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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.

PDC World Rankings

Main article: PDC Order of Merit

The Professional Darts Corporation's Ranking is based on the amount of prize money won in ranking tournaments on a two year cycle.

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 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:

Current rankings

Previous World Number Ones (Men's, WDF)

The following is a list of players who ended the year ranked number one in the WDF.

  • 1976 WAL Alan Evans
  • 1977 ENG John Lowe
  • 1978 WAL Leighton Rees
  • 1979 ENG John Lowe (2)
  • 1980 ENG Eric Bristow
  • 1981 ENG Eric Bristow (2)
  • 1982 SCO Jocky Wilson
  • 1983 ENG Eric Bristow (3)
  • 1984 ENG Eric Bristow (4)
  • 1985 ENG Eric Bristow (5)
  • 1986 ENG John Lowe (3)
  • 1987 ENG Bob Anderson
  • 1988 ENG John Lowe (4)
  • 1989 ENG Bob Anderson (2)
  • 1990 ENG Eric Bristow (6)
  • 1991 ENG Phil Taylor
  • 1992 ENG Rod Harrington
  • 1993 BEL Leo Laurens
  • 1994 ENG Steve Beaton
  • 1995 WAL Richie Burnett
  • 1996 ENG Martin Adams
  • 1997 ENG Martin Adams (2)
  • 1998 ENG Ronnie Baxter
  • 1999 NED Raymond van Barneveld
  • 2000 NED Raymond van Barneveld (2)
  • 2001 ENG Mervyn King
  • 2002 ENG John Walton
  • 2003 ENG Martin Adams (3)
  • 2004 NED Raymond van Barneveld (3)
  • 2005 NED Raymond van Barneveld (4)
  • 2006 ENG Martin Adams (4)
  • 2007 SCO Gary Anderson
  • 2008 ENG Scott Waites
  • 2009 ENG Tony O'Shea
  • 2010 ENG Martin Adams (5)
  • 2011 ENG Scott Waites (2)
  • 2012 ENG Stephen Bunting
  • 2013 ENG James Wilson
  • 2014 ENG Alan Norris
  • 2015 LTU Darius Labanauskas
  • 2016 LTU Darius Labanauskas (2)
  • 2017 ENG Scott Mitchell
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
  • 2025 (2)

BDO rankings

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. 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.

References

  1. (4 January 2014). "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2013 Monetary Awards". WDF.
  2. "WDF Rules".
  3. [http://www.dartswdf.com/aa_darts/Honroll-Rankings.htm WDF Roll of Honour (previous world number ones)] {{webarchive. link. (10 July 2010)
  4. (2010-12-22). "WDF Monetary Awards: Wolfie & Deta top the 2010 rankings : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com.
  5. (2011-12-22). "WDF Monetary Awards: Scott & Deta Top The 2011 Rankings : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com.
  6. (2013-01-10). "WDF Awards 2012 : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com.
  7. (2014-01-04). "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2013 Monetary Awards : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com.
  8. (2015-01-07). "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2014 Monetary Awards : World Darts Federation". Dartswdf.com.
  9. (2015-12-13). "WDF World Rankings Systems: 2015 Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com.
  10. (2016-12-17). "WDF World Rankings Systems 2016 – Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com.
  11. (2016-12-24). "WDF World Rankings Systems 2017 – Monetary Awards". Dartswdf.com.
  12. "Handbook and BDO documentation: Section J – Invitation Tables Men's 2013/14". BDO.
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