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

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.[1]
Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank Change Player Earnings
1Steady  Luke Humphries£1,541,000
2Steady  Michael van Gerwen£1,075,500
3Steady  Michael Smith£1,065,750
4Steady  Nathan Aspinall£620,500
5Steady  Gerwyn Price£610,750
6Steady  Rob Cross£591,250
7Steady  Dave Chisnall£503,750
8Steady  Peter Wright£496,500
9Steady  Dimitri Van den Bergh£494,000
10Steady  Damon Heta£486,250
11Steady  Jonny Clayton£482,250
12Steady  Danny Noppert£453,500
13Steady  Chris Dobey£424,250
14Increase 1  Ross Smith£418,750
15Increase 1  Joe Cullen£415,250
15Decrease 1  Dirk van Duijvenbode£415,250
17Steady  Stephen Bunting£398,750
18Steady  Andrew Gilding£359,750
19Steady  Josh Rock£349,500
20Decrease 1  Ryan Searle£347,500
21Steady  Gary Anderson£331,750
22Increase 1  Martin Schindler£328,500
23Decrease 1  James Wade£328,000
24Steady  Gabriel Clemens£317,750
25Increase 1  Luke Littler£303,500
26Decrease 1  Krzysztof Ratajski£288,500
27Steady  Daryl Gurney£273,500
28Steady  Brendan Dolan£269,500
29Steady  José de Sousa£256,250
30Steady  Raymond van Barneveld£251,000
31Steady  Scott Williams£206,750
32Steady  Ricardo Pietreczko£179,500
*Change since 21 April 2024.
PDC Order of Merit as of 28 April 2024.[1]
Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank Change Player Earnings
33Steady  Kim Huybrechts£170,750
34Steady  Callan Rydz£166,250
35Steady  Luke Woodhouse£166,000
36Steady  Martin Lukeman£164,750
37Increase 1  Gian van Veen£162,500
38Decrease 1  Madars Razma£155,500
39Steady  Ryan Joyce£155,250
40Steady  Mike De Decker£147,500
41Steady  Ricky Evans£124,000
42Steady  Jim Williams£122,750
43Steady  Jermaine Wattimena£121,750
44Steady  Alan Soutar£119,500
45Steady  Simon Whitlock£113,500
46Increase 1  William O'Connor£110,500
47Decrease 1  Rowby-John Rodriguez£109,000
48Steady  Steve Beaton£107,250
49Increase 1  Keane Barry£103,750
50Increase 3  Ritchie Edhouse£102,000
50Decrease 1  Cameron Menzies£102,000
52Decrease 1  Mickey Mansell£100,500
53Decrease 1  Matt Campbell£98,000
54Steady  Kevin Doets£89,500
55Steady  Boris Krčmar£88,750
56Steady  Vincent van der Voort£87,750
57Increase 3  Richard Veenstra£87,500
58Decrease 1  Ryan Meikle£85,750
58Decrease 1  Jamie Hughes£85,750
58Decrease 1  Florian Hempel£85,750
61Steady  Mensur Suljović£84,500
62Steady  Adrian Lewis£82,500
63Steady  Mervyn King£81,500
64Steady  Ian White£80,250
*Change since 21 April 2024.


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PDC Order of Merit as of 28 April 2024.[1]
Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank Change Player Earnings
65Steady  Adam Gawlas£79,250
66Steady  Niels Zonneveld£65,500
67Steady  Lee Evans£54,250
68Steady  Dylan Slevin£52,000
69Steady  Jeffrey de Zwaan£39,500
70Increase 3  Daniel Klose£37,250
71Decrease 1  Maik Kuivenhoven£36,250
72Decrease 1  Keegan Brown£35,750
73Decrease 1  Stephen Burton£35,500
74Steady  Karel Sedláček£34,250
75Steady  Arron Monk£29,750
76Steady  Jeffrey Sparidaans£27,000
77Steady  Robert Owen£26,000
78Steady  Pascal Rupprecht£24,000
79Steady  Graham Usher£23,250
80Steady  Nick Kenny£22,750
80Steady  Jurjen van der Velde£22,750
82Steady  Graham Hall£22,250
83Steady  Adam Smith-Neale£18,750
84Steady  Josh Payne£18,000
85Steady  Geert Nentjes£17,000
86Steady  Ronny Huybrechts£16,750
87Steady  Owen Roelofs£15,500
88Steady  Danny van Trijp£14,000
89Steady  Robbie Knops£13,250
90Steady  James Hurrell£12,750
91Steady  Berry van Peer£12,500
92Steady  Christian Perez£12,000
93Steady  Steve Lennon£11,000
93Steady  Adam Warner£11,000
95Increase 6  Dom Taylor£10,000
95Increase 6  Danny Lauby£10,000
97Decrease 2  Chris Landman£9,750
98Decrease 2  Thibault Tricole£9,500
99Decrease 2  Callum Goffin£8,750
100Increase 10  Wessel Nijman£8,500
100Decrease 2  Leighton Bennett£8,500
102Decrease 3  Brett Claydon£8,000
103Decrease 3  Lukas Wenig£7,750
104Decrease 1  Andy Baetens£7,000
104Decrease 1  Benjamin Drue Reus£7,000
104Decrease 1  Danny Jansen£7,000
107Decrease 1  Radek Szagański£6,500
107Decrease 1  Patrick Geeraets£6,500
107Decrease 1  Mario Vandenbogaerde£6,500
110Decrease 1  Jacques Labre£6,250
111Steady  Stefan Bellmont£5,500
111Steady  Joshua Richardson£5,500
111Steady  Matthew Dennant£5,500
114Steady  Jelle Klaasen£5,000
115Increase 11  Romeo Grbavac£4,750
116Decrease 1  George Killington£4,500
116Decrease 1  Rhys Griffin£4,500
116Decrease 1  Connor Scutt£4,500
116Decrease 1  Oskar Lukasiak£4,500
116Decrease 1  Paul Krohne£4,500
121Decrease 1  Owen Bates£4,250
122Decrease 1  Darren Beveridge£4,000
122Decrease 1  William Borland£4,000
122Decrease 1  Michele Turetta£4,000
122Decrease 1  John Henderson£4,000
126Decrease 1  Michael Unterbuchner£3,750
127Decrease 1  Robert Grundy£3,500
127Decrease 1  Nathan Rafferty£3,500
127Decrease 1  Tim Wolters£3,500
127Decrease 1  Adam Hunt£3,500
131New entry  Darius Labanauskas£2,500
131Steady  Johan Engström£2,500
131Steady  Franz Rötzsch£2,500
131Steady  Wesley Plaisier£2,500
131Steady  Andreas Harrysson£2,500
131Steady  Leonard Gates£2,500
131Steady  Scott Mitchell£2,500
131Steady  Haupai Puha£2,500
139Decrease 1  Jitse Van der Wal£2,250
140Decrease 1  Jeffrey de Graaf£2,000
140Decrease 1  Thomas Lovely£2,000
142Decrease 1  Jarred Cole£1,500
142Decrease 1  Joe Croft£1,500
142Decrease 1  Michael Taylor£1,500
145New entry  Christian Gödl£1,250
145New entry  Dominik Haberl£1,250
145New entry  Hannes Schnier£1,250
145New entry  Zoran Lerchbacher£1,250
145Decrease 1  Arno Merk£1,250
145Decrease 1  Niko Springer£1,250
145Decrease 1  René Eidams£1,250
145Decrease 1  Alexander Mašek£1,250
145Decrease 1  Cor Dekker£1,250
145Decrease 1  Jan Dueckers£1,250
145Decrease 1  Kai Gotthardt£1,250
145Decrease 1  Patrick Klingelhöfer£1,250
145Decrease 1  Matthias Ehlers£1,250
145Decrease 1  Oliver Mueller£1,250
145Decrease 1  Viktor Tingström£1,250
145Decrease 1  Vítězslav Sedlák£1,250
145Decrease 1  Born Van Put£1,250
145Decrease 1  Geert De Vos£1,250
145Decrease 1  Jeroen Caron£1,250
145Decrease 1  Steven Strobbe£1,250
165Decrease 5  Aden Kirk£1,000
165Decrease 5  Bradley Brooks£1,000
165Decrease 5  Harry Lane£1,000
165Decrease 5  Jack Male£1,000
165Decrease 5  Jenson Walker£1,000
165Decrease 5  Johnny Haines£1,000
165Decrease 5  Ron Meulenkamp£1,000
165Decrease 5  Tom Lonsdale£1,000
165Decrease 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.[2]

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows:[3]

Current rankings

WDF Men's World Rankings as of 14 November 2023.[4]
Rank Change Player Points
1Increase 6  Andy Baetens1221
2Steady  Neil Duff970
3Increase 2  Jelle Klaasen948
4Steady  Haupai Puha904
5Decrease 4  James Hurrell673
6Decrease 3  Luke Littler667
7Increase 49  Wesley Plaisier666
8Increase 2  Ben Robb664
9New entry  Danny Lauby565
10Decrease 1  Raymond Smith563
11Increase 17  Kai Fan Leung531
12Decrease 6  Mark Barilli516
13Steady  Darren Johnson492
14Decrease 6  Chris Landman487
15Increase 11  Barry Copeland485
16Increase 8  Thibault Tricole458
17Steady  Peter Machin458
18Increase 2  Martyn Turner449
19Decrease 1  Alexander Merkx446
20Increase 12  Leonard Gates444
21New entry  Gary Stone444
22New entry  Liam Maendl-Lawrance425
23Decrease 12  James Richardson416
24New entry  Danny Porter416
25Decrease 3  László Kádár411
26Increase 1  Patrik Kovács409
27New entry  Jonny Tata402
28Decrease 9  Moreno Blom391
29Decrease 8  Antony Allen388
30Increase 17  Benjamin Pratnemer385
31New entry  Thomas Junghans365
32New entry  Berry van Peer360
WDF Women's World Rankings as of 5 September 2022.[5]
Rank Change Player Points
1Increase 4  Beau Greaves1641
2Decrease 1  Deta Hedman1190
3Increase 9  Kirsty Hutchinson784
4Steady  Anca Zijlstra710
5Increase 9  Suzanne Smith625
6Steady  Anastasia Dobromyslova594
7Increase 17  Jo Clements565
8Decrease 6  Fallon Sherrock560
9Decrease 2  Lorraine Winstanley508
10Decrease 7  Aileen de Graaf504
11New entry  Rhian O'Sullivan502
12Decrease 3  Laura Turner482
13Increase 25  Lorraine Hyde455
14Decrease 3  Wendy Harper443
15Decrease 5  Paula Jacklin427
16Increase 1  Paula Murphy386
17Increase 4  Nicole Regnaud373
18Increase 22  Vicky Pruim371
19Increase 18  Corrine Hammond355
20New entry  Mikuru Suzuki354
21Increase 102  Anna Forsmark348
22Decrease 6  Tori Kewish319
23Increase 9  Veronika Ihász318
24Decrease 16  Maria O'Brien316
25Decrease 7  Priscilla Steenbergen312
26Increase 19  Jitka Cisarova307
27Increase 184  Aletta Wajer283
28Increase 43  Natalie Gilbert283
29Decrease 6  Margaret Sutton268
30Decrease 15  Elena Shulgina253
31Decrease 12  Desi Mercer236
32Increase 41  Krisztina Csombok225

Previous World Number Ones (Men's, WDF)

The following is a list of players who ended the year ranked number one in the WDF.[6]

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.[15] 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.[16]
Rank Player Points
1  Jim Williams381
2  Wesley Harms357
3  Wayne Warren329
4  Nick Kenny307
5  Michael Warburton306
6  Richard Veenstra261
7  Dave Parletti259
8  Martijn Kleermaker253
9  David Evans250
10  Mario Vandenbogaerde247
BDO Women's World Rankings as of 18 March 2020.[17]
Rank Player Points
1  Lisa Ashton431
2  Beau Greaves415
3  Fallon Sherrock406
4  Anastasia Dobromyslova359
5  Lorraine Winstanley348
6  Aileen de Graaf336
7  Mikuru Suzuki329
8  Deta Hedman321
9  Laura Turner307
10  Maria O'Brien274

Notes and references

  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 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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