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 3 January 2024.^[1]

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1	2	Luke Humphries	£1,495,500
2		Michael van Gerwen	£1,132,250
3	2	Michael Smith	£1,106,250
4	2	Nathan Aspinall	£637,500
5		Gerwyn Price	£637,250
6	2	Rob Cross	£590,500
7		Danny Noppert	£527,750
8	4	Peter Wright	£511,250
9		Jonny Clayton	£490,000
10	1	Dave Chisnall	£489,500
11	1	Damon Heta	£478,250
12	2	Joe Cullen	£440,750
13	1	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£438,750
14	1	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£408,000
15	2	Chris Dobey	£378,750
16	2	Stephen Bunting	£371,250
17	1	Ross Smith	£371,000
18	2	Andrew Gilding	£358,000
19	6	James Wade	£349,000
20	1	Ryan Searle	£334,750
21	2	Josh Rock	£324,500
22		Gabriel Clemens	£321,000
23	3	Martin Schindler	£300,250
24		Krzysztof Ratajski	£298,500
25		José de Sousa	£274,000
26	1	Daryl Gurney	£269,250
27	6	Gary Anderson	£267,250
28		Brendan Dolan	£259,000
29		Raymond van Barneveld	£230,500
30	22	Scott Williams	£205,750
31	133	Luke Littler	£202,500
32	1	Kim Huybrechts	£186,750
*Change since 26 November 2023.

PDC Order of Merit as of 3 January 2024.^[1]

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33	1	Madars Razma	£175,750
34	4	Callan Rydz	£170,750
35	1	Martin Lukeman	£163,500
36	3	Ricardo Pietreczko	£157,250
37	2	Ryan Joyce	£151,250
38	5	Luke Woodhouse	£150,250
39	2	Mike De Decker	£139,000
40	7	Jim Williams	£137,750
41		Keane Barry	£128,500
42	4	William O'Connor	£128,250
43	2	Gian van Veen	£122,500
44	1	Simon Whitlock	£120,250
45	11	Alan Soutar	£118,500
46	7	Ricky Evans	£115,500
47	4	Jermaine Wattimena	£113,500
48	9	Matt Campbell	£113,250
49	1	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£111,500
50	1	Steve Beaton	£111,250
51	10	Boris Krčmar	£101,750
52	8	Adrian Lewis	£101,250
53	11	Vincent van der Voort	£97,000
54	9	Cameron Menzies	£94,500
55	5	Mensur Suljović	£94,000
56	8	Mickey Mansell	£93,500
57	5	Jamie Hughes	£91,250
58	2	Ritchie Edhouse	£89,500
59	5	Ryan Meikle	£87,000
60	1	Florian Hempel	£86,750
61	1	Adam Gawlas	£86,500
62	4	Kevin Doets	£83,500
63	23	Mervyn King	£81,750
64	9	Ian White	£80,750
*Change since 26 November 2023.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 3 January 2024.^[1]

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65	14	Richard Veenstra	£67,500
66	17	Niels Zonneveld	£51,500
67	25	Lee Evans	£45,000
68	20	Dylan Slevin	£42,750
69	30	Keegan Brown	£32,750
70	23	Maik Kuivenhoven	£29,750
71	24	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£28,500
72	25	Stephen Burton	£27,250
73	25	Daniel Klose	£26,000
74	31	Karel Sedláček	£22,000
75	33	Arron Monk	£20,000
76	33	Jurjen van der Velde	£19,750
77	34	Robert Owen	£18,000
78	33	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£18,000
79	32	Pascal Rupprecht	£18,000
80	37	Graham Usher	£15,750
81	37	Josh Payne	£15,500
82	36	Graham Hall	£15,500
83	39	Nick Kenny	£13,750
84	38	Adam Smith-Neale	£13,750
85	39	Geert Nentjes	£13,500
86	41	Ronny Huybrechts	£12,250
87	42	Owen Roelofs	£11,000
88	43	Adam Warner	£10,000
89	43	Danny van Trijp	£9,500
90	45	Robbie Knops	£8,750
91	47	Callum Goffin	£7,750
92	60	Jacques Labre	£4,750
93	68	Christian Perez	£3,000
*Change since 26 November 2023.

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 rankings

WDF Men's World Rankings as of 14 November 2023.^[4]

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1	6	Andy Baetens	1221
2		Neil Duff	970
3	2	Jelle Klaasen	948
4		Haupai Puha	904
5	4	James Hurrell	673
6	3	Luke Littler	667
7	49	Wesley Plaisier	666
8	2	Ben Robb	664
9		Danny Lauby	565
10	1	Raymond Smith	563
11	17	Kai Fan Leung	531
12	6	Mark Barilli	516
13		Darren Johnson	492
14	6	Chris Landman	487
15	11	Barry Copeland	485
16	8	Thibault Tricole	458
17		Peter Machin	458
18	2	Martyn Turner	449
19	1	Alexander Merkx	446
20	12	Leonard Gates	444
21		Gary Stone	444
22		Liam Maendl-Lawrance	425
23	12	James Richardson	416
24		Danny Porter	416
25	3	László Kádár	411
26	1	Patrik Kovács	409
27		Jonny Tata	402
28	9	Moreno Blom	391
29	8	Antony Allen	388
30	17	Benjamin Pratnemer	385
31		Thomas Junghans	365
32		Berry van Peer	360

WDF Women's World Rankings as of 5 September 2022.^[5]

Rank	Change	Player	Points
1	4	Beau Greaves	1641
2	1	Deta Hedman	1190
3	9	Kirsty Hutchinson	784
4		Anca Zijlstra	710
5	9	Suzanne Smith	625
6		Anastasia Dobromyslova	594
7	17	Jo Clements	565
8	6	Fallon Sherrock	560
9	2	Lorraine Winstanley	508
10	7	Aileen de Graaf	504
11		Rhian O'Sullivan	502
12	3	Laura Turner	482
13	25	Lorraine Hyde	455
14	3	Wendy Harper	443
15	5	Paula Jacklin	427
16	1	Paula Murphy	386
17	4	Nicole Regnaud	373
18	22	Vicky Pruim	371
19	18	Corrine Hammond	355
20		Mikuru Suzuki	354
21	102	Anna Forsmark	348
22	6	Tori Kewish	319
23	9	Veronika Ihász	318
24	16	Maria O'Brien	316
25	7	Priscilla Steenbergen	312
26	19	Jitka Cisarova	307
27	184	Aletta Wajer	283
28	43	Natalie Gilbert	283
29	6	Margaret Sutton	268
30	15	Elena Shulgina	253
31	12	Desi Mercer	236
32	41	Krisztina Csombok	225

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]

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

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