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 16 November 2025. ^[1]

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1	1	Luke Littler	£1,850,500
2	1	Luke Humphries	£1,689,000
3		Michael van Gerwen	£741,250
4		Stephen Bunting	£607,250
5	1	Jonny Clayton	£563,500
6	1	James Wade	£534,250
7	4	Danny Noppert	£530,750
8	1	Gian van Veen	£520,000
9	1	Chris Dobey	£516,750
10	4	Gerwyn Price	£497,500
11	1	Josh Rock	£497,000
12	3	Ross Smith	£457,750
13	1	Damon Heta	£456,000
14	1	Gary Anderson	£444,500
15	1	Martin Schindler	£441,250
16	7	Rob Cross	£432,500
17		Mike De Decker	£413,500
18	1	Dave Chisnall	£394,500
19	1	Ryan Searle	£393,000
20	1	Jermaine Wattimena	£383,000
21	1	Nathan Aspinall	£380,000
22		Ryan Joyce	£358,500
23		Dimitri Van den Bergh	£345,250
24	1	Luke Woodhouse	£344,000
25	1	Daryl Gurney	£339,500
26		Cameron Menzies	£325,250
27	1	Ritchie Edhouse	£316,500
28	2	Michael Smith	£313,500
29	2	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£309,750
30	1	Peter Wright	£295,000
31	3	Wessel Nijman	£292,750
32	1	Joe Cullen	£288,500
*Change since 30 October 2025.

PDC Order of Merit as of 16 November 2025. ^[1]

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Ricardo Pietreczko	£279,500
34	2	Andrew Gilding	£273,000
35		Raymond van Barneveld	£266,000
36	1	Scott Williams	£245,250
37	1	Krzysztof Ratajski	£240,500
38	1	Martin Lukeman	£226,500
39	1	Brendan Dolan	£215,250
40	6	Ricky Evans	£178,000
41	1	Kevin Doets	£177,500
42	1	William O'Connor	£172,250
43	1	Gabriel Clemens	£171,250
44	1	Niels Zonneveld	£169,750
45	1	Callan Rydz	£165,500
46	1	Mickey Mansell	£159,250
47		Madars Razma	£146,000
48		Richard Veenstra	£127,250
49		Jeffrey de Graaf	£121,500
50	2	Connor Scutt	£119,750
51	1	Kim Huybrechts	£118,000
52	1	Ian White	£117,000
53	3	Niko Springer	£114,750
54	1	Florian Hempel	£103,750
55	1	Alan Soutar	£103,500
56	1	Keane Barry	£103,250
57		Matt Campbell	£101,750
58		Robert Owen	£95,500
59		Nick Kenny	£93,000
60		Mensur Suljović	£92,750
61		Thibault Tricole	£91,250
62		Ryan Meikle	£87,500
63	8	Lukas Wenig	£86,250
64	1	Stephen Burton	£81,750
*Change since 30 October 2025.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 16 November 2025. ^[1]

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65	1	Jim Williams	£80,000
66	1	Dom Taylor	£79,500
67	1	Dylan Slevin	£77,250
68	1	James Hurrell	£77,000
69	1	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£76,750
70	1	Chris Landman	£67,250
71	2	Karel Sedláček	£65,000
72	2	José de Sousa	£62,000
73	1	Bradley Brooks	£57,250
74		Steve Lennon	£53,250
75		Matthew Dennant	£52,250
76		Andy Baetens	£52,000
77		Darren Beveridge	£51,750
78		Cam Crabtree	£51,500
79	1	Rhys Griffin	£43,500
80		Owen Bates	£42,250
80		Sebastian Białecki	£42,250
82		Berry van Peer	£41,750
83		Adam Hunt	£41,000
84		Patrick Geeraets	£40,250
85		Robert Grundy	£39,250
86		Nathan Rafferty	£38,750
86		Jitse Van der Wal	£38,750
88		Radek Szagański	£38,250
89		Jelle Klaasen	£34,750
90		Justin Hood	£33,250
91		Martijn Dragt	£33,000
92		Darius Labanauskas	£31,750
92		Adam Lipscombe	£31,750
92		Danny Lauby	£31,750
95		Wesley Plaisier	£30,500
96		Max Hopp	£30,250
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	9	Stefan Bellmont	£18,750
112	1	Dennie Olde Kalter	£18,500
113	1	Joshua Richardson	£18,250
114	1	Andreas Harrysson	£17,750
115	1	Jamai van den Herik	£17,500
116	31	Jurjen van der Velde	£17,250
116	1	Jim Long	£17,250
116	1	Thomas Lovely	£17,250
116	1	Marvin van Velzen	£17,250
120	20	Beau Greaves	£16,000
120	2	Viktor Tingström	£16,000
122	3	Adam Warner	£15,500
123	2	Greg Ritchie	£13,500
124	2	Alexander Merkx	£13,000
125	2	Mervyn King	£12,500
125	2	Jimmy van Schie	£12,500
125	2	Carl Sneyd	£12,500
128	2	Adam Paxton	£11,750
129	2	Maximilian Czerwinski	£11,250
130	2	Graham Hall	£10,500
131	2	Danny van Trijp	£10,000
131	2	Ted Evetts	£10,000
133	2	Tavis Dudeney	£9,500
133	2	Oskar Lukasiak	£9,500
133	2	Kevin Burness	£9,500
136	2	Tytus Kanik	£9,250
137	2	Boris Krčmar	£9,000
138	2	Joe Hunt	£8,500
138	2	Stefaan Henderyck	£8,500
138	2	Tim Wolters	£8,500
141	2	Michael Unterbuchner	£8,250
142		Alexis Toylo	£8,000
143	2	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£7,500
144	2	Tommy Lishman	£6,500
145	2	David Davies	£6,000
146	2	Jack Tweddell	£5,500
146	2	Tom Sykes	£5,500
148	2	Pero Ljubić	£5,250
149		Alex Spellman	£5,000
149		Lisa Ashton	£5,000
149	2	Scott Waites	£5,000
149	2	Johan Engström	£5,000
149	2	Kai Gotthardt	£5,000
149	2	Jarno Bottenberg	£5,000
149	2	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£5,000
149	2	Daniel Klose	£5,000
157	3	Henry Coates	£4,250
158	3	Jules van Dongen	£4,000
159	3	Dragutin Horvat	£3,750
159	3	Benjamin Pratnemer	£3,750
159	3	Aden Kirk	£3,750
162	3	Lee Cocks	£3,500
162	3	Michael Flynn	£3,500
164	3	Nathan Girvan	£3,250
165	3	Scott Campbell	£3,000
166	3	Charlie Manby	£2,500
166	3	Kevin Troppmann	£2,500
166	3	Martin Kramer	£2,500
166	3	András Borbély	£2,500
166	3	Sam Spivey	£2,500
166	3	François Schweyen	£2,500
166	3	Arno Merk	£2,500
166	3	Kevin Knopf	£2,500
166	3	Petr Křivka	£2,500
166	3	Teemu Harju	£2,500
166	3	Paul Krohne	£2,500
166	3	Graham Usher	£2,500
178	3	Martin Thomas	£2,000
179	3	Sietse Lap	£1,500
180	3	Felix Springer	£1,250
180	3	Tomislav Rosandić	£1,250
180	3	Andreas Toft Jørgensen	£1,250
180	3	Ansh Sood	£1,250
180	3	Dalibor Šmolík	£1,250
180	3	Denis Schnetzer	£1,250
180	3	Rocco Fulciniti	£1,250
180	3	Andreas Hyllgaardhus	£1,250
180	3	Levente Sárai	£1,250
180	3	Nándor Major	£1,250
180	3	Nándor Prés	£1,250
180	3	Filip Maňák	£1,250
180	3	Jiří Brejcha	£1,250
180	3	Lukáš Unger	£1,250
180	3	Adam Gawlas	£1,250
180	3	Xanti Van den Bergh	£1,250
180	3	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	£1,250
180	3	Mirosław Grudziecki	£1,250
180	3	Yorick Hofkens	£1,250
180	3	Joshua Hermann	£1,250
180	3	Moritz Bohrmann	£1,250
180	3	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£1,250
180	3	Jerry Hendriks	£1,250
180	3	Marcel Erba	£1,250
180	3	Christian Gödl	£1,250
180	3	György Jehirszki	£1,250
180	3	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£1,250
180	3	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
180	3	Finn Behrens	£1,250
180	3	Michael Rosenauer	£1,250
180	3	René Eidams	£1,250
180	3	Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
180	3	Paul Goyer	£1,250
180	3	Laurin Welk	£1,250
180	3	Marko Kantele	£1,250
180	3	Cedric Waegemans	£1,250
180	3	Patrick De Backer	£1,250
180	3	Sybren Gijbels	£1,250
218	3	Jenson Walker	£1,000
218	3	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
218	3	Paul Rowley	£1,000
218	3	Shaun Fox	£1,000
218	3	Simon Stevenson	£1,000
218	3	Tommy Morris	£1,000
224	3	Ryan Branley	£750
*Change since 30 October 2025.

Sex

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 November 2025. ^[4]

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1		Jimmy van Schie	850
2		Leonard Gates	579
3	12	Jason Brandon	541
4	1	Alex Spellman	540
5	2	Neil Duff	531
6	1	James Beeton	510
7	26	Jeff Smith	484
8	4	Benjamin Pratnemer	479
9	3	David Fatum	450
10	2	Matt Clark	429
11	1	Corné Groeneveld	428
12	31	Stefan Schröder	426
13	4	François Schweyen	414
14	4	Raymond Smith	403
15	5	David Pallett	400
16	3	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	397
17	12	Paul Krohne	361
18	4	Brian Raman	352
19	8	Thomas Junghans	350
20	4	Jonny Tata	347
21	4	Ben Robb	347
22	4	Marko Kantele	342
23	2	Dennis Nilsson	332
24	1	Mitchell Lawrie	326
25	1	Caleb Hope	319
26	4	Vince Tipple	310
27	3	Ryan Hogarth	305
28	4	Karl Schaefer	298
29	4	Jim McEwan	297
30	8	Jenson Walker	295
31	4	Alex Williams	294
32	4	Kevin Luke	293

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

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1	5	Lorraine Hyde	1002
2	1	Deta Hedman	994
3	1	Lerena Rietbergen	988
4	1	Nicole Regnaud	829
5	4	Rhian O'Sullivan	823
6	1	Sophie McKinlay	788
7	3	Tracy Feiertag	731
8		Aileen de Graaf	690
9	2	Kirsi Viinikainen	684
10		Jitka Císařová	681
11	1	Joanne Hadley	600
12	1	Paula Murphy	600
13	1	Irina Armstrong	595
14	1	Priscilla Steenbergen	551
15		Aletta Wajer	487
16		Paige Pauling	470
17	1	Eve Watson	466
18	1	Aaja Jalbert	428
19	4	Emine Dursun	423
20		Maud Jansson	395
21	2	Gréta Tekauer	387
22	1	Veronika Ihász	377
23	1	Beau Greaves	373
24	2	Maria Carli	350
25	9	Mayumi Ouchi	344
26	1	Paula Jacklin	339
27	2	Mikuru Suzuki	321
28		Desi Mercer	311
29	1	Taylor-Marsh Kahaki	304
30	6	Lisa Zollikofer	296
31	6	Anca Zijlstra	288
32		Janine Cassar	274

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. 16 November 2025. Retrieved 16 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 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
5. "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 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