefan Bellmont	£10,500
117	2	Adam Warner	£10,500
120	8	Kevin Burness	£9,500
121	1	Maximilian Czerwinski	£9,000
121	4	Boris Krčmar	£9,000
123	13	Mervyn King	£8,500
123	8	Viktor Tingström	£8,500
123	5	Greg Ritchie	£8,500
123	5	Tim Wolters	£8,500
127	6	Ted Evetts	£8,000
128	6	Stefaan Henderyck	£7,500
128	6	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£7,500
128	6	Tavis Dudeney	£7,500
131	4	Oskar Lukasiak	£7,250
132	7	Danny van Trijp	£6,500
132	3	Tommy Lishman	£6,500
134	4	Tytus Kanik	£6,250
134	1	Adam Paxton	£6,250
136	3	Alexander Merkx	£5,500
136	3	Tom Sykes	£5,500
136	3	Graham Hall	£5,500
136	3	Beau Greaves	£5,500
140	4	Jarno Bottenberg	£5,000
140	4	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£5,000
140	4	Daniel Klose	£5,000
140	4	Jurjen van der Velde	£5,000
144	5	Cor Dekker	£4,500
145	13	Henry Coates	£4,250
145	2	Pero Ljubić	£4,250
147	3	Kai Gotthardt	£4,000
147	3	Jules van Dongen	£4,000
149	1	Johan Engström	£3,750
149	1	Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
149	1	Aden Kirk	£3,750
152	36	Michael Flynn	£3,500
153	2	Nathan Girvan	£3,250
154		Dennie Olde Kalter	£2,500
154		Arno Merk	£2,500
154	2	Kevin Knopf	£2,500
154	2	Petr Křivka	£2,500
154	2	Teemu Harju	£2,500
154	2	Paul Krohne	£2,500
154	2	Graham Usher	£2,500
161	4	Scott Campbell	£2,000
162		Sietse Lap	£1,500
162	3	Jack Tweddell	£1,500
164	4	Kevin Troppmann	£1,250
164	4	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	£1,250
164	4	Martin Kramer	£1,250
164	4	Mirosław Grudziecki	£1,250
164	4	Yorick Hofkens	£1,250
164	4	Dragutin Horvat	£1,250
164	4	Joshua Hermann	£1,250
164	4	Moritz Bohrmann	£1,250
164	4	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£1,250
164	4	Jerry Hendriks	£1,250
164	4	Benjamin Pratnemer	£1,250
164	4	Marcel Erba	£1,250
164	4	Christian Gödl	£1,250
164	4	György Jehirszki	£1,250
164	4	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£1,250
164	4	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
164	4	András Borbély	£1,250
164	4	Finn Behrens	£1,250
164	4	Michael Rosenauer	£1,250
164	4	René Eidams	£1,250
164	4	Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
164	4	Paul Goyer	£1,250
164	4	Laurin Welk	£1,250
164	4	Marko Kantele	£1,250
164	4	Cedric Waegemans	£1,250
164	4	François Schweyen	£1,250
164	4	Patrick De Backer	£1,250
164	4	Sybren Gijbels	£1,250
192		Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
192	4	Sam Spivey	£1,000
192	4	Paul Rowley	£1,000
192	4	Shaun Fox	£1,000
192	4	Simon Stevenson	£1,000
192	4	Tommy Morris	£1,000
198	4	Ryan Branley	£750
*Change since 27 July 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 6 July 2025.

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Leonard Gates	630
2		Jimmy van Schie	628
3		Corné Groeneveld	574
4		James Beeton	496
5	1	Jason Brandon	489
6	1	Alex Spellman	462
7	1	Benjamin Pratnemer	442
8	32	Jonny Tata	403
9		Peter Machin	400
10		David Fatum	399
11	6	Danny Porter	396
12	2	Andy Davidson	387
13	2	Thomas Junghans	376
14	2	Brian Raman	375
15	2	Jim McEwan	370
16	1	François Schweyen	364
17	1	Ryan Hogarth	342
18	1	Raymond Smith	339
19	2	Dennis Nilsson	332
20	1	Cliff Prior	326
21	1	Reece Colley	322
22		Carl Wilkinson	309
23		Karl Schaefer	299
24		Xanti van den Bergh	280
25		Shane McGuirk	279
26	2	Jeffrey Sparidaans	270
27	16	Jeff Smith	270
28	1	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	270
29	1	Kai Fan Leung	266
30	12	Ben Robb	265
31		Johan Engstrom	264
32		Martyn Turner	262

WDF Women's World Rankings as of 9 July 2025.

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Beau Greaves	1183
2		Deta Hedman	958
3		Rhian O'Sullivan	926
4		Lerena Rietbergen	885
5		Lorraine Hyde	869
6		Nicole Regnaud	728
7		Tracy Feiertag	687
8		Sophie McKinlay	677
9		Irina Armstrong	591
10		Joanne Hadley	557
11		Jitka Císařová	555
12	5	Kirsi Viinikainen	545
13	1	Aletta Wajer	543
14	1	Aileen de Graaf	538
15	1	Paula Murphy	522
16	1	Desi Mercer	484
17	1	Anca Zijlstra	468
18		Paige Pauling	458
19		Priscilla Steenbergen	425
20	7	Maria Carli	414
21	1	Maud Jansson	410
22	2	Eve Watson	410
23	2	Gréta Tekauer	407
24	1	Kirsty Hutchinson	360
25	1	Aaja Jalbert	350
26	1	Paula Jacklin	339
27	1	Veronika Ihász	311
28	18	Mayumi Ouchi	297
29		Adriana van Wijgerden-Vermaat	282
30		Janine Cassar	278
31	5	Wendy Harper	264
32	1	Taylor-Marsh Kahaki	262

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 Alan Evans
• 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