# 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 12 January 2025. :
| Players ranked 1 - 32 ||||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
| 1 | | Luke Humphries | £1,804,250 |
| 2 | | Luke Littler | £1,118,500 |
| 3 | | Michael van Gerwen | £815,500 |
| 4 | | Rob Cross | £551,750 |
| 5 | | Stephen Bunting | £536,000 |
| 6 | | Dave Chisnall | £528,500 |
| 7 | | Jonny Clayton | £494,000 |
| 8 | | Damon Heta | £484,000 |
| 9 | | Gerwyn Price | £480,500 |
| 10 | | Chris Dobey | £480,250 |
| 11 | | Nathan Aspinall | £470,500 |
| 12 | | Peter Wright | £442,500 |
| 13 | | Danny Noppert | £431,750 |
| 14 | | Gary Anderson | £430,500 |
| 15 | | James Wade | £426,750 |
| 16 | | Josh Rock | £405,000 |
| 16 | | Michael Smith | £405,000 |
| 18 | | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £399,250 |
| 19 | | Ryan Searle | £398,250 |
| 20 | | Andrew Gilding | £395,500 |
| 21 | | Ross Smith | £395,000 |
| 22 | | Martin Schindler | £365,000 |
| 23 | | Joe Cullen | £357,250 |
| 24 | | Mike De Decker | £356,000 |
| 25 | | Daryl Gurney | £334,250 |
| 26 | | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £325,750 |
| 27 | | Gian van Veen | £299,000 |
| 28 | | Ritchie Edhouse | £289,250 |
| 29 | | Ryan Joyce | £282,000 |
| 30 | | Ricardo Pietreczko | £280,750 |
| 31 | | Brendan Dolan | £271,500 |
| 32 | | Krzysztof Ratajski | £267,750 |
| *Change since 3 January 2025. ||||
PDC Order of Merit as of 12 January 2025. :
| Players ranked 33 - 64 ||||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
| 33 | | Luke Woodhouse | £262,750 |
| 34 | | Raymond van Barneveld | £252,750 |
| 35 | | Jermaine Wattimena | £240,250 |
| 36 | | Scott Williams | £220,750 |
| 37 | | Gabriel Clemens | £219,750 |
| 38 | | Martin Lukeman | £202,500 |
| 39 | | Cameron Menzies | £178,000 |
| 40 | | Callan Rydz | £177,000 |
| 41 | | Kevin Doets | £146,500 |
| 42 | | Madars Razma | £144,750 |
| 43 | | Mickey Mansell | £143,250 |
| 44 | | Ricky Evans | £142,250 |
| 45 | | José de Sousa | £139,000 |
| 46 | | Kim Huybrechts | £136,000 |
| 47 | | Richard Veenstra | £122,750 |
| 48 | | Niels Zonneveld | £121,250 |
| 49 | | Ian White | £116,250 |
| 50 | | Keane Barry | £115,250 |
| 51 | | Jim Williams | £111,250 |
| 52 | | William O'Connor | £107,000 |
| 53 | | Florian Hempel | £103,000 |
| 53 | | Matt Campbell | £103,000 |
| 55 | | Wessel Nijman | £100,000 |
| 56 | 1 | Alan Soutar | £85,500 |
| 57 | 1 | Dylan Slevin | £80,500 |
| 58 | 1 | Robert Owen | £80,250 |
| 59 | 1 | Ryan Meikle | £78,500 |
| 60 | 1 | Stephen Burton | £78,000 |
| 61 | 1 | Connor Scutt | £77,000 |
| 62 | 1 | Mensur Suljović | £75,250 |
| 63 | 1 | Jeffrey de Graaf | £75,000 |
| 64 | 1 | Nick Kenny | £71,750 |
| *Change since 3 January 2025. ||||
PDC Order of Merit as of 12 January 2025. :
| Players ranked 65th or lower ||||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
| 65 | 9 | Thibault Tricole | £57,250 |
| 66 | 13 | James Hurrell | £45,750 |
| 67 | 15 | Dom Taylor | £39,500 |
| 68 | 16 | Chris Landman | £39,250 |
| 69 | 20 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £31,000 |
| 70 | 20 | Rhys Griffin | £28,000 |
| 71 | 24 | Andy Baetens | £24,500 |
| 72 | 24 | Berry van Peer | £23,500 |
| 73 | 26 | Nathan Rafferty | £22,250 |
| 74 | 26 | Steve Lennon | £22,000 |
| 75 | 26 | Radek Szagański | £21,750 |
| 76 | 26 | Lukas Wenig | £21,500 |
| 77 | 31 | Patrick Geeraets | £19,000 |
| 77 | 31 | Matthew Dennant | £19,000 |
| 79 | 32 | Darren Beveridge | £18,750 |
| 80 | 33 | Jitse Van der Wal | £18,250 |
| 81 | 33 | Benjamin Reus | £18,000 |
| 82 | 34 | Danny Lauby | £17,000 |
| 83 | 35 | Robert Grundy | £16,500 |
| 84 | 40 | George Killington | £14,500 |
| 85 | 40 | Owen Bates | £14,000 |
| 86 | 40 | Brett Claydon | £13,750 |
| 87 | 40 | Martijn Dragt | £13,500 |
| 87 | 40 | Adam Hunt | £13,500 |
| 89 | 41 | Haupai Puha | £12,500 |
| 90 | 45 | Jelle Klaasen | £11,750 |
| 91 | 45 | William Borland | £11,500 |
| 92 | 53 | Tim Wolters | £7,500 |
| 92 | 53 | Joshua Richardson | £7,500 |
| 94 | 69 | Michele Turetta | £6,000 |
| 95 | 75 | Jules van Dongen | £4,000 |
| *Change since 3 January 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 28 January 2025. :
| Rank | Change | Player | Points |
| 1 | | Jimmy van Schie | 781 |
| 2 | 1 | Danny Porter | 629 |
| 3 | 1 | Brandon Weening | 542 |
| 4 | 1 | Peter Machin | 485 |
| 5 | 1 | Ben Robb | 455 |
| 6 | 10 | Brian Raman | 404 |
| 7 | 3 | Leonard Gates | 403 |
| 8 | 3 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 395 |
| 9 | | Jason Brandon | 394 |
| 10 | 2 | Carl Wilkinson | 374 |
| 11 | 2 | Thomas Junghans | 368 |
| 12 | 2 | Jarno Bottenberg | 362 |
| 13 | 6 | James Beeton | 357 |
| 14 | 1 | Cliff Prior | 338 |
| 15 | 8 | Alexander Merkx | 328 |
| 16 | 1 | Howard Jones | 317 |
| 17 | 7 | Neil Duff | 310 |
| 18 | 2 | Sybren Gijbels | 310 |
| 19 | 1 | Reece Colley | 309 |
| 20 | 1 | Ryan Hogarth | 299 |
| 21 | 7 | Corné Groeneveld | 293 |
| 22 | 8 | François Schweyen | 293 |
| 23 | 1 | Edwin Torbjörnsson | 292 |
| 24 | 1 | Bradley Kirk | 285 |
| 25 | 1 | Shane McGuirk | 279 |
| 26 | 1 | Kai Fan Leung | 278 |
| 27 | 2 | Darren Johnson | 274 |
| 28 | 3 | Xanti van den Bergh | 265 |
| 29 | 3 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | 265 |
| 30 | 3 | Scott Walters | 258 |
| 31 | 3 | Andy Davidson | 253 |
| 32 | 13 | Marko Kantele | 240 |
WDF Women's World Rankings as of 28 January 2025. :
| Rank | Change | Player | Points |
| 1 | | Beau Greaves | 1620 |
| 2 | 1 | Rhian O'Sullivan | 810 |
| 3 | 1 | Lerena Rietbergen | 776 |
| 4 | 2 | Aileen de Graaf | 728 |
| 5 | | Nicole Regnaud | 700 |
| 6 | | Deta Hedman | 686 |
| 7 | | Lorraine Hyde | 649 |
| 8 | | Jitka Císařová | 538 |
| 9 | | Irina Armstrong | 525 |
| 10 | | Joanne Hadley | 523 |
| 11 | | Desi Mercer | 508 |
| 12 | | Wendy Harper | 493 |
| 13 | 2 | Sophie McKinlay | 492 |
| 14 | | Anca Zijlstra | 468 |
| 15 | 1 | Gréta Tekauer | 447 |
| 16 | 2 | Paige Pauling | 443 |
| 17 | 4 | Amanda Loch | 427 |
| 18 | 6 | Kym Mitchell | 397 |
| 19 | 1 | Priscilla Steenbergen | 393 |
| 20 | 3 | Kirsty Hutchinson | 390 |
| 21 | 2 | Paula Jacklin | 389 |
| 22 | | Aletta Wajer | 388 |
| 23 | 3 | Tracy Feiertag | 377 |
| 24 | 3 | Vicky Pruim | 348 |
| 25 | 4 | Paula Murphy | 330 |
| 26 | 2 | Natalie Gilbert | 324 |
| 27 | 2 | Maud Jansson | 305 |
| 28 | 2 | Kirsi Viinikainen | 294 |
| 29 | 2 | Adriana van Wijgerden | 278 |
| 30 | 3 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven | 261 |
| 31 | 6 | Lisa Ashton | 249 |
| 32 | | Veronika Ihász | 245 |

## 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 Harry Crane
* 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 |