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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.[1]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 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 Top 64 Order of Merit

PDC Order of Merit as of 21 October 2023.[2]
Rank Change Player Earnings
1Steady  Michael Smith£1,293,000
2Steady  Michael van Gerwen£1,060,250
3Steady  Peter Wright£1,040,750
4Steady  Luke Humphries£766,500
5Steady  Gerwyn Price£741,500
6Steady  Nathan Aspinall£629,250
7Steady  Jonny Clayton£519,500
8Steady  Danny Noppert£492,500
9Steady  Rob Cross£462,500
10Steady  Dirk van Duijvenbode£446,250
11Steady  Joe Cullen£436,750
12Steady  Dave Chisnall£426,000
13Steady  Damon Heta£422,250
14Steady  Dimitri Van den Bergh£395,500
15Steady  Ryan Searle£369,000
16Steady  Ross Smith£360,500
17Steady  James Wade£354,250
18Steady  Chris Dobey£339,000
19Increase 1  Gary Anderson£322,750
20Decrease 1  Andrew Gilding£320,000
21Steady  Gabriel Clemens£296,250
22Steady  José de Sousa£294,500
23Increase 1  Martin Schindler£283,000
24Decrease 1  Krzysztof Ratajski£282,500
25Steady  Stephen Bunting£272,500
26Increase 1  Josh Rock£265,000
27Decrease 1  Daryl Gurney£256,750
28Steady  Brendan Dolan£224,250
29Increase 1  Raymond van Barneveld£211,750
30Decrease 1  Callan Rydz£209,000
31Steady  Kim Huybrechts£191,500
32Steady  Alan Soutar£158,500
*Change since 15 October 2023.
PDC Order of Merit as of 21 October 2023.[2]
Rank Change Player Earnings
33Steady  Madars Razma£153,000
34Steady  William O'Connor£148,000
35Steady  Martin Lukeman£147,000
36Increase 5  Ryan Joyce£141,250
36Steady  Mike De Decker£141,250
38Increase 1  Luke Woodhouse£141,000
38Decrease 1  Mervyn King£141,000
40Decrease 3  Vincent van der Voort£137,000
41Increase 1  Mensur Suljović£127,000
42Increase 1  Keane Barry£125,000
43Decrease 3  Adrian Lewis£122,750
44Steady  Simon Whitlock£119,750
45Steady  Martijn Kleermaker£113,000
46Increase 1  Steve Beaton£109,750
47Increase 1  Rowby-John Rodriguez£107,000
48Decrease 2  Ryan Meikle£106,750
49Steady  Ricky Evans£105,500
50Increase 3  Ricardo Pietreczko£103,000
51Decrease 1  Scott Williams£102,000
52Increase 3  Jim Williams£101,750
53Decrease 2  Jermaine Wattimena£98,000
54Steady  Ritchie Edhouse£97,750
55Decrease 3  Ian White£96,750
56Steady  Florian Hempel£88,250
57Steady  Adam Gawlas£85,750
58Steady  Boris Krčmar£83,250
59Increase 1  Matt Campbell£81,750
60Decrease 1  Jamie Hughes£79,250
61Steady  Steve Lennon£78,250
62Steady  Cameron Menzies£75,750
63Steady  Mickey Mansell£73,500
64Steady  Darius Labanauskas£64,750
*Change since 15 October 2023.

Secondary Orders of Merit

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit as of 15 May 2022.[3]
Rank Change Player Earnings
1Steady  Michael van Gerwen£175,250
2Steady  Gerwyn Price£139,500
3Increase 1  Luke Humphries£115,750
4Increase 5  Rob Cross£96,500
5Increase 2  José de Sousa£94,500
6Decrease 3  Peter Wright£94,500
7Decrease 2  Ryan Searle£93,000
8Decrease 2  Joe Cullen£88,250
9Decrease 1  Michael Smith£87,750
10Steady  Damon Heta£82,250
11Steady  Nathan Aspinall£74,250
12Steady  Dimitri Van den Bergh£72,500
13Increase 1  Dirk van Duijvenbode£67,500
14Decrease 1  Jonny Clayton£65,250
15Steady  Krzysztof Ratajski£56,500
16Increase 2  Dave Chisnall£55,000
*Change since 13 May 2022
Earnings calculated on 1 year rolling period of Pro Tour events

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.[4]
  • 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.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • 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.[7]
  • 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.[8]
  • Women's Series Order of Merit, which was introduced in 2021 after the first women's series events were introduced in 2020.[9] The tournament series qualifies two women to the Grand Slam, and World Championship.[10]

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[9]
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) 32
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.[9]

PDC Ranking Tournaments with Payouts[9]
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 £130,000 £60,000 £30,000 £20,000 £12,500 £7,500
European Championship £500,000 £120,000 £60,000 £32,000 £20,000 £10,000 £6,000
Grand Slam of Darts[upper-alpha 1] £650,000 £150,000 £70,000 £50,000 £25,000 £12,250 £5,000[upper-alpha 2]
Players Championship Finals £500,000 £100,000 £50,000 £25,000 £15,000 £10,000 £5,000 £2,500
PDC Pro Tour[upper-alpha 3]
13 European Tour events £175,000 £30,000 £12,000 £8,500 £6,000 £4,000 £2,500[upper-alpha 4] £1,250[upper-alpha 5]
30 Players Championship events £100,000 £12,000 £8,000 £4,000 £3,000 £2,000 £1,250 £750
Total yearly ranking payouts £10,720,000 £1,995,000 £960,000 £1,043,000 £1,320,000 £1,630,000 £2,032,000 £1,680,000 £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.[11][12] 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.[9]

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.[9]

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.[9]

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[13]

12 players have held the position of World Number One since the World Darts Council started new rankings in 1993. Only Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright and Michael Smith have held the position since the PDC switched to the two-year earnings based Order of Merit system in 2007.

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
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 To Length Ref.
1  Alan Warriner-Little January 1993 Incarnation of the WDC 6 November 1994 674 days[upper-alpha 1] [13]
2  Dennis Priestley 6 November 1994 1994 Lada UK Masters 10 April 1995 155 days [13][14]
3  Rod Harrington 10 April 1995 1995 UK Matchplay August 1996 479 days[upper-alpha 1] [13][14]
4  Phil Taylor August 1996 September 1996 31 days[upper-alpha 1] [13][14]
 Alan Warriner-Little (2) September 1996 1 August 1998 699 days[upper-alpha 1] [13][14]
 Rod Harrington (2) 1 August 1998 1998 World Matchplay 29 July 2000 728 days [13][14]
 Phil Taylor (2) 29 July 2000 2000 World Matchplay 24 September 2000 57 days [13][14]
5  Peter Manley 24 September 2000 2000 Windy City Open 28 October 2001 399 days [13][14]
 Alan Warriner-Little (3) 28 October 2001 2001 World Grand Prix 5 January 2002 69 days [13][14]
Alan Warriner-Little (4) and Phil Taylor (3) 5 January 2002 2002 World Championship 2 February 2002 28 days [13][14]
 Alan Warriner-Little (5) 2 February 2002 2002 Eastbourne Open May 2002 88 days[upper-alpha 1] [13][14]
 Phil Taylor (4) May 2002 4 January 2003 248 days[upper-alpha 1] [13][14]
6  John Part 4 January 2003 2003 World Championship 26 July 2003 203 days [13][14]
 Phil Taylor (5) 26 July 2003 2003 Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy 27 February 2005 582 days [13][14]
7  Colin Lloyd 27 February 2005 2005 West Tyrone Open 11 June 2006 469 days [15][14]
 Phil Taylor (6) 11 June 2006 2006 UK Open 18 June 2006 7 days [16][17]
 Colin Lloyd (2) 18 June 2006 2006 Players Championship 3 1 January 2007 197 days [17][14]
 Phil Taylor (7) 1 January 2007 2007 World Championship 1 January 2008 365 days [13][14]
8  Raymond van Barneveld 1 January 2008 2008 World Championship 8 June 2008 159 days [18][14]
 Phil Taylor (8) 8 June 2008 2008 UK Open 1 January 2014 2,033 days [18][19]
9  Michael van Gerwen 1 January 2014 2014 World Championship 3 January 2021 2,559 days [19][20]
10  Gerwyn Price 3 January 2021 2021 World Championship 6 March 2022 427 days [20][21]
11  Peter Wright 6 March 2022 2022 UK Open 24 July 2022 140 days [21][22]
 Gerwyn Price (2) 24 July 2022 2022 World Matchplay 9 October 2022 77 days [22]
 Peter Wright (2) 9 October 2022 2022 World Grand Prix 30 October 2022 21 days [23]
 Gerwyn Price (3) 30 October 2022 2022 European Championship 3 January 2023 65 days [23][24]
12  Michael Smith 3 January 2023 2023 World Championship Present 295 days [24]
  1. Uses 1st of month where exact date unknown.
Key
Before January 2007 Used old points system
Current Reigning number one on Order of Merit

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.

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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