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.
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 Humphries | £1,541,000 |
| 2 | |
 Michael van Gerwen | £1,094,500 |
| 3 | |
Michael Smith | £1,065,750 |
| 4 | |
Nathan Aspinall | £627,000 |
| 5 | |
 Gerwyn Price | £610,750 |
| 6 | |
Rob Cross | £596,250 |
| 7 | |
Dave Chisnall | £499,750 |
| 8 | |
 Peter Wright | £492,500 |
| 9 | |
 Dimitri Van den Bergh | £491,500 |
| 10 | |
 Damon Heta | £486,250 |
| 11 | |
Jonny Clayton | £481,250 |
| 12 | |
Danny Noppert | £457,500 |
| 13 |  1 |
Chris Dobey | £421,750 |
| 14 |  1 |
Dirk van Duijvenbode | £420,250 |
| 15 | 1 |
Ross Smith | £412,250 |
| 16 | 1 |
Joe Cullen | £408,250 |
| 17 | |
Stephen Bunting | £396,750 |
| 18 | |
Andrew Gilding | £357,250 |
| 19 | 1 |
 Josh Rock | £347,500 |
| 19 | |
Ryan Searle | £347,500 |
| 21 | 3 |
Gary Anderson | £331,750 |
| 22 | 1 |
James Wade | £331,000 |
| 23 | 1 |
 Martin Schindler | £322,500 |
| 24 | 1 |
Gabriel Clemens | £320,750 |
| 25 | |
 Krzysztof Ratajski | £287,500 |
| 26 | |
Luke Littler | £273,500 |
| 27 | |
Daryl Gurney | £269,500 |
| 28 | |
Brendan Dolan | £267,000 |
| 29 | |
 José de Sousa | £256,250 |
| 30 | |
Raymond van Barneveld | £248,500 |
| 31 | |
Scott Williams | £206,750 |
| 32 | |
Ricardo Pietreczko | £179,500 |
| *Change since 14 April 2024. | |||
| Players ranked 33 - 64 | |||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 1 |
Kim Huybrechts | £170,750 |
| 34 | 1 |
Callan Rydz | £169,250 |
| 35 | 1 |
Luke Woodhouse | £166,000 |
| 36 | 3 |
Martin Lukeman | £163,500 |
| 37 | |
 Madars Razma | £157,250 |
| 38 | |
Gian van Veen | £156,500 |
| 39 | |
Ryan Joyce | £155,250 |
| 40 | |
Mike De Decker | £147,500 |
| 41 | |
Ricky Evans | £127,750 |
| 42 | |
Jim Williams | £124,750 |
| 43 | |
Jermaine Wattimena | £122,750 |
| 44 | |
Alan Soutar | £119,500 |
| 45 | |
Simon Whitlock | £113,500 |
| 46 | |
 Rowby-John Rodriguez | £111,000 |
| 47 | |
 William O'Connor | £110,500 |
| 48 | |
Steve Beaton | £108,250 |
| 49 | 1 |
Cameron Menzies | £104,000 |
| 50 | 1 |
Keane Barry | £103,750 |
| 51 | 1 |
Mickey Mansell | £100,500 |
| 52 | 1 |
 Matt Campbell | £99,000 |
| 53 | |
Ritchie Edhouse | £98,000 |
| 54 | 1 |
Kevin Doets | £89,500 |
| 55 | 1 |
 Boris Krčmar | £88,750 |
| 56 | |
Vincent van der Voort | £87,750 |
| 57 | |
Ryan Meikle | £85,750 |
| 57 | 1 |
Jamie Hughes | £85,750 |
| 57 | 1 |
Florian Hempel | £85,750 |
| 60 | |
Richard Veenstra | £85,000 |
| 61 | |
Mensur Suljović | £84,500 |
| 62 | |
Adrian Lewis | £82,500 |
| 63 | |
Mervyn King | £81,500 |
| 64 | 1 |
Ian White | £81,250 |
| *Change since 14 April 2024. | |||
| Players ranked 65th or lower | |||
| Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 1 |
 Adam Gawlas | £79,250 |
| 66 | |
Niels Zonneveld | £65,500 |
| 67 | |
Lee Evans | £54,250 |
| 68 | |
Dylan Slevin | £52,000 |
| 69 | |
Jeffrey de Zwaan | £37,000 |
| 70 | |
Maik Kuivenhoven | £36,250 |
| 71 | |
Keegan Brown | £35,750 |
| 72 | |
Stephen Burton | £35,500 |
| 73 | |
Daniel Klose | £33,250 |
| 74 | |
Karel Sedláček | £33,000 |
| 75 | |
Arron Monk | £28,500 |
| 76 | 1 |
Jeffrey Sparidaans | £27,000 |
| 77 | 1 |
Robert Owen | £26,000 |
| 78 | |
Pascal Rupprecht | £24,000 |
| 79 | |
Graham Usher | £23,250 |
| 80 | |
Nick Kenny | £22,750 |
| 80 | |
Jurjen van der Velde | £22,750 |
| 82 | |
Graham Hall | £21,000 |
| 83 | |
Adam Smith-Neale | £18,750 |
| 84 | |
Josh Payne | £18,000 |
| 85 | |
Geert Nentjes | £17,000 |
| 86 | |
Ronny Huybrechts | £16,750 |
| 87 | |
Owen Roelofs | £15,500 |
| 88 | |
Danny van Trijp | £14,000 |
| 89 | |
Robbie Knops | £13,250 |
| 90 | |
James Hurrell | £12,750 |
| 91 | |
Berry van Peer | £12,500 |
| 92 | 3 |
 Christian Perez | £12,000 |
| 93 | 1 |
Steve Lennon | £11,000 |
| 93 | 1 |
Adam Warner | £11,000 |
| 95 | 1 |
Chris Landman | £9,750 |
| 96 | 1 |
 Thibault Tricole | £9,500 |
| 97 | |
Callum Goffin | £8,750 |
| 98 | |
Leighton Bennett | £8,500 |
| 99 | |
Brett Claydon | £8,000 |
| 100 | |
Lukas Wenig | £7,750 |
| 101 | |
Dom Taylor | £7,500 |
| 101 | |
 Danny Lauby | £7,500 |
| 103 | |
Andy Baetens | £7,000 |
| 103 | |
 Benjamin Drue Reus | £7,000 |
| 103 | |
Danny Jansen | £7,000 |
| 106 | |
Radek Szagański | £6,500 |
| 106 | |
Patrick Geeraets | £6,500 |
| 106 | |
Mario Vandenbogaerde | £6,500 |
| 109 | |
Jacques Labre | £6,250 |
| 110 | |
Wessel Nijman | £6,000 |
| 111 | |
 Stefan Bellmont | £5,500 |
| 111 | |
Joshua Richardson | £5,500 |
| 111 | |
Matthew Dennant | £5,500 |
| 114 | |
Jelle Klaasen | £5,000 |
| 115 | |
George Killington | £4,500 |
| 115 | |
Rhys Griffin | £4,500 |
| 115 | |
Connor Scutt | £4,500 |
| 115 | |
 Oskar Lukasiak | £4,500 |
| 115 | |
Paul Krohne | £4,500 |
| 120 | |
Owen Bates | £4,250 |
| 121 | |
Darren Beveridge | £4,000 |
| 121 | |
William Borland | £4,000 |
| 121 | |
 Michele Turetta | £4,000 |
| 121 | |
John Henderson | £4,000 |
| 125 | |
Michael Unterbuchner | £3,750 |
| 126 | |
Robert Grundy | £3,500 |
| 126 | 9 |
Romeo Grbavac | £3,500 |
| 126 | |
Nathan Rafferty | £3,500 |
| 126 | |
Tim Wolters | £3,500 |
| 126 | |
Adam Hunt | £3,500 |
| 131 |  |
Johan Engström | £2,500 |
| 131 | 11 |
Franz Rötzsch | £2,500 |
| 131 | 1 |
Wesley Plaisier | £2,500 |
| 131 | 1 |
Andreas Harrysson | £2,500 |
| 131 | 1 |
Leonard Gates | £2,500 |
| 131 | 1 |
Scott Mitchell | £2,500 |
| 131 | 1 |
 Haupai Puha | £2,500 |
| 138 | 3 |
Jitse Van der Wal | £2,250 |
| 139 | 2 |
Jeffrey de Graaf | £2,000 |
| 139 | 2 |
Thomas Lovely | £2,000 |
| 141 | 2 |
Jarred Cole | £1,500 |
| 141 | 2 |
Joe Croft | £1,500 |
| 141 | 2 |
Michael Taylor | £1,500 |
| 144 | |
Arno Merk | £1,250 |
| 144 | |
Niko Springer | £1,250 |
| 144 | |
René Eidams | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Alexander Mašek | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
 Cor Dekker | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Jan Dueckers | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Kai Gotthardt | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Patrick Klingelhöfer | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Matthias Ehlers | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Oliver Mueller | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Viktor Tingström | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Vítězslav Sedlák | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Born Van Put | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Geert De Vos | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Jeroen Caron | £1,250 |
| 144 | 2 |
Steven Strobbe | £1,250 |
| 160 | 4 |
Aden Kirk | £1,000 |
| 160 | 4 |
Bradley Brooks | £1,000 |
| 160 | 4 |
Harry Lane | £1,000 |
| 160 | 4 |
Jack Male | £1,000 |
| 160 | 4 |
Jenson Walker | £1,000 |
| 160 | 4 |
Johnny Haines | £1,000 |
| 160 | 4 |
Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000 |
| 160 | 4 |
Tom Lonsdale | £1,000 |
| 160 | 4 |
Jules van Dongen | £1,000 |
| *Change since 14 April 2024. | |||
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 | 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 |
| 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 |
The following is a list of players who ended the year ranked number one in the WDF.[6]
- 1976
Harry Crane - 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
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 |
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- "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2014 Monetary Awards : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2015 Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- "WDF World Rankings Systems 2016 – Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- "WDF World Rankings Systems 2017 – Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- "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.
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