Darts World Rankings
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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.
| Players ranked 1–32 | |||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
 Luke Littler | £3,128,500 |
| 2 | |
Luke Humphries | £1,005,500 |
| 3 | |
 Gian van Veen | £1,005,250 |
| 4 | |
 Gerwyn Price | £725,000 |
| 5 | |
Jonny Clayton | £683,000 |
| 6 | |
James Wade | £656,250 |
| 7 | |
Michael van Gerwen | £645,000 |
| 8 | |
 Josh Rock | £639,500 |
| 9 | |
Stephen Bunting | £618,250 |
| 10 | |
Danny Noppert | £601,750 |
| 11 | |
 Gary Anderson | £598,250 |
| 12 | |
Ryan Searle | £596,250 |
| 13 | |
Wessel Nijman | £570,250 |
| 14 | |
Chris Dobey | £569,500 |
| 15 | |
Ross Smith | £534,250 |
| 16 | |
Nathan Aspinall | £531,750 |
| 17 | |
Jermaine Wattimena | £510,750 |
| 18 | |
Luke Woodhouse | £492,000 |
| 19 | |
 Martin Schindler | £448,750 |
| 20 |  1 |
 Damon Heta | £439,250 |
| 21 |  1 |
 Krzysztof Ratajski | £430,000 |
| 22 | 1 |
Dirk van Duijvenbode | £425,750 |
| 23 | 1 |
 Mike De Decker | £424,500 |
| 24 | |
Rob Cross | £423,000 |
| 25 | |
Ryan Joyce | £396,250 |
| 26 | |
Cameron Menzies | £383,250 |
| 27 | |
Andrew Gilding | £365,250 |
| 28 | |
Dave Chisnall | £362,250 |
| 29 | |
Daryl Gurney | £353,500 |
| 30 | |
Kevin Doets | £347,750 |
| 31 | |
Joe Cullen | £314,500 |
| 32 | |
Ritchie Edhouse | £301,250 |
| *Change since 26 July 2026. | |||
| Players ranked 33–64 | |||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | |
Peter Wright | £282,000 |
| 34 | |
Ricardo Pietreczko | £279,750 |
| 35 | |
Michael Smith | £253,750 |
| 36 | |
Niels Zonneveld | £253,250 |
| 37 | |
 William O'Connor | £251,000 |
| 38 | 1 |
Niko Springer | £217,000 |
| 39 | 1 |
Martin Lukeman | £214,250 |
| 40 | 1 |
Raymond van Barneveld | £200,500 |
| 41 | 1 |
Callan Rydz | £199,000 |
| 42 | 1 |
Mickey Mansell | £192,750 |
| 43 | 1 |
 Madars Razma | £192,250 |
| 44 | 3 |
Justin Hood | £189,000 |
| 45 | 1 |
Gabriel Clemens | £187,750 |
| 46 | 1 |
Connor Scutt | £184,250 |
| 47 | 1 |
Dimitri Van den Bergh | £182,500 |
| 48 | 3 |
 Jeffrey de Graaf | £174,750 |
| 49 | |
Ricky Evans | £174,000 |
| 50 | |
James Hurrell | £173,250 |
| 51 | 3 |
Scott Williams | £171,250 |
| 52 | |
Kim Huybrechts | £164,000 |
| 53 | |
 Mensur Suljović | £161,250 |
| 54 | |
Brendan Dolan | £160,250 |
| 55 | |
Ian White | £154,750 |
| 56 | 4 |
Sebastian Białecki | £145,000 |
| 56 | |
Keane Barry | £145,000 |
| 58 | 1 |
 Karel Sedláček | £144,500 |
| 58 | |
Richard Veenstra | £144,500 |
| 60 | 3 |
Alan Soutar | £137,250 |
| 61 | |
Robert Owen | £128,750 |
| 62 | |
Ryan Meikle | £124,750 |
| 63 | 1 |
Nick Kenny | £123,750 |
| 64 | 1 |
Lukas Wenig | £123,500 |
| *Change since 26 July 2026. | |||
| Players ranked 65th or lower | |||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | |
 Thibault Tricole | £118,250 |
| 66 | 1 |
Mario Vandenbogaerde | £113,000 |
| 67 | 1 |
Max Hopp | £111,000 |
| 68 | |
Bradley Brooks | £109,750 |
| 69 | |
Cam Crabtree | £100,000 |
| 70 | |
Wesley Plaisier | £92,750 |
| 71 | |
Adam Lipscombe | £78,750 |
| 72 | |
Maik Kuivenhoven | £76,750 |
| 73 | |
 Cristo Reyes | £76,000 |
| 74 | |
Tom Bissell | £67,500 |
| 75 | 2 |
Darryl Pilgrim | £66,250 |
| 76 | 1 |
 Cor Dekker | £65,750 |
| 77 | 1 |
Beau Greaves | £62,500 |
| 78 | 2 |
Dominik Grüllich | £62,250 |
| 79 | |
Christian Kist | £60,500 |
| 80 | |
Andy Boulton | £53,000 |
| 81 | |
 Jim Long | £50,500 |
| 82 | |
Tom Sykes | £49,000 |
| 83 | |
Charlie Manby | £42,000 |
| 84 | 5 |
Joe Hunt | £40,750 |
| 84 | 2 |
Oskar Lukasiak | £40,750 |
| 86 | 3 |
Leon Weber | £40,000 |
| 87 | 2 |
Thomas Lovely | £38,500 |
| 88 | |
Jimmy van Schie | £38,250 |
| 89 | 2 |
Tavis Dudeney | £37,250 |
| 90 | |
Marvin van Velzen | £36,500 |
| 91 | |
 Darius Labanauskas | £36,250 |
| 92 | |
Viktor Tingström | £34,500 |
| 93 | |
Shane McGuirk | £33,500 |
| 94 | |
Alexander Merkx | £32,250 |
| 95 | 30 |
Henry Coates | £30,750 |
| 96 | 1 |
Kai Gotthardt | £29,750 |
| 97 | 1 |
Mervyn King | £29,000 |
| 98 | 4 |
David Sharp | £28,750 |
| 99 | 1 |
Adam Paxton | £28,250 |
| 100 | 4 |
Adam Warner | £27,500 |
| 100 | 4 |
Dennie Olde Kalter | £27,500 |
| 102 | 2 |
Greg Ritchie | £26,750 |
| 103 | 2 |
Adam Gawlas | £25,750 |
| 104 | 4 |
Jurjen van der Velde | £24,750 |
| 105 | |
Jeffrey de Zwaan | £24,250 |
| 106 | 3 |
Jeffrey Sparidaans | £23,750 |
| 107 | 3 |
 Benjamin Pratnemer | £23,250 |
| 107 | 3 |
Owen Bates | £23,250 |
| 109 | 4 |
Tommy Morris | £23,000 |
| 110 | 4 |
Tyler Thorpe | £22,750 |
| 110 | 1 |
Niall Culleton | £22,750 |
| 112 | 5 |
Scott Waites | £22,500 |
| 113 | 2 |
Chris Landman | £20,750 |
| 114 | 1 |
Jack Tweddell | £20,500 |
| 114 | 2 |
Stephen Burton | £20,500 |
| 116 | 3 |
Martijn Dragt | £20,250 |
| 117 | 5 |
Sietse Lap | £19,250 |
| 118 | |
Maximilian Czerwinski | £18,750 |
| 119 | 2 |
Rhys Griffin | £18,000 |
| 120 | 4 |
Arno Merk | £17,750 |
| 120 | 4 |
Derek Coulson | £17,750 |
| 122 | 4 |
Tommy Lishman | £17,500 |
| 123 | 3 |
Adam Leek | £17,250 |
| 124 | |
Stephen Rosney | £15,750 |
| 125 | 2 |
Tytus Kanik | £15,000 |
| 126 | 3 |
Stefaan Henderyck | £14,250 |
| 127 | 3 |
Steve Lennon | £13,750 |
| 128 | 2 |
Nathan Potter | £13,000 |
| 128 | 2 |
Harry Ward | £13,000 |
| 130 | 2 |
 Stefan Bellmont | £12,750 |
| 131 | 1 |
Yorick Hofkens | £12,500 |
| 132 | |
Pascal Rupprecht | £12,250 |
| 133 | 1 |
Samuel Price | £10,750 |
| 134 | 2 |
Carl Sneyd | £10,500 |
| 135 | 2 |
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £10,000 |
| 136 | 5 |
Daniel Ayres | £9,750 |
| 137 | 1 |
Marvin Kraft | £9,500 |
| 137 | 3 |
Paul Krohne | £9,500 |
| 139 | 3 |
 Boris Krčmar | £8,500 |
| 140 | 2 |
Daniel Klose | £8,250 |
| 141 | 1 |
Andy Baetens | £8,000 |
| 142 | |
Michael Unterbuchner | £7,500 |
| 143 | |
Jan Schmidt | £7,000 |
| 143 | |
 Patrik Kovács | £7,000 |
| 145 | 3 |
Lewis Pride | £6,500 |
| 145 | |
Pero Ljubić | £6,500 |
| 147 | 1 |
Dragutin Horvat | £5,500 |
| 147 | 1 |
Marcel Hausotter | £5,500 |
| 149 | 4 |
Christopher Wickenden | £5,000 |
| 150 | 9 |
Oliver Mitchell | £4,250 |
| 151 | 2 |
Johan Engström | £4,000 |
| 151 | 2 |
Finn Behrens | £4,000 |
| 151 | 2 |
Callum Goffin | £4,000 |
| 151 | 2 |
Anton Östlund | £4,000 |
| 155 | 2 |
Aden Kirk | £3,750 |
| 155 | 2 |
Filip Bereza | £3,750 |
| 155 | 2 |
Scott Campbell | £3,750 |
| 158 | 1 |
Valters Melderis | £3,500 |
| 159 | 1 |
Jack Aldridge | £3,250 |
| 160 | 1 |
Patrik Williams | £3,000 |
| 161 | 34 |
Ted Evetts | £2,500 |
| 161 | |
Graham Hall | £2,500 |
| 163 | 1 |
Jaimy van de Weerd | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Michal Šmejda | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
 Mio Varila | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
 Adrian Dudek | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Gabriel Varaljay | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Jan Sliacky | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Juraj Holub | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Péter Kelemen | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Jason Riedtke | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Nándor Major | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Teemu Harju | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
György Jehirszki | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Liam Maendl-Lawrance | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Aaron Hardy | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Nick Zwittnigg | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Zoran Lerchbacher | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Michael Hurtz | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Petr Křivka | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Robin Masino | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Kevin Troppmann | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
François Schweyen | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Jani Haavisto | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Pascal Devroey | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Florian Hempel | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Florian Preis | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Jonas Masalin | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Wojciech Bruliński | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Sam Spivey | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Andreas Harrysson | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Dawid Robak | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Krzysztof Kciuk | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Mirosław Grudziecki | £2,000 |
| 163 | 1 |
Piotr Maciejczak | £2,000 |
| 196 |  |
Gilbert van der Meijden | £1,250 |
| 196 | 1 |
Danny Trueman | £1,250 |
| 196 | 1 |
Matthias Ehlers | £1,250 |
| 196 | 1 |
Jack Todd | £1,250 |
| 196 | 1 |
Jamai van den Herik | £1,250 |
| 196 | 1 |
Oliver King | £1,250 |
| 196 | 1 |
Ron Meulenkamp | £1,250 |
| 196 | 1 |
Samuel Whittaker | £1,250 |
| 204 | 1 |
Danny van Trijp | £750 |
| 204 | 1 |
 Jesús Sálate | £750 |
| *Change since 26 July 2026. | |||
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
| Rank | Change | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Mitchell Lawrie | 919 |
| 2 | 1 |
Jenson Walker | 708 |
| 3 | 1 |
Paul Krohne | 700 |
| 4 | 5 |
Neil Duff | 626 |
| 5 | 6 |
Jeff Smith | 567 |
| 6 | 1 |
 Jason Brandon | 541 |
| 7 | 1 |
Corné Groeneveld | 503 |
| 8 | 6 |
Leonard Gates | 481 |
| 9 | 1 |
Alex Spellman | 449 |
| 10 | 2 |
Raymond Smith | 442 |
| 11 | 4 |
James Beeton | 416 |
| 12 | 2 |
 Ben Robb | 415 |
| 13 | 18 |
Moreno Blom | 391 |
| 14 | 7 |
Alex Williams | 375 |
| 15 | 18 |
 Daniel Zapata | 360 |
| 16 | 1 |
Stefan Schröder | 357 |
| 17 | 76 |
Jarno Bottenberg | 352 |
| 18 | 5 |
Matt Clark | 344 |
| 19 | 3 |
Caleb Hope | 343 |
| 20 | 2 |
Ross Montgomery | 335 |
| 21 | 1 |
Cliff Prior | 327 |
| 22 | 8 |
Liam Maendl-Lawrance | 321 |
| 23 | 22 |
Dustin Holt | 311 |
| 24 | 2 |
Thomas Junghans | 308 |
| 25 | 19 |
Darren Johnson | 303 |
| 26 | 9 |
François Schweyen | 301 |
| 27 | 2 |
Kevin Luke | 297 |
| 28 | 4 |
András Borbély | 291 |
| 29 | 44 |
Franko Giuliani | 279 |
| 30 | 13 |
Ethan De Veyra | 276 |
| 31 | 5 |
Vince Tipple | 266 |
| 32 | 80 |
 Mursel Yavuz | 260 |
| Rank | Change | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Deta Hedman | 1272 |
| 2 | |
Lerena Rietbergen | 967 |
| 3 | |
Priscilla Steenbergen | 856 |
| 4 | 1 |
Nicole Regnaud | 776 |
| 5 | 1 |
Lorraine Hyde | 771 |
| 6 | 2 |
Rhian O'Sullivan | 728 |
| 7 | 1 |
Sophie McKinlay | 719 |
| 8 | 1 |
Kirsi Viinikainen | 695 |
| 9 | 1 |
Irina Armstrong | 654 |
| 10 | 1 |
Tracy Feiertag | 647 |
| 11 | |
Jitka Císařová | 645 |
| 12 | |
Aileen de Graaf | 640 |
| 13 | |
Paula Murphy | 564 |
| 14 | |
Paige Pauling | 529 |
| 15 | 1 |
Joanne Hadley | 480 |
| 16 | 1 |
Emine Dursun | 474 |
| 17 | 1 |
Cali West | 470 |
| 18 | 3 |
Eve Watson | 462 |
| 19 | |
Maria Carli | 450 |
| 20 | |
Paula Jacklin | 443 |
| 21 | 20 |
Gemma Hayter | 434 |
| 22 | 1 |
Aaja Jalbert | 433 |
| 23 | 1 |
Aletta Wajer | 423 |
| 24 | 1 |
Maud Jansson | 400 |
| 25 | 1 |
Rachna David | 390 |
| 26 | 1 |
Veronika Ihász | 377 |
| 27 | 1 |
 Mikuru Suzuki | 360 |
| 28 | 1 |
Gréta Tekauer | 359 |
| 29 | 1 |
Anca Zijlstra | 350 |
| 30 | 1 |
Desi Mercer | 315 |
| 31 | 2 |
Mayumi Ouchi | 309 |
| 32 | 2 |
Taylor-Marsh Kahaki | 298 |
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
- 2025 Jimmy van Schie (2)
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.
| 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 |
| 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 |