Darts world rankings

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Darts world rankings are a system which should determine a list of the best dart players in the world based on their performances in tournaments. However, after a group of former world champions and other high-profile players separated from the British Darts Organisation in 1993 - there are now two major governing bodies.

Each organisation has their own players, and each has their own ranking system. The ranking systems are used to arrange tournament seedings, which will mean that the number one player in the world should not face the number two player in the world until the final of a tournament (providing they reach that far).

1 PDC World Rankings
2 Players Ranked 1st - 16th
3 Players ranked 17th - 32nd
4 Players Making large progress outside the Top 32
- 4.1 Player exemptions
5 BDO / WDF Rankings
6 Previous World Number Ones (Mens, WDF)
7 Previous World Number Ones (PDC)
8 References
9 External links

[edit] PDC World Rankings

The PDC switched to a new method of calculating their world rankings after the 2007 World Championship which ended on January 1, 2007.

The new system operates an Order of Merit, 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.

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 and recently Raymond van Barneveld and John Part. Lloyd often accumulated ranking points in the less prestigious non-televised events, in which Taylor does not always compete.

The top 16 players in the PDC order of merit (at June 9, 2008 - after 2008 Blue Square UK Open) are ^[1]^[2]^[3]

[edit] Players Ranked 1st - 16th

Phil Taylor £298770

Raymond van Barneveld £279736

James Wade £251550

John Part £181873

Terry Jenkins £130614

Andy Hamilton £100112

Adrian Lewis £99899

Colin Lloyd £98352

Roland Scholten 98215

Wayne Mardle £92880

Peter Manley £75105

Dennis Priestley £73766

Ronnie Baxter £69978

Kevin Painter £68146

Alan Tabern £67518

Colin Osborne £67405

[edit] Players ranked 17th - 32nd

Denis Ovens £65559

Mark Dudbridge £63679

Chris Mason £63643

Andy Jenkins £60245

Mervyn King £58975

Vincent van der Voort £56751

Barrie Bates £56607

Kirk Shepherd£54680

Andy Smith £51346

Wes Newton £44848

Mick McGowan £39595

Wayne Jones £37834

Alex Roy £37612

Mark Walsh £36936

Adrian Gray £35652

Steve Beaton £34680

[edit] Players Making large progress outside the Top 32

33 ( 82)

Gary Mawson

55 ( 119)

Chris Thompson

85 ( 320)

David Fatum

Numbers in brackets = position at start of 2008.

[edit] Player exemptions

The PDC rankings determine exemptions from the qualifying competitions from each major event. ^[4]

World Championship - the top 32 at 1 December 2008 will qualify for the 2009 event.
World Matchplay - the top 16 at 7 July 2008 will qualify.
Las Vegas Desert Classic - the top 12 at 9 June 2008 will qualify.
World Grand Prix - the top 16 at 22 September 2008 will qualify.
European Championship - the top 16 at October 13 2008 will qualify for the inaugural event.
2009 Premier League - the top six after the 2009 World Championship.

[edit] BDO / WDF 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 player's performances within each of its events. Twenty-one points are awarded to the champion of each its four Grand Slam Events - The Lakeside World Professional Championship, The International Darts League, The Bavaria World Darts Trophy and the Winmau World Masters. Lower points are awarded for each round of the tournament reached, and also lower points for the different category of events.

The World Darts Federation also have a ranking system designed to provide a measure of the global activities of darts players in every WDF recognised 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.

The BDO Invitational rankings sees the points wiped after the seedings for the World Championship are decided, whereas the WDF rankings are based on the last 12 months performance. Therefore currently the WDF World Rankings give a better reflection on BDO player rankings.

Current WDF World Rankings^[5]
at May 19, 2008

1 Gary Anderson

918

2 Mark Webster

798

3 Simon Whitlock

420

4 Martin Adams

402

5 Shaun Greatbatch

358

6 Steve West

348

7 Gary Robson

336

8 Robert Wagner

329

9 Scott Waites

320

10 Mario Robbe

319

11 Tony David

299

12 Ted Hankey

278

13 Robert Hughes

250

14 Garry Thompson

241

15 Edwin Max

237

16 Joey ten Berge

217

Current BDO Invitational Rankings^[6]
at May 20, 2007

1 Mark Webster

114

2 Martin Adams

110

3 Gary Anderson

107

4 Scott Waites

100

5 Gary Robson

6 Darryl Fitton

7 Tony O Shea

8 Shaun Greatbatch

[edit] Previous World Number Ones (Mens, WDF)

The following is a list of players who ended the year ranked number one in the WDF.^[7]

1984 Eric Bristow
1985 Eric Bristow
1986 John Lowe
1987 Bob Anderson
1988 John Lowe
1989 Bob Anderson
1990 Eric Bristow
1991 Phil Taylor
1992 Rod Harrington
1993 Leo Laurens
1994 Steve Beaton
1995 Richie Burnett
1996 Martin Adams
1997 Martin Adams
1998 Ronnie Baxter
1999 Raymond van Barneveld
2000 Raymond van Barneveld
2001 Mervyn King
2002 John Walton
2003 Martin Adams
2004 Raymond van Barneveld
2005 Raymond van Barneveld
2006 Martin Adams
2007 Gary Anderson

[edit] Previous World Number Ones (PDC)

The following is a list of players who have held the PDC World Number One ranking.^[8]

Jan 1993 to Nov 1994 Alan Warriner
Nov 1994 to Apr 1995 Dennis Priestley
Apr 1995 to Aug 1996 Rod Harrington
Aug 1996 to Sep 1996 Phil Taylor
Feb 1997 to Aug 1998 Alan Warriner
Aug 1998 to Aug 2000 Rod Harrington
Aug 2000 to Sep 2000 Phil Taylor
Sep 2000 to Oct 2001 Peter Manley
Oct 2001 to Jan 2002 Alan Warriner
Jan 2002 to Feb 2002 Alan Warriner/Phil Taylor (joint)
Feb 2002 to May 2002 Alan Warriner
May 2002 to Jan 2003 Phil Taylor
Jan 2003 to Jul 2003 John Part
Jul 2003 to Feb 2005 Phil Taylor
Feb 2005 to Mar 2006 Colin Lloyd
Mar 2006 to May 2006 Phil Taylor
May 2006 to Jan 2007 Colin Lloyd
Jan 2007 to Jan 2008 Phil Taylor
Jan 2008 to Jun 2008 Raymond van Barneveld
Jun 2008 to present Phil Taylor