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

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

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 different levels of categorized events and prize money and at the end of the season the leading players receive monetary bonus rewards from the WDF.

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows:
Tournament category
WDF Major tournaments18012010060301584
WDF Category One tournaments150100804824126-
WDF Category Two tournaments1208060361894-
WDF Category Three tournaments90604024126-

Men

RankPlayerPoints
1. Jim Williams858
2. Scott Mitchell800
3. Michael Unterbuchner710
4. Wayne Warren571
5. Mark McGeeney564
6. Glen Durrant549
7. Wesley Harms477
8. Oliver Clack467
9. Richard Veenstra448
10. Roger Janssen413
11. Darius Labanauskas409
12. Willem Mandigers384
13. Dave Parletti365
14. Scott Waites351
15. Andreas Harrysson350
16. Scott Baker344
17. Kay Smeets337
18. Mario Vandenbogaerde314
19. Gary Robson306
20. Conan Whitehead299

Women

Previous World Number Ones (Men's, WDF)

The following is a list of players who ended the year ranked number one in the WDF.
The BDO Invitational Table relates only to registered playing members of the BDO, who comply with BDO and World Darts Federation 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. Only the best 12 placings are added for a player's ranking.

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows:
Tournament category
BDO Major tournaments49423528211474
BDO Category A+ tournaments49423528211474
BDO Category A tournaments3530252015105-
BDO Category B tournaments2420161284--
BDO Category C tournaments18151296---
BDO Category D tournaments14121086---

Men

RankPlayerPoints
1 Glen Durrant404
2 Jim Williams358
3 Mark McGeeney354
4 Wesley Harms337
5 Richard Veenstra325
6 Scott Mitchell320
7 Michael Unterbuchner310
8 Gary Robson300
9 Scott Waites278
10 Chris Landman256
11 Wayne Warren253
12 Dave Parletti249
13 Scott Baker239
14 Derk Telnekes236
15 Willem Mandigers235
16 Daniel Day224
17 Ross Montgomery223
18 Kyle McKinstry221
19 Andy Hamilton206
20 Conan Whitehead204
21 Martin Phillips202
22= Tony O'Shea184
22= Wouter Vaes184
24 Dean Reynolds178
25 Wes Newton174
26 Justin Thompson173
27 Roger Janssen170
28 Jeffrey van Egdom163
29 Mario Vandenbogaerde155
30 Nick Kenny153
31 Paul Hogan151
32 Mark Layton150

For the current men's ranking, see:

Women

RankPlayerPoints
1 Lisa Ashton433
2 Fallon Sherrock393
3 Beau Greaves380
4 Aileen de Graaf372
5 Mikuru Suzuki369
6 Anastasia Dobromyslova361
7 Deta Hedman349
8 Lorraine Winstanley346
9 Laura Turner329
10 Maria O'Brien297
11 Kirsty Hutchinson264
12 Paula Jacklin263
13 Casey Gallagher253
14 Tori Kewish247
15 Sharon Prins245
16 Vicky Pruim238
17 Corrine Hammond235
18 Priscilla Steenbergen223
19 Margaret Sutton213
20 Jo Clements204

For the current women's rankings see: