# 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 18 March 2025. :
| Players ranked 1 - 32 ||||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
| 1 | | Luke Humphries | £1,898,000 |
| 2 | | Luke Littler | £1,284,500 |
| 3 | | Michael van Gerwen | £766,750 |
| 4 | | Rob Cross | £568,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Jonny Clayton | £556,250 |
| 6 | 1 | Stephen Bunting | £556,000 |
| 7 | | Damon Heta | £520,750 |
| 8 | | Chris Dobey | £510,250 |
| 9 | | Dave Chisnall | £504,250 |
| 10 | | Gerwyn Price | £501,500 |
| 11 | | James Wade | £495,250 |
| 12 | | Nathan Aspinall | £484,500 |
| 13 | | Danny Noppert | £450,500 |
| 14 | | Peter Wright | £447,250 |
| 15 | | Josh Rock | £434,000 |
| 16 | | Gary Anderson | £427,250 |
| 17 | | Michael Smith | £414,250 |
| 18 | | Ross Smith | £406,250 |
| 19 | | Ryan Searle | £404,500 |
| 20 | | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £394,500 |
| 21 | | Mike De Decker | £377,750 |
| 22 | 1 | Martin Schindler | £376,750 |
| 23 | 1 | Joe Cullen | £370,750 |
| 24 | | Gian van Veen | £342,250 |
| 25 | | Daryl Gurney | £336,250 |
| 26 | | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £300,000 |
| 27 | 1 | Andrew Gilding | £297,000 |
| 27 | | Ritchie Edhouse | £297,000 |
| 29 | | Ryan Joyce | £293,250 |
| 30 | | Ricardo Pietreczko | £283,000 |
| 31 | | Krzysztof Ratajski | £272,500 |
| 32 | | Luke Woodhouse | £268,500 |
| *Change since 12 March 2025. ||||
PDC Order of Merit as of 18 March 2025. :
| Players ranked 33 - 64 ||||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
| 33 | | Brendan Dolan | £260,500 |
| 34 | | Jermaine Wattimena | £256,000 |
| 35 | | Raymond van Barneveld | £254,000 |
| 36 | | Scott Williams | £227,250 |
| 37 | | Gabriel Clemens | £213,750 |
| 38 | | Martin Lukeman | £209,750 |
| 39 | | Cameron Menzies | £203,000 |
| 40 | | Callan Rydz | £174,500 |
| 41 | | Kevin Doets | £161,250 |
| 42 | | Mickey Mansell | £149,500 |
| 43 | | Madars Razma | £147,500 |
| 44 | | Ricky Evans | £146,000 |
| 45 | | José de Sousa | £136,750 |
| 46 | | William O'Connor | £127,500 |
| 47 | 1 | Niels Zonneveld | £125,250 |
| 48 | 1 | Kim Huybrechts | £124,000 |
| 49 | | Richard Veenstra | £118,500 |
| 50 | | Wessel Nijman | £117,000 |
| 51 | | Keane Barry | £115,250 |
| 52 | 1 | Ian White | £112,750 |
| 53 | 1 | Florian Hempel | £109,750 |
| 54 | | Jim Williams | £103,000 |
| 55 | | Matt Campbell | £101,500 |
| 56 | 1 | Alan Soutar | £92,500 |
| 57 | 1 | Robert Owen | £90,750 |
| 58 | 1 | Nick Kenny | £88,750 |
| 59 | 5 | Jeffrey de Graaf | £88,500 |
| 60 | 1 | Dylan Slevin | £85,000 |
| 60 | 2 | Connor Scutt | £85,000 |
| 62 | 2 | Stephen Burton | £84,500 |
| 63 | | Mensur Suljović | £83,750 |
| 64 | 3 | Ryan Meikle | £80,750 |
| *Change since 12 March 2025. ||||
PDC Order of Merit as of 18 March 2025. :
| Players ranked 65th or lower ||||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
| 65 | | Thibault Tricole | £63,750 |
| 66 | 1 | Dom Taylor | £57,500 |
| 67 | 1 | James Hurrell | £54,500 |
| 68 | | Chris Landman | £42,250 |
| 69 | | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £37,500 |
| 70 | | Andy Baetens | £33,500 |
| 71 | | Rhys Griffin | £32,000 |
| 72 | | Berry van Peer | £30,250 |
| 73 | | Radek Szagański | £27,250 |
| 74 | 8 | Patrick Geeraets | £27,000 |
| 74 | 1 | Steve Lennon | £27,000 |
| 76 | 1 | Lukas Wenig | £26,500 |
| 77 | | Matthew Dennant | £26,250 |
| 77 | 3 | Nathan Rafferty | £26,250 |
| 79 | 1 | Danny Lauby | £25,750 |
| 80 | 1 | Jitse Van der Wal | £25,500 |
| 81 | 2 | Darren Beveridge | £24,250 |
| 81 | | Jelle Klaasen | £24,250 |
| 83 | 4 | Owen Bates | £23,500 |
| 84 | | Adam Hunt | £22,250 |
| 85 | 3 | Martijn Dragt | £22,000 |
| 85 | | William Borland | £22,000 |
| 87 | 1 | George Killington | £21,000 |
| 88 | 1 | Benjamin Reus | £20,000 |
| 89 | 1 | Robert Grundy | £19,000 |
| 90 | 2 | Haupai Puha | £18,500 |
| 91 | 11 | Adam Lipscombe | £16,750 |
| 92 | 1 | Brett Claydon | £16,500 |
| 93 | 4 | Sebastian Białecki | £12,500 |
| 94 | 1 | Thomas Lovely | £11,000 |
| 95 | 1 | Cam Crabtree | £10,750 |
| 96 | 2 | Darryl Pilgrim | £10,250 |
| 96 | 4 | Joshua Richardson | £10,250 |
| 98 | 3 | Bradley Brooks | £10,000 |
| 98 | 5 | Michele Turetta | £10,000 |
| 100 | 1 | Justin Hood | £9,500 |
| 101 | 10 | Niko Springer | £9,000 |
| 102 | 5 | Karel Sedláček | £8,750 |
| 103 | 4 | Tim Wolters | £8,500 |
| 104 | 2 | Darius Labanauskas | £7,750 |
| 105 | 4 | Christian Kist | £7,000 |
| 106 | 1 | Marvin van Velzen | £6,750 |
| 107 | | Andy Boulton | £6,250 |
| 108 | 9 | Greg Ritchie | £6,000 |
| 108 | 3 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £6,000 |
| 108 | 4 | Stefan Bellmont | £6,000 |
| 111 | 13 | Tavis Dudeney | £5,500 |
| 111 | 6 | Beau Greaves | £5,500 |
| 111 | 6 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £5,500 |
| 114 | 7 | Jim Long | £5,250 |
| 115 | 11 | Jimmy van Schie | £5,000 |
| 115 | 4 | Jurjen van der Velde | £5,000 |
| 117 | 14 | Max Hopp | £4,500 |
| 117 | | Carl Sneyd | £4,500 |
| 119 | 7 | Kai Gotthardt | £4,000 |
| 119 | 5 | Boris Krčmar | £4,000 |
| 119 | 5 | Jules van Dongen | £4,000 |
| 122 | 6 | Aden Kirk | £3,750 |
| 123 | 20 | Danny van Trijp | £3,500 |
| 123 | 3 | Tommy Lishman | £3,500 |
| 123 | 6 | Cor Dekker | £3,500 |
| 123 | 6 | Wesley Plaisier | £3,500 |
| 123 | 6 | Kevin Burness | £3,500 |
| 128 | 6 | Oskar Lukasiak | £3,250 |
| 128 | 6 | Tom Bissell | £3,250 |
| 130 | 13 | Jarno Bottenberg | £3,000 |
| 130 | 4 | Tom Sykes | £3,000 |
| 130 | 6 | Stefaan Henderyck | £3,000 |
| 133 | | Ted Evetts | £2,500 |
| 133 | | Adam Warner | £2,500 |
| 133 | 10 | Mervyn King | £2,500 |
| 133 | 1 | Tytus Kanik | £2,500 |
| 133 | 7 | Dominik Grüllich | £2,500 |
| 138 | 8 | Nathan Girvan | £2,250 |
| 139 | 4 | Graham Hall | £2,000 |
| 139 | 8 | Adam Paxton | £2,000 |
| 141 | 8 | Andreas Harrysson | £1,750 |
| 142 | 8 | Graham Usher | £1,500 |
| 142 | 8 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £1,500 |
| 142 | 8 | Maximilian Czerwinski | £1,500 |
| 145 | 6 | Cedric Waegemans | £1,250 |
| 145 | 6 | François Schweyen | £1,250 |
| 145 | 6 | Patrick De Backer | £1,250 |
| 145 | 6 | Sybren Gijbels | £1,250 |
| 149 | 6 | Viktor Tingström | £1,000 |
| 149 | 6 | Alexander Merkx | £1,000 |
| 149 | 6 | Paul Rowley | £1,000 |
| 149 | 6 | Shaun Fox | £1,000 |
| 149 | 6 | Simon Stevenson | £1,000 |
| 149 | 6 | Tommy Morris | £1,000 |
| 149 | 6 | Michael Flynn | £1,000 |
| 149 | 6 | Leon Weber | £1,000 |
| 157 | 2 | Henry Coates | £750 |
| 157 | 2 | Pero Ljubić | £750 |
| 157 | 2 | Ryan Branley | £750 |
| *Change since 12 March 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 17 February 2025. :
| Rank | Change | Player | Points |
| 1 | | Jimmy van Schie | 781 |
| 2 | | Danny Porter | 629 |
| 3 | | Brandon Weening | 542 |
| 4 | | Peter Machin | 511 |
| 5 | | Ben Robb | 455 |
| 6 | | Brian Raman | 413 |
| 7 | | Benjamin Pratnemer | 395 |
| 8 | | Jason Brandon | 394 |
| 9 | | Thomas Junghans | 393 |
| 10 | | Carl Wilkinson | 386 |
| 11 | | Leonard Gates | 358 |
| 12 | | James Beeton | 357 |
| 13 | 6 | Ryan Hogarth | 350 |
| 14 | 1 | Cliff Prior | 338 |
| 15 | | Howard Jones | 334 |
| 16 | 2 | Corné Groeneveld | 328 |
| 17 | 3 | Alexander Merkx | 328 |
| 18 | 2 | Neil Duff | 314 |
| 19 | 2 | Reece Colley | 309 |
| 20 | 25 | Martyn Turner | 305 |
| 21 | 1 | François Schweyen | 293 |
| 22 | 1 | Edwin Torbjörnsson | 292 |
| 23 | 19 | Karl Schaefer | 291 |
| 24 | 2 | Bradley Kirk | 285 |
| 25 | 85 | Raymond Smith | 283 |
| 26 | 3 | Xanti van den Bergh | 282 |
| 27 | 3 | Shane McGuirk | 279 |
| 28 | 1 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 270 |
| 29 | 1 | David Fatum | 267 |
| 30 | 4 | Darren Johnson | 266 |
| 31 | 6 | Kai Fan Leung | 266 |
| 32 | 3 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | 265 |
WDF Women's World Rankings as of 8 February 2025. :
| Rank | Change | Player | Points |
| 1 | | Beau Greaves | 1453 |
| 2 | | Rhian O'Sullivan | 1016 |
| 3 | | Lerena Rietbergen | 898 |
| 4 | 1 | Nicole Regnaud | 700 |
| 5 | 2 | Lorraine Hyde | 688 |
| 6 | | Deta Hedman | 686 |
| 7 | 3 | Aileen de Graaf | 625 |
| 8 | 1 | Irina Armstrong | 525 |
| 9 | 1 | Joanne Hadley | 523 |
| 10 | 2 | Jitka Císařová | 510 |
| 11 | 1 | Wendy Harper | 499 |
| 12 | 1 | Desi Mercer | 495 |
| 13 | | Sophie McKinlay | 479 |
| 14 | 2 | Paige Pauling | 468 |
| 15 | 1 | Anca Zijlstra | 468 |
| 16 | 1 | Gréta Tekauer | 436 |
| 17 | | Amanda Loch | 427 |
| 18 | 4 | Aletta Wajer | 406 |
| 19 | 1 | Kym Mitchell | 397 |
| 20 | 1 | Priscilla Steenbergen | 393 |
| 21 | | Paula Jacklin | 389 |
| 22 | 1 | Tracy Feiertag | 377 |
| 23 | 3 | Kirsty Hutchinson | 365 |
| 24 | | Vicky Pruim | 348 |
| 25 | | Paula Murphy | 330 |
| 26 | 1 | Maud Jansson | 305 |
| 27 | 1 | Kirsi Viinikainen | 294 |
| 28 | 1 | Adriana van Wijgerden | 278 |
| 29 | 3 | Veronika Ihász | 269 |
| 30 | 4 | Natalie Gilbert | 260 |
| 31 | | Lisa Ashton | 249 |
| 32 | 1 | Eleanor Cairns | 238 |

## 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 |