The PDC World Rankings, known for sponsorship purposes as the Werner Rankings Ladder,[1] is the world ranking system for professional darts players used by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), which ranks players according to the prize money won in PDC ranking tournaments. These world rankings are used to determine qualification and seeding for the televised ranking tournaments as well as the awarding of PDC Tour Cards at the end of the season.[2] The format has been used since the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, superseding the original PDC World Ranking system established in 1993, where points were awarded for performances in tournaments according to their relative prestige.[3][4] Upon the introduction of the rankings, the first player to hold the number one rank was Alan Warriner.[5] Since 1993, thirteen other players have held the top spot, including Luke Littler, the current world number one.[6] Alongside the main ranking, the PDC also operates several secondary rankings which count prize money won on specific PDC Tours and may also offer qualification to specific televised events.
Methodology
The Professional Darts Corporation adopted the current Order of Merit system in 2007. In this system, the total prize money won in PDC ranking events over the eligibility period is counted. For PDC Tour Card holders, this eligibility period is either the previous two years or since the player was awarded a tour card, whichever is shorter.[4] The PDC World Darts Championship is considered last event of the season, after which the year-end Order of Merit is calculated and players in the top 64 offered a Tour Card for the following year.[4] New Tour Card holders start on £0, even if they held a Tour Card in the previous season but failed to make the top 64, resulting in them having to regain their Tour Card through the qualifying tournament, Q School.[4] Players without Tour Cards who earn money in ranking tournaments (such as Luke Littler in the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship) are eligible to be ranked during the season,[7] though if they fail to reach the top 64 at the end of the year, their ranking money is reset to £0.[4] If two players are tied and need separating for seeding or event qualification, the tie is broken by the player with the highest total earnings across the previous four ranking tournaments. If this fails to break the tie, players' prize money is counted back from the most recent event until a tie can be broken, with the possibility of a play-off if this cannot break the tie.[4]
Ranking tournaments
The PDC holds ranked and unranked tournaments. Ranking tournaments are those which all PDC Tour Card holders are eligible to participate in or qualify for, while unranked tournaments are invitational and do not count toward the Order of Merit. Currently, the Premier League, World Series of Darts events and the World Cup of Darts are the only unranked PDC tournaments with Tour Card Holder participation outside of the secondary tours.[4]
- ^ a b An additional £3,500 is awarded to the 8 group winners.
- ^ £12,500 and £5,000 are awarded to the second and third place finishers respectively in the group stage, which comprise the top 48.
- ^ a b Seeded players at European Tour events automatically qualify to the top 32, and do not receive money toward Order of Merit if they lose at this stage.
- ^ £8,000 and £5,000 are awarded to the third and fourth place finishers respectively in the group stage, which comprise the top 32.
- ^ In 2025, the Pro Tour expanded from 13 European Tour events to 14 and 30 Players Championship events to 34, meaning a total of £675,000 extra prize money was awarded relative to 2024.[8][9]
Rankings
PDC World Rankings as of 17 June 2026.[12]
| Players ranked 1 - 32
|
| Rank
|
Change
|
Player
|
Earnings
|
| 1 |
|
Luke Littler |
£2,929,500
|
| 2 |
|
Luke Humphries |
£1,198,000
|
| 3 |
|
Gian van Veen |
£939,000
|
| 4 |
|
Michael van Gerwen |
£713,250
|
| 5 |
|
Jonny Clayton |
£690,500
|
| 6 |
|
James Wade |
£667,250
|
| 7 |
|
Gerwyn Price |
£617,500
|
| 8 |
|
Josh Rock |
£617,000
|
| 9 |
|
Stephen Bunting |
£613,250
|
| 10 |
|
Danny Noppert |
£592,500
|
| 11 |
1
|
Ryan Searle |
£589,250
|
| 12 |
1
|
Gary Anderson |
£577,000
|
| 13 |
|
Chris Dobey |
£566,000
|
| 14 |
|
Ross Smith |
£541,250
|
| 15 |
1
|
Wessel Nijman |
£515,250
|
| 16 |
1
|
Nathan Aspinall |
£512,250
|
| 17 |
1
|
Luke Woodhouse |
£473,750
|
| 18 |
1
|
Jermaine Wattimena |
£471,500
|
| 19 |
|
Martin Schindler |
£455,750
|
| 20 |
|
Damon Heta |
£425,750
|
| 21 |
|
Mike De Decker |
£419,250
|
| 22 |
|
Rob Cross |
£411,500
|
| 23 |
|
Krzysztof Ratajski |
£395,000
|
| 24 |
|
Ryan Joyce |
£386,250
|
| 25 |
|
Dave Chisnall |
£380,500
|
| 26 |
1
|
Andrew Gilding |
£375,250
|
| 27 |
1
|
Daryl Gurney |
£367,000
|
| 28 |
|
Dirk van Duijvenbode |
£356,500
|
| 29 |
|
Cameron Menzies |
£347,750
|
| 30 |
|
Kevin Doets |
£323,250
|
| 31 |
1
|
Michael Smith |
£313,000
|
| 32 |
1
|
Ritchie Edhouse |
£312,250
|
| *Change since 3 June 2026.
|
PDC World Rankings as of 17 June 2026.[12]
| Players ranked 33 - 64
|
| Rank
|
Change
|
Player
|
Earnings
|
| 33 |
|
Joe Cullen |
£308,250
|
| 34 |
|
Peter Wright |
£296,750
|
| 35 |
|
Ricardo Pietreczko |
£287,250
|
| 36 |
|
Niels Zonneveld |
£232,000
|
| 37 |
1
|
William O'Connor |
£229,000
|
| 38 |
1
|
Dimitri Van den Bergh |
£216,000
|
| 39 |
1
|
Martin Lukeman |
£214,250
|
| 40 |
1
|
Raymond van Barneveld |
£213,750
|
| 41 |
|
Callan Rydz |
£204,250
|
| 42 |
1
|
Niko Springer |
£193,250
|
| 43 |
1
|
Madars Razma |
£183,750
|
| 44 |
|
Connor Scutt |
£183,000
|
| 45 |
|
Mickey Mansell |
£181,250
|
| 46 |
|
Justin Hood |
£175,500
|
| 47 |
2
|
Gabriel Clemens |
£174,750
|
| 48 |
1
|
Ricky Evans |
£173,500
|
| 49 |
1
|
Scott Williams |
£170,000
|
| 50 |
|
Jeffrey de Graaf |
£169,250
|
| 51 |
|
James Hurrell |
£166,250
|
| 52 |
|
Brendan Dolan |
£160,750
|
| 53 |
|
Mensur Suljović |
£158,000
|
| 54 |
2
|
Kim Huybrechts |
£155,250
|
| 55 |
|
Ian White |
£154,750
|
| 56 |
1
|
Keane Barry |
£144,000
|
| 57 |
3
|
Alan Soutar |
£141,250
|
| 58 |
|
Richard Veenstra |
£138,250
|
| 59 |
|
Karel Sedláček |
£133,750
|
| 60 |
|
Ryan Meikle |
£127,000
|
| 61 |
2
|
Robert Owen |
£126,000
|
| 62 |
1
|
Nick Kenny |
£122,500
|
| 63 |
1
|
Lukas Wenig |
£121,500
|
| 64 |
|
Thibault Tricole |
£117,000
|
| *Change since 3 June 2026.
|
Click "show" to view players ranked outside top 64
PDC World Rankings as of 17 June 2026.[12]
| Players ranked 65th or lower
|
| Rank
|
Change
|
Player
|
Earnings
|
| 65 |
|
Sebastian Białecki |
£116,750
|
| 66 |
|
Mario Vandenbogaerde |
£102,500
|
| 67 |
|
Max Hopp |
£99,000
|
| 68 |
|
Bradley Brooks |
£96,000
|
| 69 |
|
Cam Crabtree |
£95,500
|
| 70 |
|
Wesley Plaisier |
£87,250
|
| 71 |
|
Adam Lipscombe |
£78,750
|
| 72 |
1
|
Maik Kuivenhoven |
£70,000
|
| 73 |
1
|
Tom Bissell |
£66,250
|
| 74 |
2
|
Cor Dekker |
£62,500
|
| 75 |
1
|
Darryl Pilgrim |
£60,750
|
| 76 |
1
|
Dominik Grüllich |
£59,000
|
| 77 |
|
Cristo Reyes |
£57,750
|
| 78 |
|
Beau Greaves |
£57,500
|
| 79 |
1
|
Christian Kist |
£50,000
|
| 80 |
1
|
Andy Boulton |
£49,750
|
| 81 |
|
Jim Long |
£42,000
|
| 82 |
|
Leon Weber |
£40,000
|
| 83 |
|
Thomas Lovely |
£38,500
|
| 84 |
|
Oskar Lukasiak |
£37,500
|
| 85 |
|
Tavis Dudeney |
£36,000
|
| 86 |
|
Charlie Manby |
£34,000
|
| 87 |
|
Joe Hunt |
£33,500
|
| 88 |
1
|
Jimmy van Schie |
£33,250
|
| 89 |
1
|
Marvin van Velzen |
£32,750
|
| 90 |
|
Tom Sykes |
£31,750
|
| 90 |
1
|
Darius Labanauskas |
£31,750
|
| 92 |
|
Viktor Tingström |
£29,250
|
| 93 |
|
Alexander Merkx |
£29,000
|
| 94 |
1
|
Shane McGuirk |
£28,500
|
| 95 |
2
|
Kai Gotthardt |
£27,250
|
| 96 |
2
|
Greg Ritchie |
£26,750
|
| 97 |
|
Dennie Olde Kalter |
£26,250
|
| 98 |
3
|
Adam Paxton |
£25,750
|
| 99 |
|
Adam Warner |
£24,500
|
| 99 |
1
|
Adam Gawlas |
£24,500
|
| 101 |
2
|
Mervyn King |
£23,000
|
| 102 |
2
|
Scott Waites |
£22,500
|
| 103 |
1
|
Jurjen van der Velde |
£22,250
|
| 104 |
1
|
Jeffrey Sparidaans |
£21,250
|
| 105 |
9
|
Tommy Morris |
£21,000
|
| 106 |
2
|
Martijn Dragt |
£20,250
|
| 107 |
1
|
Jeffrey de Zwaan |
£20,000
|
| 108 |
2
|
Chris Landman |
£18,750
|
| 109 |
5
|
Niall Culleton |
£18,250
|
| 109 |
1
|
Owen Bates |
£18,250
|
| 111 |
1
|
Stephen Burton |
£18,000
|
| 112 |
9
|
David Sharp |
£17,750
|
| 113 |
1
|
Maximilian Czerwinski |
£17,500
|
| 114 |
5
|
Jack Tweddell |
£17,250
|
| 115 |
1
|
Arno Merk |
£16,500
|
| 115 |
4
|
Derek Coulson |
£16,500
|
| 117 |
5
|
Tommy Lishman |
£16,250
|
| 117 |
1
|
Sietse Lap |
£16,250
|
| 119 |
7
|
Adam Leek |
£16,000
|
| 119 |
6
|
Tyler Thorpe |
£16,000
|
| 121 |
5
|
Benjamin Pratnemer |
£15,250
|
| 122 |
3
|
Tytus Kanik |
£15,000
|
| 123 |
1
|
Stephen Rosney |
£14,500
|
| 124 |
5
|
Henry Coates |
£13,750
|
| 125 |
1
|
Rhys Griffin |
£12,250
|
| 126 |
2
|
Stefaan Henderyck |
£11,750
|
| 127 |
6
|
Stefan Bellmont |
£11,500
|
| 128 |
3
|
Steve Lennon |
£11,250
|
| 129 |
3
|
Pascal Rupprecht |
£11,000
|
| 130 |
1
|
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez |
£10,000
|
| 131 |
1
|
Harry Ward |
£9,750
|
| 131 |
1
|
Nathan Potter |
£9,750
|
| 133 |
1
|
Paul Krohne |
£9,500
|
| 134 |
|
Carl Sneyd |
£8,500
|
| 134 |
|
Boris Krčmar |
£8,500
|
| 136 |
4
|
Yorick Hofkens |
£8,250
|
| 136 |
|
Marvin Kraft |
£8,250
|
| 138 |
1
|
Andy Baetens |
£8,000
|
| 139 |
1
|
Michael Unterbuchner |
£7,500
|
| 139 |
1
|
Samuel Price |
£7,500
|
| 141 |
1
|
Patrik Kovács |
£7,000
|
| 142 |
2
|
Pero Ljubić |
£6,500
|
| 143 |
1
|
Daniel Klose |
£6,250
|
| 144 |
1
|
Marcel Hausotter |
£5,500
|
| 145 |
10
|
Lewis Pride |
£4,500
|
| 146 |
1
|
Finn Behrens |
£4,000
|
| 146 |
1
|
Callum Goffin |
£4,000
|
| 146 |
1
|
Anton Östlund |
£4,000
|
| 149 |
1
|
Daniel Ayres |
£3,750
|
| 149 |
1
|
Filip Bereza |
£3,750
|
| 149 |
1
|
Scott Campbell |
£3,750
|
| 152 |
1
|
Valters Melderis |
£3,500
|
| 153 |
1
|
Jack Aldridge |
£3,250
|
| 154 |
1
|
Oliver Mitchell |
£3,000
|
| 154 |
1
|
Patrik Williams |
£3,000
|
| 156 |
30
|
Aden Kirk |
£2,500
|
| 156 |
1
|
Christopher Wickenden |
£2,500
|
| 156 |
1
|
Graham Hall |
£2,500
|
| 159 |
1
|
Jason Riedtke |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Nándor Major |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Teemu Harju |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
György Jehirszki |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Johan Engström |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Liam Maendl-Lawrance |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Aaron Hardy |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Nick Zwittnigg |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Zoran Lerchbacher |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Michael Hurtz |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Petr Křivka |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Robin Masino |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Jan Schmidt |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Kevin Troppmann |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
François Schweyen |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Jani Haavisto |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Pascal Devroey |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Dragutin Horvat |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Florian Hempel |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Florian Preis |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Jonas Masalin |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Wojciech Bruliński |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Sam Spivey |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Andreas Harrysson |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Dawid Robak |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Krzysztof Kciuk |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Mirosław Grudziecki |
£2,000
|
| 159 |
1
|
Piotr Maciejczak |
£2,000
|
| 187 |
1
|
Danny Trueman |
£1,250
|
| 187 |
1
|
Ted Evetts |
£1,250
|
| 187 |
1
|
Matthias Ehlers |
£1,250
|
| 187 |
1
|
Jack Todd |
£1,250
|
| 187 |
1
|
Jamai van den Herik |
£1,250
|
| 187 |
1
|
Oliver King |
£1,250
|
| 187 |
1
|
Ron Meulenkamp |
£1,250
|
| 187 |
1
|
Samuel Whittaker |
£1,250
|
| 195 |
|
Danny van Trijp |
£750
|
| 195 |
|
Jesús Sálate |
£750
|
| *Change since 3 June 2026.
|
Other PDC rankings
In addition to the main two-year ranking, the PDC also operates three rankings for subsets of the PDC Tour and four rankings for secondary tours. These rankings offer qualification to televised events and are the basis for seeding in tournaments. Additionally, some secondary tours offer Tour Cards. These are secondary Orders of Merit are the:
- Pro Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in Players Championships and European Tour events over a 12-month rolling period. In addition to qualification for televised tournaments, this ranking determines the seedings for Players Championship events.[13]
- European Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in European Tour events during the calendar year. The top 32 on this ranking list qualify for the European Championship at the end of the year, where all players are seeded according to their European Tour ranking.[14]
- Players Championship Order of Merit, which counts money earned in Player Championship events during the calendar year. The top 64 on this ranking qualify for the Players Championship Finals. Similarly to the European Championship, all players are seeded according to their rank.[15]
- World Series Order of Merit, which counts points earned in a calendar year in the world series. The top 8 on this ranking are seeded for the World Series of Darts Finals.
- Challenge Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in a calendar year on the Challenge Tour, a secondary tour open to players without Tour Cards that participated in the most recent Q-School. Top ranked players at the end of the year may qualify for televised tournaments and receive Tour Cards, depending on their rank.[16] The Challenge Tour Order of Merit also acts as a reserve list for Pro Tour events.[4]
- Development Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in a calendar year on the Development Tour, a secondary open to some Tour Card holders and players without Tour Card aged 16–23. Top ranked players at the end of the year may qualify for televised tournaments and receive Tour Cards, depending on their rank.[17]
- Women's Series Order of Merit, which counts money earned in a calendar year on the Women's Series, a secondary tour for female players.[4] Top ranked players at the end of the year may qualify for televised tournaments, depending on their rank.[18]
- Women's World Matchplay Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Women's Series earned over an approximately 12-month period prior to the Women's World Matchplay, to which the top 8 players are invited.[4]
- ^ Players Ranked 25–56 will enter at the last 64 of the preliminary round, while Players Ranked 57–88 will be seeded in the preliminary round group stage, and Players Ranked 89–128 will enter at the preliminary rounded group stage non-seeded[19]
- ^ a b c The top 8 eligible players from the Secondary Tours holders enter at the preliminary round group stage
- ^ The 8 qualifiers from the preliminary round.
- ^ a b Customarily, up to 2 Tour Card Holders are invited where possible from each nation, with priority for selection given to the highest-ranked players in the main Order of Merit. However, on some occasions (such as John Henderson's defence of Scotland's 2021 title), a lower-ranked player is invited. Where no Tour Card holders are available for a participating nation, players are invited directly by the PDC or through national qualifiers.[4][20]
- ^ Players who have one year remaining of a two-year Tour Card and players qualifying through Q-school.
Previous world ranking system
Prior to 2007, a ranking point system was used where ranking points were awarded according to the stage reached in a tournament and the relative prestige of the tournament.[21] There was no limit on the number of tournaments which counted to the tally, which meant that the top-ranked players were not necessarily the best-performing in the major tournaments. For instance, Colin Lloyd was the world number one player in the PDC for most of 2005 and 2006, despite most of the major titles being shared between Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld and John Part.[22]
PDC World Rankings Points System, 2003[21]
| Tournament Category
|
Winner
|
Runner-up
|
Top 4
|
Top 8
|
Top 16
|
Top 32
|
Top 40
|
Top 64
|
| World Championship
|
50
|
40
|
35
|
30
|
24
|
16
|
12
|
[a]
|
| Premier Event
|
30
|
24
|
20
|
16
|
12
|
8
|
—N/a
|
[b][c]
|
| Category One
|
16
|
12
|
10
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
—N/a
|
[d]
|
| Category Two
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
—N/a
|
| Category Three
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
—N/a
|
- ^ 2, 4 or 6 points for players who reached the later rounds of qualifying.
- ^ For events with more than 128 players, 4 points.
- ^ 1, 2, or 4 points for players who reached the later rounds of qualifying for the World Matchplay.
- ^ For events with more than 128 players, 2 points.
Previous World Number Ones
PDC Ranking Leaders Timeline[5][23]
14 players have held the position of World Number One since the World Darts Council started new rankings in 1993. Seven different players held the position in the old points system, and eight players have held the position since the PDC switched to the two-year earnings based Order of Merit system in 2007, with Phil Taylor being the only player to have been number one in both eras.
Notable players not to be ranked world number one in the PDC include: Two-time back-to-back PDC World Champions Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson, 11-time major title winner James Wade and 2018 world champion Rob Cross.[24]
Periods
- ^ a b c d e f Uses 1st of month where exact date unknown.
- Key
| Before January 2007
|
Used old points system
|
| Current
|
Reigning number one on Order of Merit
|
Total Days at Number One
Sources: [23][38]
First WDC/PDC rankings
Following the World Darts Council split from the British Darts Organisation between 1992 and 1994, the WDC drew up its first ranking list in the run-up to its inaugural 1994 World Championship. Mike Gregory and Chris Johns later went back to the BDO set up, and Bobby George and many of the non-UK players never competed in the early days of the WDC.
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