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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.[1]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

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 edit

PDC Order of Merit as of 28 April 2024.[2]
Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank Change Player Earnings
1     Luke Humphries £1,541,000
2     Michael van Gerwen £1,075,500
3     Michael Smith £1,065,750
4     Nathan Aspinall £620,500
5     Gerwyn Price £610,750
6     Rob Cross £591,250
7     Dave Chisnall £503,750
8     Peter Wright £496,500
9     Dimitri Van den Bergh £494,000
10     Damon Heta £486,250
11     Jonny Clayton £482,250
12     Danny Noppert £453,500
13     Chris Dobey £424,250
14   1   Ross Smith £418,750
15   1   Joe Cullen £415,250
15   1   Dirk van Duijvenbode £415,250
17     Stephen Bunting £398,750
18     Andrew Gilding £359,750
19     Josh Rock £349,500
20   1   Ryan Searle £347,500
21     Gary Anderson £331,750
22   1   Martin Schindler £328,500
23   1   James Wade £328,000
24     Gabriel Clemens £317,750
25   1   Luke Littler £303,500
26   1   Krzysztof Ratajski £288,500
27     Daryl Gurney £273,500
28     Brendan Dolan £269,500
29     José de Sousa £256,250
30     Raymond van Barneveld £251,000
31     Scott Williams £206,750
32     Ricardo Pietreczko £179,500
*Change since 21 April 2024.
PDC Order of Merit as of 28 April 2024.[2]
Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank Change Player Earnings
33     Kim Huybrechts £170,750
34     Callan Rydz £166,250
35     Luke Woodhouse £166,000
36     Martin Lukeman £164,750
37   1   Gian van Veen £162,500
38   1   Madars Razma £155,500
39     Ryan Joyce £155,250
40     Mike De Decker £147,500
41     Ricky Evans £124,000
42     Jim Williams £122,750
43     Jermaine Wattimena £121,750
44     Alan Soutar £119,500
45     Simon Whitlock £113,500
46   1   William O'Connor £110,500
47   1   Rowby-John Rodriguez £109,000
48     Steve Beaton £107,250
49   1   Keane Barry £103,750
50   3   Ritchie Edhouse £102,000
50   1   Cameron Menzies £102,000
52   1   Mickey Mansell £100,500
53   1   Matt Campbell £98,000
54     Kevin Doets £89,500
55     Boris Krčmar £88,750
56     Vincent van der Voort £87,750
57   3   Richard Veenstra £87,500
58   1   Ryan Meikle £85,750
58   1   Jamie Hughes £85,750
58   1   Florian Hempel £85,750
61     Mensur Suljović £84,500
62     Adrian Lewis £82,500
63     Mervyn King £81,500
64     Ian White £80,250
*Change since 21 April 2024.
Click "show" to view players ranked outside top 64
PDC Order of Merit as of 28 April 2024.[2]
Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank Change Player Earnings
65     Adam Gawlas £79,250
66     Niels Zonneveld £65,500
67     Lee Evans £54,250
68     Dylan Slevin £52,000
69     Jeffrey de Zwaan £39,500
70   3   Daniel Klose £37,250
71   1   Maik Kuivenhoven £36,250
72   1   Keegan Brown £35,750
73   1   Stephen Burton £35,500
74     Karel Sedláček £34,250
75     Arron Monk £29,750
76     Jeffrey Sparidaans £27,000
77     Robert Owen £26,000
78     Pascal Rupprecht £24,000
79     Graham Usher £23,250
80     Nick Kenny £22,750
80     Jurjen van der Velde £22,750
82     Graham Hall £22,250
83     Adam Smith-Neale £18,750
84     Josh Payne £18,000
85     Geert Nentjes £17,000
86     Ronny Huybrechts £16,750
87     Owen Roelofs £15,500
88     Danny van Trijp £14,000
89     Robbie Knops £13,250
90     James Hurrell £12,750
91     Berry van Peer £12,500
92     Christian Perez £12,000
93     Steve Lennon £11,000
93     Adam Warner £11,000
95   6   Dom Taylor £10,000
95   6   Danny Lauby £10,000
97   2   Chris Landman £9,750
98   2   Thibault Tricole £9,500
99   2   Callum Goffin £8,750
100   10   Wessel Nijman £8,500
100   2   Leighton Bennett £8,500
102   3   Brett Claydon £8,000
103   3   Lukas Wenig £7,750
104   1   Andy Baetens £7,000
104   1   Benjamin Drue Reus £7,000
104   1   Danny Jansen £7,000
107   1   Radek Szagański £6,500
107   1   Patrick Geeraets £6,500
107   1   Mario Vandenbogaerde £6,500
110   1   Jacques Labre £6,250
111     Stefan Bellmont £5,500
111     Joshua Richardson £5,500
111     Matthew Dennant £5,500
114     Jelle Klaasen £5,000
115   11   Romeo Grbavac £4,750
116   1   George Killington £4,500
116   1   Rhys Griffin £4,500
116   1   Connor Scutt £4,500
116   1   Oskar Lukasiak £4,500
116   1   Paul Krohne £4,500
121   1   Owen Bates £4,250
122   1   Darren Beveridge £4,000
122   1   William Borland £4,000
122   1   Michele Turetta £4,000
122   1   John Henderson £4,000
126   1   Michael Unterbuchner £3,750
127   1   Robert Grundy £3,500
127   1   Nathan Rafferty £3,500
127   1   Tim Wolters £3,500
127   1   Adam Hunt £3,500
131     Darius Labanauskas £2,500
131     Johan Engström £2,500
131     Franz Rötzsch £2,500
131     Wesley Plaisier £2,500
131     Andreas Harrysson £2,500
131     Leonard Gates £2,500
131     Scott Mitchell £2,500
131     Haupai Puha £2,500
139   1   Jitse Van der Wal £2,250
140   1   Jeffrey de Graaf £2,000
140   1   Thomas Lovely £2,000
142   1   Jarred Cole £1,500
142   1   Joe Croft £1,500
142   1   Michael Taylor £1,500
145     Christian Gödl £1,250
145     Dominik Haberl £1,250
145     Hannes Schnier £1,250
145     Zoran Lerchbacher £1,250
145   1   Arno Merk £1,250
145   1   Niko Springer £1,250
145   1   René Eidams £1,250
145   1   Alexander Mašek £1,250
145   1   Cor Dekker £1,250
145   1   Jan Dueckers £1,250
145   1   Kai Gotthardt £1,250
145   1   Patrick Klingelhöfer £1,250
145   1   Matthias Ehlers £1,250
145   1   Oliver Mueller £1,250
145   1   Viktor Tingström £1,250
145   1   Vítězslav Sedlák £1,250
145   1   Born Van Put £1,250
145   1   Geert De Vos £1,250
145   1   Jeroen Caron £1,250
145   1   Steven Strobbe £1,250
165   5   Aden Kirk £1,000
165   5   Bradley Brooks £1,000
165   5   Harry Lane £1,000
165   5   Jack Male £1,000
165   5   Jenson Walker £1,000
165   5   Johnny Haines £1,000
165   5   Ron Meulenkamp £1,000
165   5   Tom Lonsdale £1,000
165   5   Jules van Dongen £1,000
*Change since 21 April 2024.

Secondary Orders of Merit edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
  Phil Taylor 13
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  Michael van Gerwen 7
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  Alan Warriner 6
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 2001
  • 2002
  Rod Harrington 5
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  Colin Lloyd 3
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  Dennis Priestley 2
  • 1994
  • 1995
  Peter Manley 2
  • 2000
  • 2001
  Gerwyn Price 2
  • 2021
  • 2022
  Raymond van Barneveld 1 2008
  John Part 1 2003
  Peter Wright 1 2022
  Michael Smith 1 2023
  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 edit

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 123 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

First WDC/PDC rankings edit

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "PDC Rankings". Global Darts. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  3. ^ "ProTour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 European Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Players Championship Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Challenge Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Development Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  9. ^ "2023 PDC Women's Series Order of Merit". Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Champions League of Darts: BBC to broadcast inaugural tournament". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  11. ^ "2015 Masters held in Milton Keynes". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "List of Former World Number Ones". PDPA. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Darts Database Player Stats". Darts Database. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Lloydy on top of the World". PDC. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Taylor Regains Number One Spot". PDC. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Lloyd Confirmed As Number One". PDC.
  17. ^ a b "Taylor Back on Top". PDC. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  18. ^ a b Walters, Mike (1 January 2014). "Michael van Gerwen is Ladbrokes PDC World Darts Champion after beating Peter Wright". Mirror. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  19. ^ a b Allen, Dave (4 January 2021). "A number one hit! Price joins exclusive list to top rankings". PDC.
  20. ^ a b "Peter Wright is world number one darts player after Gerwyn Price fails to reach UK Open final". Sporting Life. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  21. ^ a b Gorton, Josh. "Price denies De Sousa in Winter Gardens thriller to seal semi-final spot". PDC. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  22. ^ a b "PRICE REGAINS WORLD NUMBER ONE SPOT, ROSS SMITH INTO TOP 20 AFTER MAIDEN MAJOR WIN IN UPDATED PDC ORDER OF MERIT AFTER EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP". Darts News. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  23. ^ a b "Michael Smith beats Michael van Gerwen to win first world title with 'best leg of darts ever'". ESPN. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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