PDC Order of Merit

The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.[1]

How it works

The Order of Merit is not similar to that employed in golf's European Tour. Prize money won during the previous two seasons is calculated and the rankings are determined from this money list. The Professional Darts Corporation adopted an Order of Merit system in 2007, which is based on prize money won over two years for the main Order of Merit and separate one-year rankings for other PDC Pro Tour events.

PDC Order of Merit

PDC Order of Merit as of 24 November 2024.[2]
Players ranked 1 - 24
Rank Change Player Earnings
1 Steady  Luke Humphries £1,804,250
2 Increase 1  Michael Smith £890,000
3 Decrease 1  Michael van Gerwen £815,500
4 Increase 1  Luke Littler £618,500
5 Decrease 1  Rob Cross £571,750
6 Steady  Dave Chisnall £538,500
7 Steady  Jonny Clayton £509,000
8 Steady  Stephen Bunting £486,000
9 Increase 2  Damon Heta £484,000
10 Steady  Gerwyn Price £480,500
11 Decrease 2  Dimitri Van den Bergh £474,250
12 Increase 2  Nathan Aspinall £445,500
13 Decrease 1  Danny Noppert £441,750
14 Decrease 1  Gary Anderson £440,500
15 Steady  Chris Dobey £430,250
16 Steady  James Wade £426,750
17 Steady  Peter Wright £417,500
18 Steady  Josh Rock £415,000
19 Increase 2  Ross Smith £405,000
20 Decrease 1  Ryan Searle £398,250
21 Decrease 1  Andrew Gilding £385,500
22 Increase 1  Martin Schindler £375,000
23 Decrease 1  Joe Cullen £367,250
24 Steady  Mike De Decker £356,000
*Change since 17 November 2024.
PDC Order of Merit as of 24 November 2024.[2]
Players ranked 25 - 48
Rank Change Player Earnings
25 Steady  Dirk van Duijvenbode £345,750
26 Steady  Daryl Gurney £324,250
27 Steady  Gabriel Clemens £304,750
28 Steady  Gian van Veen £284,000
29 Steady  Ritchie Edhouse £281,750
30 Increase 1  Brendan Dolan £271,500
31 Decrease 1  Krzysztof Ratajski £267,750
32 Steady  Raymond van Barneveld £262,750
33 Increase 1  Ryan Joyce £254,500
34 Decrease 1  Ricardo Pietreczko £245,750
35 Steady  Luke Woodhouse £242,750
36 Steady  Jermaine Wattimena £222,750
37 Increase 1  Scott Williams £210,750
38 Decrease 1  Martin Lukeman £202,500
39 Steady  Cameron Menzies £185,500
40 Steady  José de Sousa £174,000
41 Steady  Kim Huybrechts £163,500
42 Increase 1  Mickey Mansell £143,250
43 Decrease 1  Callan Rydz £142,000
44 Steady  Madars Razma £134,750
45 Steady  Ricky Evans £132,250
46 Steady  Jim Williams £128,750
47 Increase 3  Richard Veenstra £115,250
48 Steady  William O'Connor £114,500
*Change since 17 November 2024.
PDC Order of Merit as of 24 November 2024.[2]
Players ranked 49 - 72
Rank Change Player Earnings
49 Increase 4  Niels Zonneveld £113,750
50 Decrease 1  Alan Soutar £113,000
51 Steady  Kevin Doets £111,500
52 Decrease 5  Keane Barry £107,750
53 Increase 2  Florian Hempel £103,000
54 Steady  Steve Beaton £96,500
55 Decrease 3  Matt Campbell £95,500
56 Steady  Mensur Suljović £92,750
57 Increase 2  Ian White £91,250
58 Increase 2  Wessel Nijman £85,000
58 Steady  Boris Krčmar £85,000
60 Decrease 3  Simon Whitlock £84,250
61 Decrease 1  Mervyn King £82,500
62 Increase 1  Ryan Meikle £78,500
63 Decrease 1  Jamie Hughes £72,750
64 Increase 4  Stephen Burton £70,500
65 Decrease 1  Adam Gawlas £68,750
66 Decrease 1  Lee Evans £66,750
67 Steady  Dylan Slevin £65,500
68 Increase 2  Karel Sedláček £63,750
69 Decrease 3  Vincent van der Voort £63,500
70 Increase 8  Connor Scutt £62,000
71 Decrease 2  Rowby-John Rodriguez £58,750
72 Decrease 1  Maik Kuivenhoven £56,500
*Change since 17 November 2024.
PDC Order of Merit as of 24 November 2024.[2]
Players ranked 73 - 96
Rank Change Player Earnings
73 Steady  Wesley Plaisier £54,500
74 Decrease 2  Jeffrey de Zwaan £51,000
75 Decrease 1  Daniel Klose £47,250
76 Steady  Nick Kenny £46,750
77 Decrease 2  Robert Owen £45,250
78 Decrease 1  Keegan Brown £42,750
79 Increase 4  Thibault Tricole £42,250
80 Decrease 1  Jeffrey Sparidaans £41,500
81 Increase 5  Jeffrey de Graaf £40,000
82 Decrease 2  Graham Hall £39,500
82 Decrease 2  Dom Taylor £39,500
84 Decrease 2  Arron Monk £37,750
85 Decrease 1  Graham Usher £32,250
85 Decrease 1  Jurjen van der Velde £32,250
87 Steady  Chris Landman £31,750
88 Increase 3  Mario Vandenbogaerde £31,000
89 Decrease 1  James Hurrell £30,750
90 Decrease 1  Pascal Rupprecht £26,500
91 Steady  Andy Baetens £24,500
92 Increase 1  Josh Payne £23,500
92 Increase 1  Berry van Peer £23,500
94 Decrease 4  Adrian Lewis £22,500
95 Steady  Nathan Rafferty £22,250
96 Steady  Steve Lennon £22,000
*Change since 17 November 2024.
PDC Order of Merit as of 24 November 2024.[2]
Players ranked 97 - 120
Rank Change Player Earnings
97 Steady  Radek Szagański £21,750
98 Steady  Lukas Wenig £21,500
99 Steady  Owen Roelofs £21,000
100 Steady  Danny van Trijp £20,500
101 Steady  Callum Goffin £20,250
102 Steady  Christian Kist £19,750
103 Steady  Adam Warner £19,500
104 Steady  Patrick Geeraets £19,000
104 Steady  Matthew Dennant £19,000
104 Steady  Geert Nentjes £19,000
107 Steady  Darren Beveridge £18,750
107 Steady  Adam Smith-Neale £18,750
109 Steady  Jitse Van der Wal £18,250
110 Steady  Benjamin Reus £18,000
111 Steady  Ronny Huybrechts £17,750
112 Steady  Andy Boulton £17,000
112 Steady  Danny Lauby £17,000
114 Steady  Robert Grundy £16,500
115 Steady  Robbie Knops £16,250
116 Steady  Christian Perez £15,500
117 Steady  George Killington £14,500
118 Steady  Owen Bates £14,000
119 Steady  Brett Claydon £13,750
120 Steady  Martijn Dragt £13,500
120 Steady  Adam Hunt £13,500
*Change since 17 November 2024.
PDC Order of Merit as of 24 November 2024.[2]
Players ranked 121 - 144
Rank Change Player Earnings
122 Steady  Darryl Pilgrim £13,000
122 Steady  Rhys Griffin £13,000
124 Steady  Stefan Bellmont £12,500
124 Steady  Danny Jansen £12,500
124 Steady  Haupai Puha £12,500
127 Steady  Jelle Klaasen £11,750
128 Steady  William Borland £11,500
128 Steady  Leighton Bennett £11,500
130 Steady  Leonard Gates £10,500
130 Steady  Franz Rötzsch £10,500
132 Steady  Lee Cocks £10,000
132 Steady  Cameron Crabtree £10,000
134 Steady  John Henderson £8,500
135 Steady  Jacques Labre £8,250
135 Steady  Kai Gotthardt £8,250
137 Steady  Richie Burnett £7,500
137 Steady  Paul Krohne £7,500
137 Steady  Tim Wolters £7,500
137 Steady  Joshua Richardson £7,500
141 Steady  Justin Hood £7,000
142 Steady  Michele Turetta £6,000
143 Steady  Jamie Atkins £5,500
144 Steady  Beau Greaves £5,000
144 Steady  Lourence Ilagan £5,000
144 Steady  Noa-Lynn van Leuven £5,000
144 Steady  Jimmy van Schie £5,000
144 Steady  Sebastian Białecki £5,000
*Change since 17 November 2024.
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PDC Order of Merit as of 24 November 2024.[2]
Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank Change Player Earnings
65 Decrease 1  Adam Gawlas £68,750
66 Decrease 1  Lee Evans £66,750
67 Steady  Dylan Slevin £65,500
68 Increase 2  Karel Sedláček £63,750
69 Decrease 3  Vincent van der Voort £63,500
70 Increase 8  Connor Scutt £62,000
71 Decrease 2  Rowby-John Rodriguez £58,750
72 Decrease 1  Maik Kuivenhoven £56,500
73 Steady  Wesley Plaisier £54,500
74 Decrease 2  Jeffrey de Zwaan £51,000
75 Decrease 1  Daniel Klose £47,250
76 Steady  Nick Kenny £46,750
77 Decrease 2  Robert Owen £45,250
78 Decrease 1  Keegan Brown £42,750
79 Increase 4  Thibault Tricole £42,250
80 Decrease 1  Jeffrey Sparidaans £41,500
81 Increase 5  Jeffrey de Graaf £40,000
82 Decrease 2  Graham Hall £39,500
82 Decrease 2  Dom Taylor £39,500
84 Decrease 2  Arron Monk £37,750
85 Decrease 1  Graham Usher £32,250
85 Decrease 1  Jurjen van der Velde £32,250
87 Steady  Chris Landman £31,750
88 Increase 3  Mario Vandenbogaerde £31,000
89 Decrease 1  James Hurrell £30,750
90 Decrease 1  Pascal Rupprecht £26,500
91 Steady  Andy Baetens £24,500
92 Increase 1  Josh Payne £23,500
92 Increase 1  Berry van Peer £23,500
94 Decrease 4  Adrian Lewis £22,500
95 Steady  Nathan Rafferty £22,250
96 Steady  Steve Lennon £22,000
97 Steady  Radek Szagański £21,750
98 Steady  Lukas Wenig £21,500
99 Steady  Owen Roelofs £21,000
100 Steady  Danny van Trijp £20,500
101 Steady  Callum Goffin £20,250
102 Steady  Christian Kist £19,750
103 Steady  Adam Warner £19,500
104 Steady  Patrick Geeraets £19,000
104 Steady  Matthew Dennant £19,000
104 Steady  Geert Nentjes £19,000
107 Steady  Darren Beveridge £18,750
107 Steady  Adam Smith-Neale £18,750
109 Steady  Jitse Van der Wal £18,250
110 Steady  Benjamin Reus £18,000
111 Steady  Ronny Huybrechts £17,750
112 Steady  Andy Boulton £17,000
112 Steady  Danny Lauby £17,000
114 Steady  Robert Grundy £16,500
115 Steady  Robbie Knops £16,250
116 Steady  Christian Perez £15,500
117 Steady  George Killington £14,500
118 Steady  Owen Bates £14,000
119 Steady  Brett Claydon £13,750
120 Steady  Martijn Dragt £13,500
120 Steady  Adam Hunt £13,500
122 Steady  Darryl Pilgrim £13,000
122 Steady  Rhys Griffin £13,000
124 Steady  Stefan Bellmont £12,500
124 Steady  Danny Jansen £12,500
124 Steady  Haupai Puha £12,500
127 Steady  Jelle Klaasen £11,750
128 Steady  William Borland £11,500
128 Steady  Leighton Bennett £11,500
130 Steady  Leonard Gates £10,500
130 Steady  Franz Rötzsch £10,500
132 Steady  Lee Cocks £10,000
132 Steady  Cameron Crabtree £10,000
134 Steady  John Henderson £8,500
135 Steady  Jacques Labre £8,250
135 Steady  Kai Gotthardt £8,250
137 Steady  Richie Burnett £7,500
137 Steady  Paul Krohne £7,500
137 Steady  Tim Wolters £7,500
137 Steady  Joshua Richardson £7,500
141 Steady  Justin Hood £7,000
142 Steady  Michele Turetta £6,000
143 Steady  Jamie Atkins £5,500
144 Steady  Beau Greaves £5,000
144 Steady  Lourence Ilagan £5,000
144 Steady  Noa-Lynn van Leuven £5,000
144 Steady  Jimmy van Schie £5,000
144 Steady  Sebastian Białecki £5,000
149 Steady  Romeo Grbavac £4,750
150 Steady  Ted Evetts £4,500
150 Steady  Oskar Lukasiak £4,500
152 Steady  Pavel Drtil £4,000
152 Steady  Jules van Dongen £4,000
154 Steady  Marko Kantele £3,750
154 Steady  Cor Dekker £3,750
154 Steady  Johan Engström £3,750
154 Steady  Kevin Troppmann £3,750
154 Steady  Michael Unterbuchner £3,750
159 Steady  Jiri Brejcha £2,500
159 Steady  Anton Östlund £2,500
159 Steady  Bruno Stöckli £2,500
159 Steady  Roger Hertig £2,500
159 Steady  Shane McGuirk £2,500
159 Steady  Alberto Bezjian £2,500
159 Steady  Max Hopp £2,500
159 Steady  Niko Springer £2,500
159 Steady  Matthias Ehlers £2,500
159 Steady  Jan Dueckers £2,500
159 Steady  Marvin van Velzen £2,500
159 Steady  Moreno Blom £2,500
159 Steady  Moritz Hilger £2,500
159 Steady  Darius Labanauskas £2,500
159 Steady  Andreas Harrysson £2,500
159 Steady  Scott Mitchell £2,500
175 Steady  Dragutin Horvat £2,250
175 Steady  René Eidams £2,250
177 Steady  Aden Kirk £2,000
177 Steady  Thomas Lovely £2,000
179 Steady  Jarred Cole £1,500
179 Steady  Joe Croft £1,500
179 Steady  Michael Taylor £1,500
182 Steady  Daniel Markovsky £1,250
182 Steady  Michal Smejda £1,250
182 Steady  Patrik Kovács £1,250
182 Steady  Alex Fehlmann £1,250
182 Steady  Marcel Walpen £1,250
182 Steady  Nándor Prés £1,250
182 Steady  András Csóka £1,250
182 Steady  György Jehirszki £1,250
182 Steady  János Végső £1,250
182 Steady  Brian Raman £1,250
182 Steady  François Schweyen £1,250
182 Steady  Jody Tobback £1,250
182 Steady  Luc Bogaert £1,250
182 Steady  Krzysztof Kciuk £1,250
182 Steady  Benjamin Pratnemer £1,250
182 Steady  Nico Blum £1,250
182 Steady  Damian Mol £1,250
182 Steady  Teemu Harju £1,250
182 Steady  Christopher Toonders £1,250
182 Steady  Daniel Larsson £1,250
182 Steady  Christian Gödl £1,250
182 Steady  Dominik Haberl £1,250
182 Steady  Hannes Schnier £1,250
182 Steady  Zoran Lerchbacher £1,250
182 Steady  Arno Merk £1,250
182 Steady  Alexander Mašek £1,250
182 Steady  Patrick Klingelhöfer £1,250
182 Steady  Oliver Mueller £1,250
182 Steady  Viktor Tingström £1,250
182 Steady  Vítězslav Sedlák £1,250
182 Steady  Born Van Put £1,250
182 Steady  Geert De Vos £1,250
182 Steady  Jeroen Caron £1,250
182 Steady  Steven Strobbe £1,250
216 Steady  Dominik Grüllich £1,000
216 Steady  Alexander Merkx £1,000
216 Steady  Stefaan Henderyck £1,000
216 Steady  Reece Colley £1,000
216 Steady  Bradley Brooks £1,000
216 Steady  Harry Lane £1,000
216 Steady  Jack Male £1,000
216 Steady  Jenson Walker £1,000
216 Steady  Johnny Haines £1,000
216 Steady  Ron Meulenkamp £1,000
216 Steady  Tom Lonsdale £1,000
*Change since 17 November 2024.

Secondary Orders of Merit

In addition to the main two-year Order of Merit, the PDC also operates secondary Orders of Merit for their different tours. These include the:

  • ProTour 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 Pro Tour events.[3]
  • European Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in European Tour events during the calendar year. The top 32 on this ranking list comprise the qualifiers for the European Championship, all seeded, at the end of the year.[4]
  • Players Championship Order of Merit, which counts money earned in Player Championship events during the calendar year. The top 64 on this ranking list are the seeded qualifiers to the Players Championship Finals.[5]
  • Challenge Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Challenge Tour (by non Tour Card holders that participated in Q-School) during the calendar year. The top players at the end of the year qualify for the World Championship, UK Open, and receive Tour Cards.[6]
  • Development Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Development Tour (by Tour Card holders and non Tour Card holders alike, aged 16–23) during the calendar year. The top players at the end of the year qualify for the World Championship, UK Open, and receive Tour Cards.[7]
  • Women's Series Order of Merit, which was introduced in 2021 after the first women's series events were introduced in 2020.[8] The tournament series qualifies two women to the Grand Slam, and World Championship.[9]

Player exemptions and seedings

The PDC rankings from all orders of merit determine exemptions from the qualifying competitions and seedings for all televised events. Additionally, the orders of merit are used to offer tour cards for the following year.

PDC Order of Merit Exemptions[8]
Tournament Qualifiers (seeds)
By Order of Merit Other
Main PT ET PC CT DT WS
Ranked televised events
World Championship 32 (32) 32 — 2 2 2 26
UK Open TCH — 8 8 — 16
World Matchplay 16 (16) 16 —
World Grand Prix 16 (8) 16 —
European Championship — 32 (32) —
Grand Slam of Darts 0 (8) — 2 2 2 18
Players Championship Finals — 64 (64) —
PDC Pro Tour
European Tour events 16 16 (16) — 16
Players Championship events TCH 0 (32) —
Non-ranked televised events
The Masters 24 (24) —
Premier League Darts 4 — 4
Champions League of Darts 8 (8) —
Tour Cards 64 — 2 2 — var

Ranking Tournaments

The PDC holds a variety of ranked and unranked televised tournaments throughout the year. There are an additional selection of ranked floor and streamed tournaments that comprise the PDC Pro Tour, as well as unranked secondary tours and events such as the Challenge Tour, Development Tour, and event qualifiers. Money earned in all ranking events counts toward the Order of Merit, with none counting from the unranked events.[8]

PDC Ranking Tournaments with Payouts[8]
Tournament Prize money
Total Champion Runner-up Semi-finalists Top 8 Top 16 Top 32 Top 64 Top 96 Top 128
Ranked televised events
World Championship £2,500,000 £500,000 £200,000 £100,000 £50,000 £35,000 £25,000 £15,000 £7,500 —
UK Open £600,000 £110,000 £50,000 £30,000 £15,000 £10,000 £5,000 £2,500 £1,500 £1,000
World Matchplay £800,000 £200,000 £100,000 £50,000 £30,000 £15,000 £10,000 —
World Grand Prix £600,000 £120,000 £60,000 £40,000 £25,000 £15,000 £7,500 —
European Championship £600,000 £120,000 £60,000 £40,000 £25,000 £15,000 £7,500 —
Grand Slam of Darts[A] £650,000 £150,000 £70,000 £50,000 £25,000 £12,250 £5,000[B] —
Players Championship Finals £600,000 £120,000 £60,000 £30,000 £20,000 £10,000 £6,500 £3,000 —
PDC Pro Tour[C]
13 European Tour events £175,000 £30,000 £12,000 £8,500 £6,000 £4,000 £2,500[D] £1,250[E] —
30 Players Championship events £125,000 £15,000 £10,000 £5,000 £3,500 £2,500 £1,500 £1,000 —
Total yearly ranking payouts £11,625,000 £2,070,000 £996,000 £1,141,000 £1,432,000 £1,822,000 £2,208,000 £1,636,000 £288,000 £32,000
  1. ^ The Grand Slam pays an additional £3,500 to the 8 group winners.
  2. ^ The Grand Slam pays £8,000 and £5,000 for third and fourth place finishers respectively in the group stage, which comprise the top 32.
  3. ^ The 2020 PDC Pro Tour was reduced to 4 European Tour events and 23 Players Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ The 16 seeded players at a European Tour event do not receive money toward OoM for a top 32 finish.
  5. ^ European Tour events pay out to 48 players (the complete field).

Unranked Tournaments

The PDC operates additional unranked tournaments for tour card holders and occasional qualifiers throughout the year. This includes five televised premier invitational events comprising the Premier League, Champions League of Darts, World Series of Darts Finals, The Masters, and the World Cup of Darts pairs event.[10][11] Although none of these events count toward the Order of Merit, they all award some number of tournament spots based on Order of Merit position. Additionally there are usually five to seven World Series of Darts events scheduled across the globe each year with eight top PDC players seeded over eight local qualifiers.[8]

Secondary Tours and Tournaments

The PDC also offers secondary tours that do not count toward the main Order of Merit, but do each include their own confined orders of merit. The Challenge Tour is open to any players who played at the most recent Q-School but failed to earn a tour card. Throughout the year, the top players on the Challenge Tour OoM are invited to fill openings on the Pro Tour, receive invitations to the World Championship and UK Open, and at the end of the year receive tour cards for the next two years.[8]

The Development Tour is open to players outside of the top 32 on the main Order of Merit who are between the ages of 16 and 23. Similarly to the Challenge Tour, the top players on the Development Tour order of merit receive tour cards and invitations to the UK Open and World Championship. Additionally, 96 players - comprising 16 invitations, tour card holders of the appropriate age, and Development Tour competitors - partake in the World Youth Championship. Although this championship does not count toward any order of merit, there is a £60,000 payout, and the finalists receive tour cards as well as berths in the Grand Slam and World Championship.[8]

Previous world ranking system

Under the previous ranking points system, 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. Although Lloyd also won two major titles, he often accumulated ranking points in the less prestigious non-televised events, in which Taylor did not always compete. Similarly, Alan Warriner was world number one on four occasions before ever winning his first and only PDC major, the 2001 Grand Prix, while Taylor won eight world championships and a host of other titles during that period.

Previous World Number Ones

PDC Ranking Leaders Timeline[12]

13 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 seven 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.

Player # Years in which player stood Number 1
England Phil Taylor 13
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 7
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
England Alan Warriner 6
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 2001
  • 2002
England Rod Harrington 5
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
England Colin Lloyd 3
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
England Dennis Priestley 2
  • 1994
  • 1995
England Peter Manley 2
  • 2000
  • 2001
Wales Gerwyn Price 2
  • 2021
  • 2022
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 1 2008
Canada John Part 1 2003
Scotland Peter Wright 1 2022
England Michael Smith 1 2023
England Luke Humphries 1 2024
Italic indicates the player was reigning world champion that year
Bold indicates the player stood number one at the conclusion of that year's world championship

Periods

No. Player(s) From Length Ref.
1  Alan Warriner-Little January 1993 Incarnation of the WDC 674 days[A] [12]
2  Dennis Priestley 6 November 1994 1994 Lada UK Masters 155 [12][13]
3  Rod Harrington 10 April 1995 1995 UK Matchplay 479 days[A] [12][13]
4  Phil Taylor August 1996 31 days[A] [12][13]
 Alan Warriner-Little (2) September 1996 699 days[A] [12][13]
 Rod Harrington (2) 1 August 1998 1998 World Matchplay 728 days [12][13]
 Phil Taylor (2) 29 July 2000 2000 World Matchplay 57 days [12][13]
5  Peter Manley 24 September 2000 2000 Windy City Open 399 days [12][13]
 Alan Warriner-Little (3) 28 October 2001 2001 World Grand Prix 69 days [12][13]
Alan Warriner-Little (4) and Phil Taylor (3) 5 January 2002 2002 World Championship 28 days [12][13]
 Alan Warriner-Little (5) 2 February 2002 2002 Eastbourne Open 88 days[A] [12][13]
 Phil Taylor (4) May 2002 248 days[A] [12][13]
6  John Part 4 January 2003 2003 World Championship 203 days [12][13]
 Phil Taylor (5) 26 July 2003 2003 Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy 582 days [12][13]
7  Colin Lloyd 27 February 2005 2005 West Tyrone Open 469 days [14][13]
 Phil Taylor (6) 11 June 2006 2006 UK Open 7 days [15][16]
 Colin Lloyd (2) 18 June 2006 2006 Players Championship 3 197 days [16][13]
 Phil Taylor (7) 1 January 2007 2007 World Championship 365 days [12][13]
8  Raymond van Barneveld 1 January 2008 2008 World Championship 159 days [17][13]
 Phil Taylor (8) 8 June 2008 2008 UK Open 2,033 days [17][18]
9  Michael van Gerwen 1 January 2014 2014 World Championship 2,559 days [18][19]
10  Gerwyn Price 3 January 2021 2021 World Championship 427 days [19][20]
11  Peter Wright 6 March 2022 2022 UK Open 140 days [20][21]
 Gerwyn Price (2) 24 July 2022 2022 World Matchplay 77 days [21]
 Peter Wright (2) 9 October 2022 2022 World Grand Prix 21 days [22]
 Gerwyn Price (3) 30 October 2022 2022 European Championship 65 days [22][23]
12  Michael Smith 3 January 2023 2023 World Championship 365 days [23]
13  Luke Humphries 3 January 2024 2024 World Championship 361 days
  1. ^ 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 No. 1

No. Player Total Days at No 1 Longest Consecutive Run
1 Phil Taylor 3323 2033
2 Michael van Gerwen 2559 2559
3 Alan Warriner-Little 1558 699
4 Rod Harrington 1207 728
5 Colin Lloyd 666 469
6 Gerwyn Price 569 427
7 Peter Manley 399 399
8 Michael Smith 365 365
9 Luke Humphries 361 361
10 John Part 203 203
11 Peter Wright 161 140
12 Raymond van Barneveld 159 159
13 Dennis Priestley 155 155
Active players in bold.

First WDC/PDC rankings

Following the World Darts Council (now PDC) split from the British Darts Organisation during 1992-94 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.[citation needed]

Ranking Player   Ranking Player
1 England Alan Warriner 16 Denmark Jann Hoffmann
2 England Rod Harrington = Wales Chris Johns
3 England Phil Taylor = Netherlands Roland Scholten
4 England John Lowe 19 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
5 England Mike Gregory = England Keith Deller
6 England Peter Evison 21 England Bobby George
7 England Kevin Spiolek 22 Denmark Per Skau
= England Dennis Priestley 23 Germany Bernd Hebecker
9 England Bob Anderson = Germany Andree Welge
10 Scotland Jocky Wilson = Belgium Pascal Rabau
11 Scotland Jamie Harvey 26 Belgium Leo Laurens
12 England Eric Bristow = Netherlands Bert Vlaardingerbroek
13 England Cliff Lazarenko = Republic of Ireland Tom Kirby
14 Sweden Magnus Caris = Australia Wayne Weening
= England Steve Beaton = Finland Mauro Levy

See also

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