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 23 November 2025. ^[1]

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Littler	£1,970,500
2		Luke Humphries	£1,572,000
3		Michael van Gerwen	£681,250
4		Stephen Bunting	£593,750
5		Jonny Clayton	£560,000
6	1	Danny Noppert	£540,750
7	1	James Wade	£534,250
8	1	Chris Dobey	£530,250
9	1	Gerwyn Price	£521,000
10	2	Gian van Veen	£520,000
11		Josh Rock	£510,500
12		Ross Smith	£457,750
13	2	Martin Schindler	£448,250
14		Gary Anderson	£444,500
15	6	Nathan Aspinall	£440,000
16	3	Damon Heta	£439,000
17	1	Rob Cross	£429,000
18	1	Mike De Decker	£413,500
19	1	Jermaine Wattimena	£403,000
20	1	Ryan Searle	£393,000
21	3	Dave Chisnall	£387,500
22	3	Daryl Gurney	£356,500
23		Dimitri Van den Bergh	£335,250
24	2	Ryan Joyce	£335,000
25	1	Luke Woodhouse	£330,500
26		Cameron Menzies	£325,250
27		Ritchie Edhouse	£316,500
28		Michael Smith	£313,500
29		Dirk van Duijvenbode	£309,750
30		Peter Wright	£301,500
31		Wessel Nijman	£295,750
32		Joe Cullen	£285,000
*Change since 16 November 2025.

PDC Order of Merit as of 23 November 2025. ^[1]

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Ricardo Pietreczko	£283,000
34		Andrew Gilding	£280,000
35		Raymond van Barneveld	£266,000
36		Scott Williams	£248,750
37		Krzysztof Ratajski	£247,500
38		Martin Lukeman	£226,500
39		Brendan Dolan	£208,250
40		Ricky Evans	£178,000
41		Kevin Doets	£174,000
42		William O'Connor	£172,250
43	2	Callan Rydz	£169,000
44		Niels Zonneveld	£162,750
45	1	Mickey Mansell	£159,250
46	1	Madars Razma	£152,500
47	4	Gabriel Clemens	£144,250
48		Richard Veenstra	£127,250
49		Jeffrey de Graaf	£124,500
50		Connor Scutt	£119,750
51	1	Ian White	£117,000
52	1	Niko Springer	£114,750
53	2	Kim Huybrechts	£108,000
54	1	Alan Soutar	£106,500
55	1	Keane Barry	£106,250
56	2	Florian Hempel	£103,750
57	2	Nick Kenny	£99,500
58		Robert Owen	£95,500
59	2	Matt Campbell	£95,250
60		Mensur Suljović	£92,750
61		Thibault Tricole	£91,250
62		Ryan Meikle	£90,500
63	5	James Hurrell	£87,000
64	1	Lukas Wenig	£86,250
*Change since 16 November 2025.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 23 November 2025. ^[1]

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65	1	Dom Taylor	£82,500
66	3	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£79,750
67	3	Stephen Burton	£78,750
68	3	Jim Williams	£77,000
69	2	Dylan Slevin	£74,250
70	1	Karel Sedláček	£68,000
71	1	Chris Landman	£67,250
72	1	Bradley Brooks	£63,750
73	1	José de Sousa	£59,000
74	4	Cam Crabtree	£58,000
75	2	Darren Beveridge	£54,750
76	2	Steve Lennon	£53,250
77	2	Matthew Dennant	£52,250
78	2	Andy Baetens	£52,000
79	1	Sebastian Białecki	£48,750
80	1	Rhys Griffin	£43,500
81	1	Owen Bates	£42,250
82	10	Adam Lipscombe	£41,750
82		Berry van Peer	£41,750
84	1	Adam Hunt	£41,000
85	1	Patrick Geeraets	£40,250
86	4	Justin Hood	£39,750
87	2	Robert Grundy	£39,250
88	2	Nathan Rafferty	£38,750
88	2	Jitse Van der Wal	£38,750
90	2	Radek Szagański	£38,250
91	2	Jelle Klaasen	£34,750
92	3	Wesley Plaisier	£33,500
93	3	Max Hopp	£33,250
94	3	Martijn Dragt	£33,000
95	3	Darius Labanauskas	£31,750
95	3	Danny Lauby	£31,750
97		Haupai Puha	£29,500
98		Dominik Grüllich	£29,250
99		William Borland	£28,000
99		Benjamin Reus	£28,000
101		Brett Claydon	£27,500
102		George Killington	£27,000
103		Cor Dekker	£26,250
104		Maik Kuivenhoven	£26,000
104		Andy Boulton	£26,000
106		Darryl Pilgrim	£24,250
107		Michele Turetta	£21,000
108		Tom Bissell	£20,250
109		Christian Kist	£20,000
110		Leon Weber	£19,750
111		Stefan Bellmont	£18,750
112		Dennie Olde Kalter	£18,500
113		Joshua Richardson	£18,250
114		Andreas Harrysson	£17,750
115		Jamai van den Herik	£17,500
116		Jurjen van der Velde	£17,250
116		Jim Long	£17,250
116		Thomas Lovely	£17,250
116		Marvin van Velzen	£17,250
120		Beau Greaves	£16,000
120		Viktor Tingström	£16,000
122		Adam Warner	£15,500
123		Greg Ritchie	£13,500
124		Alexander Merkx	£13,000
125		Mervyn King	£12,500
125		Jimmy van Schie	£12,500
125		Carl Sneyd	£12,500
128		Adam Paxton	£11,750
129		Maximilian Czerwinski	£11,250
130		Graham Hall	£10,500
131		Danny van Trijp	£10,000
131		Ted Evetts	£10,000
133		Tavis Dudeney	£9,500
133		Oskar Lukasiak	£9,500
133		Kevin Burness	£9,500
136		Tytus Kanik	£9,250
137		Boris Krčmar	£9,000
138		Joe Hunt	£8,500
138		Stefaan Henderyck	£8,500
138		Tim Wolters	£8,500
141		Michael Unterbuchner	£8,250
142		Alexis Toylo	£8,000
143		Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£7,500
144		Tommy Lishman	£6,500
145		David Davies	£6,000
146		Jack Tweddell	£5,500
146		Tom Sykes	£5,500
148		Pero Ljubić	£5,250
149		Alex Spellman	£5,000
149		Lisa Ashton	£5,000
149		Scott Waites	£5,000
149		Johan Engström	£5,000
149		Kai Gotthardt	£5,000
149		Jarno Bottenberg	£5,000
149		Jeffrey Sparidaans	£5,000
149		Daniel Klose	£5,000
157		Henry Coates	£4,250
158		Jules van Dongen	£4,000
159		Dragutin Horvat	£3,750
159		Benjamin Pratnemer	£3,750
159		Aden Kirk	£3,750
162		Lee Cocks	£3,500
162		Michael Flynn	£3,500
164		Nathan Girvan	£3,250
165		Scott Campbell	£3,000
166		Charlie Manby	£2,500
166		Kevin Troppmann	£2,500
166		Martin Kramer	£2,500
166		András Borbély	£2,500
166		Sam Spivey	£2,500
166		François Schweyen	£2,500
166		Arno Merk	£2,500
166		Kevin Knopf	£2,500
166		Petr Křivka	£2,500
166		Teemu Harju	£2,500
166		Paul Krohne	£2,500
166		Graham Usher	£2,500
178		Martin Thomas	£2,000
179		Sietse Lap	£1,500
180		Felix Springer	£1,250
180		Tomislav Rosandić	£1,250
180		Andreas Toft Jørgensen	£1,250
180		Ansh Sood	£1,250
180		Dalibor Šmolík	£1,250
180		Denis Schnetzer	£1,250
180		Rocco Fulciniti	£1,250
180		Andreas Hyllgaardhus	£1,250
180		Levente Sárai	£1,250
180		Nándor Major	£1,250
180		Nándor Prés	£1,250
180		Filip Maňák	£1,250
180		Jiří Brejcha	£1,250
180		Lukáš Unger	£1,250
180		Adam Gawlas	£1,250
180		Xanti Van den Bergh	£1,250
180		Liam Maendl-Lawrance	£1,250
180		Mirosław Grudziecki	£1,250
180		Yorick Hofkens	£1,250
180		Joshua Hermann	£1,250
180		Moritz Bohrmann	£1,250
180		Jeffrey de Zwaan	£1,250
180		Jerry Hendriks	£1,250
180		Marcel Erba	£1,250
180		Christian Gödl	£1,250
180		György Jehirszki	£1,250
180		Rowby-John Rodriguez	£1,250
180		Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
180		Finn Behrens	£1,250
180		Michael Rosenauer	£1,250
180		René Eidams	£1,250
180		Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
180		Paul Goyer	£1,250
180		Laurin Welk	£1,250
180		Marko Kantele	£1,250
180		Cedric Waegemans	£1,250
180		Patrick De Backer	£1,250
180		Sybren Gijbels	£1,250
218		Jenson Walker	£1,000
218		Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
218		Paul Rowley	£1,000
218		Shaun Fox	£1,000
218		Simon Stevenson	£1,000
218		Tommy Morris	£1,000
224		Ryan Branley	£750
*Change since 16 November 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. ^[2]

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows: ^[3]

Current rankings

WDF Open World Rankings as of 7 December 2025. ^[4]

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Jimmy van Schie	1019
2		Leonard Gates	601
3	10	Mitchell Lawrie	591
4	2	Jenson Walker	552
5	2	James Beeton	501
6	2	Neil Duff	493
7	2	Jeff Smith	484
8	1	Benjamin Pratnemer	468
9	6	Jason Brandon	464
10	2	Alex Spellman	463
11	1	David Fatum	459
12	3	Raymond Smith	442
13	2	Matt Clark	442
14	2	Corné Groeneveld	437
15	8	Ben Robb	400
16	1	David Pallett	400
17	1	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	397
18	1	Paul Krohne	391
19	5	François Schweyen	375
20	4	Caleb Hope	364
21	5	Thomas Junghans	363
22	1	Stefan Schröder	362
23	1	Jonny Tata	336
24	1	Dennis Nilsson	332
25	1	Ross Montgomery	330
26	6	Brian Raman	326
27	1	Andy Davidson	324
28	10	Sybren Gijbels	319
29		Vince Tipple	314
30		Alex Williams	313
31		Jim McEwan	310
32	2	Jeffrey Sparidaans	305

WDF Women's World Rankings as of 7 December 2025. ^[5]

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Deta Hedman	1216
2		Lerena Rietbergen	1076
3		Rhian O'Sullivan	1052
4		Lorraine Hyde	938
5	1	Nicole Regnaud	759
6	1	Sophie McKinlay	685
7	1	Kirsi Viinikainen	684
8	1	Aileen de Graaf	682
9		Tracy Feiertag	680
10		Jitka Císařová	645
11	2	Priscilla Steenbergen	620
12	1	Paula Murphy	595
13	1	Irina Armstrong	590
14		Joanne Hadley	570
15		Paige Pauling	529
16	1	Eve Watson	496
17	1	Aaja Jalbert	468
18	2	Aletta Wajer	449
19		Emine Dursun	441
20	4	Maria Carli	414
21	1	Maud Jansson	395
22	1	Gréta Tekauer	387
23	1	Veronika Ihász	377
24	4	Mikuru Suzuki	360
25	2	Anca Zijlstra	330
26		Paula Jacklin	330
27	4	Lisa Zollikofer	322
28	3	Mayumi Ouchi	309
29	1	Taylor-Marsh Kahaki	298
30	1	Desi Mercer	293
31	1	Cali West	291
32	1	Kim Palstra	242

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]

• 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) ^[7]
• 2011 Scott Waites (2) ^[8]
• 2012 Stephen Bunting ^[9]
• 2013 James Wilson ^[10]
• 2014 Alan Norris ^[11]
• 2015 Darius Labanauskas ^[12]
• 2016 Darius Labanauskas (2) ^[13]
• 2017 Scott Mitchell ^[14]
• 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. ^[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 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

1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 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 Open Rankings Table". WDF. 7 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
5. "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 7 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 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.

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