A method implemented by computer means for providing an ophthalmic progressive addition lens to a presbyopic wearer, which has a prescribed far vision mean refractive power and a non nil prescribed addition, ADD p , a far vision reference point, the said method comprising the step of calculating a mean refractive power repartition, PPO(α, β), a module of resulting astigmatism repartition, ASR(a, β), calculating a meridian line, ML(a, β), where said (α, β) functions are calculated in as-worn conditions of the lens by the wearer for gaze directions (α, β) joining the center of rotation of the eye, CRE, and the lens, where α is a lowering angle in degree and β is an azimuth angle in degree, so as to fulfil following requirement of a lens criterion, CRIT: 0.38 ≤ CRIT ≤ 4.50, where: • CRIT = NumeratorCRIT/DenominatorCRIT; • NumeratorCRIT = A1/A2 + PPO α FV β FV / 100 . ADD p , wherein: • A1 = α 100 % − α 85 % ; • A2 = α 100 % − α 60 % ; • a100% being the lowering angle corresponding to the minimum positive α angle between: o the lowering angle where 100% of the prescribed addition is perceived by the wearer on the meridian line, o the lowering angle where the mean refractive power on the meridian line is maximum, PPO max (α ML , β ML ); • a85% being the lowering angle where 85% of the prescribed addition is perceived by the wearer on the meridian line; • a60% being the lowering angle where 60% of the prescribed addition is perceived by the wearer on the meridian line; • (α FV , β FV ) is the far-vision gaze direction, FVGD, defined as the vision gaze direction corresponding to the far vision reference point; • DenominatorCRIT = PeaksMean / ADDp + PPO α FV β FV / 8 . ADD p 3 , wherein PeaksMean is the mean maximum module of resulting astigmatism which is equal to [ASR max (α L , β L )+ASR max (α R , β R )]/2, where ASR max (α L , β L ) is the maximum module of resulting astigmatism on a side of the meridian line, and ASR max (α R , β R ) is the maximum module of resulting astigmatism on the other side of the meridian line that are both determined inside a circle, CIR, centered on (α, β) = , which radius is 35 degrees. • CRIT = NumeratorCRIT/DenominatorCRIT; • NumeratorCRIT = A1/A2 + PPO α FV β FV / 100 . ADD p , wherein: • A1 = α 100 % − α 85 % ; • A2 = α 100 % − α 60 % ; • a100% being the lowering angle corresponding to the minimum positive α angle between: o the lowering angle where 100% of the prescribed addition is perceived by the wearer on the meridian line, o the lowering angle where the mean refractive power on the meridian line is maximum, PPO max (α ML , β ML ); o the lowering angle where 100% of the prescribed addition is perceived by the wearer on the meridian line, o the lowering angle where the mean refractive power on the meridian line is maximum, PPO max (α ML , β ML ); • a85% being the lowering angle where 85% of the prescribed addition is perceived by the wearer on the meridian line; • a60% being the lowering angle where 60% of the prescribed addition is perceived by the wearer on the meridian line; • (α FV , β FV ) is the far-vision gaze direction, FVGD, defined as the vision gaze direction corresponding to the far vision reference point; • DenominatorCRIT = PeaksMean / ADDp + PPO α FV β FV / 8 . ADD p 3 , wherein PeaksMean is the mean maximum module of resulting astigmatism which is equal to [ASR max (α L , β L )+ASR max (α R , β R )]/2, where ASR max (α L , β L ) is the maximum module of resulting astigmatism on a side of the meridian line, and ASR max (α R , β R ) is the maximum module of resulting astigmatism on the other side of the meridian line that are both determined inside a circle, CIR, centered on (α, β) = , which radius is 35 degrees. <EOS>