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.

PDC Order of Merit as of 21 July 2024. ^[1]

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Humphries	£1,650,750
2	1	Michael Smith	£1,064,750
3	1	Michael van Gerwen	£964,500
4	2	Rob Cross	£604,250
5		Nathan Aspinall	£579,500
6	2	Gerwyn Price	£533,250
7		Dave Chisnall	£513,500
8		Jonny Clayton	£502,500
9	2	Damon Heta	£473,250
10	1	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£472,750
11	2	Ross Smith	£469,250
12	2	Peter Wright	£468,000
13	1	Chris Dobey	£424,500
14	1	Joe Cullen	£411,500
15	1	Stephen Bunting	£410,750
16	4	Danny Noppert	£403,500
17	1	Josh Rock	£384,750
18	4	James Wade	£365,750
19		Andrew Gilding	£363,750
20	3	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£358,750
21	1	Ryan Searle	£352,500
22	1	Gary Anderson	£335,000
23		Martin Schindler	£329,000
24	1	Luke Littler	£314,500
25	1	Gabriel Clemens	£295,500
26		Krzysztof Ratajski	£286,750
27		Daryl Gurney	£275,000
28	1	Raymond van Barneveld	£272,250
29	1	Brendan Dolan	£267,750
30		José de Sousa	£215,000
31		Scott Williams	£196,500
32		Gian van Veen	£195,000
*Change since 3 July 2024.

PDC Order of Merit as of 21 July 2024. ^[1]

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Ricardo Pietreczko	£190,500
34		Luke Woodhouse	£183,000
35	1	Ryan Joyce	£174,500
36	3	Mike De Decker	£154,750
37	2	Kim Huybrechts	£153,500
38	1	Madars Razma	£152,500
39	1	Callan Rydz	£148,500
40		Martin Lukeman	£140,750
41		Alan Soutar	£132,750
42		Jermaine Wattimena	£123,500
43		Ricky Evans	£122,250
44	2	Ritchie Edhouse	£120,750
44		Jim Williams	£120,750
46	1	William O'Connor	£114,000
47		Cameron Menzies	£106,000
48		Matt Campbell	£105,250
49		Steve Beaton	£104,250
50		Simon Whitlock	£103,500
51		Keane Barry	£100,500
52	1	Kevin Doets	£99,750
53		Richard Veenstra	£95,000
54		Mickey Mansell	£88,500
55	1	Boris Krčmar	£87,000
56	1	Mensur Suljović	£84,750
57	3	Florian Hempel	£82,750
58	1	Ryan Meikle	£82,500
59	3	Niels Zonneveld	£79,750
60	2	Jamie Hughes	£79,500
61		Vincent van der Voort	£78,500
62	1	Mervyn King	£75,750
63	1	Ian White	£73,500
64	2	Adam Gawlas	£71,500
*Change since 3 July 2024.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 21 July 2024. ^[1]

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65	6	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£63,750
66	1	Lee Evans	£58,750
67	1	Dylan Slevin	£55,500
68	3	Adrian Lewis	£48,750
69		Stephen Burton	£44,500
70		Karel Sedláček	£43,250
71		Jeffrey de Zwaan	£43,000
72		Daniel Klose	£42,250
72		Maik Kuivenhoven	£42,250
74		Keegan Brown	£37,750
75		Jeffrey Sparidaans	£31,500
76		Arron Monk	£30,750
77		Graham Hall	£28,750
78		Robert Owen	£28,500
79		Nick Kenny	£27,750
80		Graham Usher	£26,750
81		Wesley Plaisier	£25,000
81		Dom Taylor	£25,000
83		Jurjen van der Velde	£24,250
84		Pascal Rupprecht	£24,000
85		Jeffrey de Graaf	£21,500
86		Wessel Nijman	£19,000
86		Josh Payne	£19,000
88		Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
89		Andy Baetens	£18,500
90		Geert Nentjes	£18,000
91		Ronny Huybrechts	£17,750
92		Owen Roelofs	£17,500
93		James Hurrell	£16,750
94		Danny van Trijp	£15,000
95		Thibault Tricole	£14,750
96		Berry van Peer	£14,500
97		Robbie Knops	£14,250
98		Mario Vandenbogaerde	£14,000
99		Christian Perez	£13,500
100		Patrick Geeraets	£12,500
101		Steve Lennon	£12,000
101		Adam Warner	£12,000
103		Lukas Wenig	£11,750
103		Chris Landman	£11,750
105		Danny Jansen	£11,500
106		Radek Szagański	£11,250
107		Owen Bates	£11,000
107		Danny Lauby	£11,000
109		Callum Goffin	£10,750
110		Franz Rötzsch	£10,500
110		Leighton Bennett	£10,500
112		Nathan Rafferty	£9,750
113		Robert Grundy	£9,500
113		Haupai Puha	£9,500
115		Matthew Dennant	£9,000
116		George Killington	£8,000
116		Benjamin Reus	£8,000
116		Brett Claydon	£8,000
119		Cameron Crabtree	£7,500
119		Connor Scutt	£7,500
121		Kai Gotthardt	£7,250
122		Adam Hunt	£7,000
122		Stefan Bellmont	£7,000
122		Rhys Griffin	£7,000
122		Jelle Klaasen	£7,000
126		Jitse Van der Wal	£6,750
127		Andy Boulton	£6,500
128		Jacques Labre	£6,250
129		Richie Burnett	£5,500
129		Paul Krohne	£5,500
129		Darren Beveridge	£5,500
129		Joshua Richardson	£5,500
133		Romeo Grbavac	£4,750
134		Tim Wolters	£4,500
134		Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
136		William Borland	£4,000
136		Michele Turetta	£4,000
136		John Henderson	£4,000
139		Kevin Troppmann	£3,750
139		Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
141		Martijn Dragt	£3,000
141		Jules van Dongen	£3,000
143		Jan Dueckers	£2,500
143		Lee Cocks	£2,500
143		Marvin van Velzen	£2,500
143		Moreno Blom	£2,500
143		Moritz Hilger	£2,500
143		Sebastian Białecki	£2,500
143		Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
143		Johan Engström	£2,500
143		Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
143		Leonard Gates	£2,500
143		Scott Mitchell	£2,500
154		Jamie Atkins	£2,000
154		Darryl Pilgrim	£2,000
154		Thomas Lovely	£2,000
157		Jarred Cole	£1,500
157		Joe Croft	£1,500
157		Michael Taylor	£1,500
160		Benjamin Pratnemer	£1,250
160		Marko Kantele	£1,250
160		Nico Blum	£1,250
160		Christian Kist	£1,250
160		Damian Mol	£1,250
160		Jiri Brejcha	£1,250
160		Teemu Harju	£1,250
160		Christopher Toonders	£1,250
160		Daniel Larsson	£1,250
160		Christian Gödl	£1,250
160		Dominik Haberl	£1,250
160		Hannes Schnier	£1,250
160		Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
160		Arno Merk	£1,250
160		Niko Springer	£1,250
160		René Eidams	£1,250
160		Alexander Mašek	£1,250
160		Cor Dekker	£1,250
160		Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
160		Matthias Ehlers	£1,250
160		Oliver Mueller	£1,250
160		Viktor Tingström	£1,250
160		Vítězslav Sedlák	£1,250
160		Born Van Put	£1,250
160		Geert De Vos	£1,250
160		Jeroen Caron	£1,250
160		Steven Strobbe	£1,250
187		Justin Hood	£1,000
187		Shane McGuirk	£1,000
187		Aden Kirk	£1,000
187		Bradley Brooks	£1,000
187		Harry Lane	£1,000
187		Jack Male	£1,000
187		Jenson Walker	£1,000
187		Johnny Haines	£1,000
187		Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
187		Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
*Change since 3 July 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]

Points are currently awarded as follows: ^[3]

WDF Men's World Rankings as of 14 November 2023. ^[4]

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

WDF Women's World Rankings as of 5 September 2022. ^[5]

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]

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.

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

• Tables : World Darts Federation
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160125183750/http://www.bdodarts.com/images/bdo-content/rules/gd/BDO_Invitation_Rules.pdf