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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.

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.

Current PDC Order of Merit

DartsDatabase.co.uk Darts Database. During a tournament, this table subtracts the prize money that was earned two years earlier and adds the minimum prize money the player will receive based on the current status of the tournament. The Prize column contains a + if the player is still in the race to win the tournament.

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Rank Player Money Rank Player Money Rank Player Money
1 Steady Netherlands Michael van Gerwen £1,079,000 17 Steady England Mervyn King £208,000 33 Decrease2 England Kevin Painter £93,500
2 Steady Scotland Gary Anderson £889,000 18 Steady Australia Simon Whitlock £193,250 34 Decrease1 Scotland John Henderson £91,250
3 Steady England Adrian Lewis £496,750 19 Steady Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan £184,250 35 Steady England Alan Norris £83,500
4 Steady England Phil Taylor £481,500 20 Steady Austria Mensur Suljović £172,000 36 Steady England Keegan Brown £81,500
5 Steady England James Wade £354,500 21 Steady England Justin Pipe £152,250 37 Steady England Darren Webster £76,750
6 Steady Scotland Peter Wright £350,000 22 Steady Netherlands Benito van de Pas £149,000 38 Steady Netherlands Christian Kist £75,000
7 Steady Scotland Robert Thornton £338,000 23 Steady England Jamie Caven £135,750 39 Steady Australia Kyle Anderson £66,500
8 Steady England Michael Smith £303,250 24 Increase1 Wales Mark Webster £122,250 40 Increase1 Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez £64,500
9 Steady Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld £260,500 25 Decrease1 England Steve Beaton £122,000 41 Decrease1 Belgium Ronny Huybrechts £64,000
10 Steady England Dave Chisnall £238,750 26 Steady England Andrew Gilding £119,250 42 Steady England David Pallett £59,250
11 Steady England Terry Jenkins £232,250 27 Steady England Andy Hamilton £103,000 43 Increase1 England Ronnie Baxter £57,250
12 Steady England Ian White £229,000 28 Increase2 Wales Jamie Lewis £102,250 44 Decrease1 England Andy Smith £56,250
13 Steady Netherlands Jelle Klaasen £226,500 29 Decrease1 England Dean Winstanley £101,500 45 Steady Spain Cristo Reyes £53,750
14 Increase1 Belgium Kim Huybrechts £222,500 30 Decrease1 England Wes Newton £99,250 46 Steady Germany Max Hopp £52,250
15 Decrease1 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort £219,250 31 Increase1 Wales Gerwyn Price £94,750 47 Steady England Joe Murnan £51,750
16 Steady England Stephen Bunting £213,000 32 Increase2 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney £93,750 48 Steady England Joe Cullen £46,250
Rank Player Money Rank Player Money Rank Player Money
49 Increase3 Germany Jyhan Artut £39,000 65 Steady England James Wilson £18,250 81 Steady England Chris Dobey £6,250
50 Steady Australia Paul Nicholson £38,750 66 Steady England Josh Payne £17,750 82 Steady England Matt Edgar £6,250
51 Increase1 England Wayne Jones £37,250 67 Steady England Steve West £17,000 83 Steady England Nigel Heydon £6,250
52 Decrease3 Northern Ireland Michael Mansell £37,000 68 Steady Wales Johnny Clayton £14,250 84 Steady England Paul Milford £4,500
53 Steady England Ricky Evans £36,500 69 Steady England Andy Jenkins £12,000 85 Steady England Stephen Willard £4,500
54 Increase1 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode £31,500 70 Steady England Nathan Derry £11,750 86 Increase9 England RItchie Edhouse £3,500
55 Decrease1 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan £30,500 71 Steady England Darren Johnson £11,500 87 Decrease1 India Prakash Jiwa £3,250
56 Increase3 South Africa Devon Petersen £26,750 72 Steady Sweden Magnus Caris £10,500 88 Decrease1 Scotland Jim Walker £3,000
57 Decrease1 England Stuart Kellett £26,750 73 Steady England Nathan Aspinall £9,500 89 Decrease1 England Jim Walker £2,750
58 Decrease1 Belgium Dimitri van den Bergh £26,500 74 Steady England Johnny Haines £9,250 90 Decrease1 England Curtis Hammond £2,750
59 Decrease1 England Andy Boulton £25,250 75 Steady England Lee Palfreyman £7,500 91 Decrease1 England Alan Tabern £2,750
60 Increase1 Netherlands Jan Dekker £24,000 76 Steady England Jason Lovett £7,500 92 Increase16 England Ryan Harrington £2,250
61 Decrease1 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor £23,750 77 Steady England Jamie Robinson £6,750 93 Decrease2 England Steve McNally £2,000
62 Increase1 England Robbie Green £20,250 78 Steady Canada Ken MacNeil £6,750 94 Decrease2 Netherlands Berry van Peer £2,000
63 Decrease1 Canada John Part £19,500 79 Steady Netherlands Mike Zuydwijk £6,500 95 Decrease2 England Peter Hudson £2,000
64 Increase2 Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena £18,250 80 Steady England Mark Frost £6,500 96 Decrease2 England Jason Marriott £1,750

Current PDC ProTour Order of Merit

Rank Player Money Rank Player Money Rank Player Money
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen £484,000 19 England Jamie Caven £32,250 37 England Darren Webster £15,250
2 England James Wade £98,750 20 Netherlands Benito van de Pas £32,000 38 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld £15,250
3 Scotland Gary Anderson £87,750 21 England Phil Taylor £31,750 39 Netherlands Christian Kist £15,000
3 England Adrian Lewis £87,750 22 Austria Mensur Suljović £29,250 40 England Joe Cullen £14,500
5 Scotland Peter Wright £84,500 23 England Stephen Bunting £28,750 41 England Wes Newton £14,250
6 England Michael Smith £76,000 24 Wales Gerwyn Price £27,000 42 England Ronnie Baxter £13,500
7 Australia Simon Whitlock £59,250 25 Scotland John Henderson £24,750 43 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney £13,250
8 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan £58,250 26 Wales Jamie Lewis £23,500 44 Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez £12,250
9 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort £56,250 27 England Andrew Gilding £23,000 45 Germany Max Hopp £12,000
10 England Dave Chisnall £55,000 28 England Keegan Brown £22,500 46 Australia Stuart Kellett £11,500
11 England Ian White £54,000 28 England Andy Hamilton £22,500 47 England Ricky Evans £11,000
12 England Mervyn King £51,250 30 England Andy Smith £21,000 47 Scotland Jamie Bain £11,000
13 Scotland Robert Thornton £45,000 31 Wales Mark Webster £20,750 ...
14 England Justin Pipe £42,250 32 England Joe Murnan £20,000 49 Spain Cristo Reyes £10,250
15 Belgium Kim Huybrechts £40,000 33 England Dean Winstanley £19,750 52 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode £9,500
16 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen £36,750 34 England Kevin Painter £18,500 57 Germany Jyhan Artut £9,000
17 England Terry Jenkins £36,000 35 Belgium Ronny Huybrechts £16,750 59 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan £8,750
18 England Steve Beaton £34,250 36 Australia Kyle Anderson £15,500 64 Northern Ireland Michael Mansell £8,500

Scandinavian Order of Merit 2015

Scandinavian Pro Tour [2]
Rank Player Money
1 Finland Kim Viljanen €4,400
2 Denmark Per Laursen €3,875
3 Sweden Magnus Caris €3,175
4 Finland Marko Kantele €2,250
5 Sweden Oskar Lukasiak €1,675
6 Finland Ulf Ceder €1,200
7 Finland Hannu Suominen €1,075
Sweden Dennis Nilsson €1,075
9 Sweden Daniel Larsson €925
10 Denmark Per Skau €750
11 Russia Roman Obukhov €725
12 Denmark Søren Hedegaard €700
13 Finland Tatu Pehkonen €625
14 Norway Robert Wagner €600
Denmark Steen Lysen €600
16 Finland Uki Takkinen €575

Player exemptions

The PDC rankings determine exemptions from the qualifying competitions from each major event:

Televised Ranking Tournaments

There is often a lot of confusion with televised tournaments and knowing which ones count towards the PDC Order of Merit. While a lot of televised tournaments are ranked, some are not, usually due to the tournament in question having restricted places e.g. Premier League.

Ranked Tournaments

European Tour (Ranked)

Un-ranked Tournaments

World Series of Darts (Un-ranked)

Pairs Tournaments (Un-ranked)

Note: Flags are of the nation in which the 2016 event is held.

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 separate 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

Player Year(s) in which player stood #1 [6]
England Phil Taylor 1996, 2000, 2002-2004, 2009-2013 (13)
England Alan Warriner 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 (6)
England Rod Harrington 1995, 1996, 1998–2000 (5)
England Colin Lloyd 2005–2007 (3)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2014-present (3)
England Dennis Priestley 1994, 1995 (2)
England Peter Manley 2000, 2001 (2)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 2008 (1)
Canada John Part 2003 (1)

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

References

  1. ↑ "ProTour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "SDC Order of Merit". SDC. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 Grand Slam of Darts becomes a ranked tournament". PDC. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "2015 Masters held in Milton Keynes". PDC. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Champions League of Darts: BBC to broadcast inaugural tournament". BBC. Retrieved 09 February 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ↑ "List of Former World Number Ones". PDC. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2012.

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