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

Main article: PDC Order of Merit

The Professional Darts Corporation's Ranking is based on the amount of prize money won in ranking tournaments on a two year cycle.

PDC World Rankings as of 22 March 2026.[1]
Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank Change Player Earnings
1  Luke Littler £2,966,000
2  Luke Humphries £1,241,500
3  Gian van Veen £946,750
4  Michael van Gerwen £715,250
5  Jonny Clayton £659,000
6  James Wade £633,750
7  Josh Rock £619,250
8  Gerwyn Price £617,750
9  Stephen Bunting £604,250
10 1  Danny Noppert £598,500
11 1  Gary Anderson £592,750
12  Ryan Searle £558,250
13  Chris Dobey £552,750
14  Ross Smith £484,500
15  Nathan Aspinall £481,250
16  Martin Schindler £468,750
17  Jermaine Wattimena £440,500
18  Mike De Decker £423,250
19  Damon Heta £410,750
20  Wessel Nijman £402,250
21 1  Luke Woodhouse £400,750
22 1  Rob Cross £399,250
23 1  Daryl Gurney £372,750
24 1  Dave Chisnall £366,500
25 1  Ryan Joyce £360,750
26 1  Krzysztof Ratajski £351,500
27  Ritchie Edhouse £332,500
28 1  Cameron Menzies £328,750
29 1  Dirk van Duijvenbode £324,750
30  Andrew Gilding £314,500
31  Michael Smith £312,250
32  Peter Wright £291,250
*Change since 15 March 2025.
PDC World Rankings as of 22 March 2026.[1]
Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank Change Player Earnings
33  Joe Cullen £289,500
34  Ricardo Pietreczko £283,250
35  Kevin Doets £235,250
36 1  Dimitri Van den Bergh £227,000
37 1  Raymond van Barneveld £220,750
38  Martin Lukeman £219,000
39  Niels Zonneveld £212,750
40  Callan Rydz £195,250
41  William O'Connor £189,250
42 1  Madars Razma £177,250
42  Brendan Dolan £177,250
44  Scott Williams £176,750
45 1  Ricky Evans £169,000
46 1  Gabriel Clemens £166,250
47  Mickey Mansell £164,750
48  Connor Scutt £155,750
49  Jeffrey de Graaf £155,500
50 1  Niko Springer £148,000
51 1  Justin Hood £147,250
52 2  James Hurrell £147,000
53  Alan Soutar £140,750
54  Mensur Suljović £139,250
55  Ian White £135,500
56 2  Ryan Meikle £124,750
57  Keane Barry £124,250
58 2  Richard Veenstra £123,500
59 2  Kim Huybrechts £119,750
60 1  Thibault Tricole £118,500
61 1  Nick Kenny £114,500
62  Lukas Wenig £112,750
63  Karel Sedláček £99,750
64  Mario Vandenbogaerde £97,500
*Change since 15 March 2025.


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PDC World Rankings as of 22 March 2026.[1]
Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank Change Player Earnings
65  Robert Owen £93,750
66  Bradley Brooks £85,750
67  Cam Crabtree £83,750
68  Sebastian Białecki £81,500
69  Wesley Plaisier £77,250
70  Max Hopp £71,000
71  Adam Lipscombe £65,250
72  Dominik Grüllich £54,500
73  Cor Dekker £51,000
74  Darryl Pilgrim £43,750
75  Tom Bissell £33,750
76  Andy Boulton £32,750
77  Oskar Lukasiak £32,000
78  Maik Kuivenhoven £31,000
79  Tavis Dudeney £30,250
80  Christian Kist £30,000
81  Jim Long £28,000
82  Thomas Lovely £26,250
83  Leon Weber £26,000
84  Marvin van Velzen £21,500
85  Greg Ritchie £21,000
86  Viktor Tingström £20,500
87  Adam Warner £20,000
88  Dennie Olde Kalter £19,750
89 4  Cristo Reyes £19,000
90 1  Adam Paxton £18,250
91  Adam Gawlas £18,000
92 2  Kai Gotthardt £17,750
93 1  Shane McGuirk £15,000
94  Maximilian Czerwinski £13,750
95  Jimmy van Schie £11,750
95  Stefaan Henderyck £11,750
95  Tytus Kanik £11,750
98  Beau Greaves £11,500
99  Tom Sykes £10,000
99  Scott Waites £10,000
101  Darius Labanauskas £9,500
101  Charlie Manby £9,500
103  Jack Tweddell £9,000
104  Owen Bates £8,750
105 15  Boris Krčmar £8,500
106  Andy Baetens £8,000
107 2  David Sharp £7,750
108 2  Jurjen van der Velde £7,500
108 2  Alexander Merkx £7,500
108 2  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £7,500
111 2  Carl Sneyd £7,250
112 2  Niall Culleton £6,750
113 2  Stephen Burton £6,500
114 2  Jeffrey de Zwaan £6,250
114 2  Martijn Dragt £6,250
116 2  Rhys Griffin £6,000
116 2  Joe Hunt £6,000
118 2  Tommy Morris £5,500
119 2  Henry Coates £5,250
119 2  Stephen Rosney £5,250
119 2  Pero Ljubić £5,250
122 2  Benjamin Pratnemer £5,000
122 2  Stefan Bellmont £5,000
124 13  Sietse Lap £4,500
124 13  Tyler Thorpe £4,500
124 1  Jeffrey Sparidaans £4,500
124 1  Arno Merk £4,500
124 1  Marvin Kraft £4,500
124 1  Mervyn King £4,500
130 3  Pascal Rupprecht £4,000
131 3  Scott Campbell £3,750
131 3  Adam Leek £3,750
131 3  Chris Landman £3,750
131 3  Samuel Price £3,750
135 3  Paul Krohne £3,500
136 3  Steve Lennon £3,250
136 3  Tommy Lishman £3,250
136 3  Derek Coulson £3,250
139 3  Patrik Williams £3,000
140 3  Graham Hall £2,500
141  François Schweyen £2,000
141  Jani Haavisto £2,000
141  Pascal Devroey £2,000
141 1  Dragutin Horvat £2,000
141 1  Florian Hempel £2,000
141 1  Florian Preis £2,000
141 1  Jonas Masalin £2,000
141 1  Wojciech Bruliński £2,000
141 1  Michael Unterbuchner £2,000
141 1  Sam Spivey £2,000
141 1  Andreas Harrysson £2,000
141 1  Dawid Robak £2,000
141 1  Krzysztof Kciuk £2,000
141 1  Mirosław Grudziecki £2,000
141 1  Piotr Maciejczak £2,000
156 4  Jack Todd £1,250
156 4  Jamai van den Herik £1,250
156 4  Oliver King £1,250
156 4  Ron Meulenkamp £1,250
156 4  Samuel Whittaker £1,250
156 4  Yorick Hofkens £1,250
156 4  Filip Bereza £1,250
163 4  Danny van Trijp £750
163 4  Jesús Sálate £750
*Change since 15 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.[2]

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows:[3]

Current rankings

WDF Open World Rankings as of 16 March 2026.[4]
Rank Change Player Points
1  Mitchell Lawrie 756
2 1  Leonard Gates 731
3 1  Jenson Walker 703
4  Paul Krohne 652
5  Jason Brandon 605
6  Corné Groeneveld 587
7  James Beeton 583
8  Alex Spellman 532
9  Neil Duff 517
10 3  Ben Robb 503
11 1  Jeff Smith 458
12 1  Raymond Smith 442
13 1  Matt Clark 434
14  Liam Maendl-Lawrance 397
15  Stefan Schröder 392
16  Caleb Hope 368
17  François Schweyen 352
18 3  Ross Montgomery 347
19  Jonny Tata 336
20  Cliff Prior 336
21 3  Alex Williams 334
22  Thomas Junghans 312
23  Andy Davidson 311
24  Dennis Nilsson 311
25 1  Sybren Gijbels 302
26 4  Vince Tipple 294
27 2  Jim McEwan 291
28  David Fatum 290
29  Kevin Luke 289
30 3  David Pallett 284
31 26  Moreno Blom 266
32  András Borbély 263
WDF Women's World Rankings as of 16 March 2026.[5]
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]

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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ranking Tables". PDPA. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  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 Open Rankings Table". WDF. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  5. ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  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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