Darts world rankings

Darts World Rankings is a system designed to determine a list of the best darts players in the world based on their performances in tournaments. However, in 1993, a group of former world champions and other high-profile players separated from the British Darts Organisation, meaning there are now two major governing bodies.

Each organization has its own players, and each has its own ranking system. 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
Main article: PDC Order of Merit

The Professional Darts Corporation's Ranking is based on the amount of prize money won in ranking tournaments over the past two years.

PDC Order of Merit as of 21 October 2023.[1]
Rank Change Player Earnings
1Steady  Michael Smith£1,293,000
2Steady  Michael van Gerwen£1,060,250
3Steady  Peter Wright£1,040,750
4Steady  Luke Humphries£766,500
5Steady  Gerwyn Price£741,500
6Steady  Nathan Aspinall£629,250
7Steady  Jonny Clayton£519,500
8Steady  Danny Noppert£492,500
9Steady  Rob Cross£462,500
10Steady  Dirk van Duijvenbode£446,250
11Steady  Joe Cullen£436,750
12Steady  Dave Chisnall£426,000
13Steady  Damon Heta£422,250
14Steady  Dimitri Van den Bergh£395,500
15Steady  Ryan Searle£369,000
16Steady  Ross Smith£360,500
17Steady  James Wade£354,250
18Steady  Chris Dobey£339,000
19Increase 1  Gary Anderson£322,750
20Decrease 1  Andrew Gilding£320,000
21Steady  Gabriel Clemens£296,250
22Steady  José de Sousa£294,500
23Increase 1  Martin Schindler£283,000
24Decrease 1  Krzysztof Ratajski£282,500
25Steady  Stephen Bunting£272,500
26Increase 1  Josh Rock£265,000
27Decrease 1  Daryl Gurney£256,750
28Steady  Brendan Dolan£224,250
29Increase 1  Raymond van Barneveld£211,750
30Decrease 1  Callan Rydz£209,000
31Steady  Kim Huybrechts£191,500
32Steady  Alan Soutar£158,500

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
WDF Men's World Rankings as of 6 October 2022.[4]
Rank Change Player Points
1Increase 1  James Hurrell673
2Decrease 1  Neil Duff631
3Steady  Luke Littler599
4Increase 3  Haupai Puha559
5Steady  Jelle Klaasen545
6Increase 2  Mark Barilli491
7Increase 3  Andy Baetens482
8New entry  Chris Landman441
9Steady  Raymond Smith394
10Increase 13  Ben Robb394
WDF Women's World Rankings as of 5 September 2022.[5]
Rank Change Player Points
1Increase 4  Beau Greaves1641
2Decrease 1  Deta Hedman1190
3Increase 9  Kirsty Hutchinson784
4Steady  Anca Zijlstra710
5Increase 9  Suzanne Smith625
6Steady  Anastasia Dobromyslova594
7Increase 17  Jo Clements565
8Decrease 6  Fallon Sherrock560
9Decrease 2  Lorraine Winstanley508
10Decrease 7  Aileen de Graaf504

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.

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows:

Tournament categoryWFSFQFR16R32R64R128
BDO Major tournaments49423528211474
BDO Category A+ tournaments49423528211474
BDO Category A tournaments3530252015105
BDO Category B tournaments2420161284
BDO Category C tournaments18151296
BDO Category D tournaments14121086

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 Williams381
2  Wesley Harms357
3  Wayne Warren329
4  Nick Kenny307
5  Michael Warburton306
6  Richard Veenstra261
7  Dave Parletti259
8  Martijn Kleermaker253
9  David Evans250
10  Mario Vandenbogaerde247
BDO Women's World Rankings as of 18 March 2020.[17]
Rank Player Points
1  Lisa Ashton431
2  Beau Greaves415
3  Fallon Sherrock406
4  Anastasia Dobromyslova359
5  Lorraine Winstanley348
6  Aileen de Graaf336
7  Mikuru Suzuki329
8  Deta Hedman321
9  Laura Turner307
10  Maria O'Brien274

Notes and references
  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2013 Monetary Awards". WDF. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. "WDF Rules". WDF. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  5. "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  6. WDF Roll of Honour (previous world number ones) Archived 10 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "WDF Monetary Awards: Wolfie & Deta top the 2010 rankings : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  8. "WDF Monetary Awards: Scott & Deta Top The 2011 Rankings : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  9. "WDF Awards 2012 : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  10. "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2013 Monetary Awards : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  11. "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2014 Monetary Awards : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  12. "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2015 Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  13. "WDF World Rankings Systems 2016 – Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  14. "WDF World Rankings Systems 2017 – Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  15. "Handbook and BDO documentation: Section J – Invitation Tables Men's 2013/14" (PDF). BDO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  16. "BDO Men's Rankings Table". BDO. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  17. "BDO Women's Rankings Table". BDO. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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