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PDC Order of Merit#ProTour Order of Merit

The PDC Order of Merit, known for sponsorship purposes as the Werner Rankings Ladder,[1] is the world ranking system for professional darts players used by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), which ranks players according to the prize money won in PDC ranking tournaments. These world rankings are used to determine qualification and seeding for the televised ranking tournaments as well as the awarding of PDC Tour Cards at the end of the season.[2] The Order of Merit format has been used since the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, superseding the original PDC World Ranking system established in 1993, where points awarded for performances in tournaments according to their relative prestige.[3][4] Upon the introduction of the rankings, the first player to hold the number one rank was Alan Warriner.[5] Since 1993, twelve other players have held the top spot, including Luke Humphries, the current world number one.[6] Alongside the main Order of Merit, the PDC also operate several secondary Orders of Merit which count prize money won on specific PDC Tours and may also offer qualification to specific televised events.

Methodology

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A distant view of the World Championship stage from a table in the crowd.
The PDC World Darts Championship offers the highest amount of prize money of any event contributing to the Order of Merit.

The Professional Darts Corporation adopted the current Order of Merit system in 2007. In this system, the total prize money won in PDC ranking events over the eligibility period is counted. For PDC Tour Card holders, this eligibility period is either the previous two years or since the player was awarded a tour card, whichever is shorter.[4] The PDC World Darts Championship is considered last event of the season, after which the year-end Order of Merit is calculated and players in the top 64 offered a Tour Card for the following year.[4] New Tour Card holders start on £0, even if they held a Tour Card in the previous season but failed to make the top 64, resulting in them having to regain their Tour Card through the qualifying tournament, Q School.[4] Players without Tour Cards who earn money in ranking tournaments (such as Luke Littler in the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship) are eligible to be ranked during the season,[7] though if they fail to reach the top 64 at the end of the year, their ranking money is reset to £0.[4] If two players are tied and need separating for seeding or event qualification, the tie is broken by player with the highest total earnings across the previous four ranking tournaments. If this fails to break the tie, players' prize money is counted back from the most recent event until a tie can be broken, with the possibility of a play-off if this cannot break the tie.[4]

Ranking tournaments

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The PDC holds ranked and unranked tournaments. Ranking tournaments are those which all PDC Tour Card holders are eligible to participate in or qualify for, while unranked tournaments are invitational and do not count toward the Order of Merit. Currently, the Premier League, World Series of Darts events and the World Cup of Darts are the only unranked PDC tournaments with Tour Card Holder participation outside of the secondary tours.[4]

Prize money awarded towards 2025 PDC Order of Merit in ranking tournaments (£1000s)[4]
Tournament Total Winner Finalist Semi-finalists Top 8 Top 16 Top 32 Top 64 Top 96 Top 128 Prelim. Top 16 Prelim. Top 32 Prelim. Top 64
PDC Premier Events (2025)
World Championship 5,000 1,000 400 200 100 60 35 25 — 15 —
World Masters[A] 500 100 50 30 12.5 10 5 — 2.5 1 0.75
UK Open 600 110 50 30 15 10 5 2.5 1.5 1 —
World Matchplay 800 200 100 50 30 15 10 —
World Grand Prix 600 120 60 40 25 15 7.5 —
European Championship 600 120 60 40 25 15 7.5 —
Grand Slam of Darts[B] 650 150 70 50 25 12 5[C] —
Players Championship Finals 600 120 60 30 20 10 6.5 3 —
PDC Pro Tour[D]
14 European Tour events 175 30 12 8.5 6 4 2.5[E] 1.25[F] —
34 Players Championship events 125 15 10 5 3.5 2.5 1.5 1.0 —
Total 2025 payouts 14,625 2,670 1,246 1,401 1,682 2,102 2,448 1,956 48 992 20 16 24
Prize money from the 2023 and 2024 seasons still contributing to the Order of Merit, where differing from 2025 prize money[11][12]
World Championship 2,500 500 200 100 50 35 25 15 7.5 —
Prize money from the 2023 season still contributing to the Order of Merit, where differing from 2024 and 2025 prize money[12]
Players Championship events[G] 100 12 8 4 3 2 1.25 0.75 —
  1. ^ Prior to 2025, the World Masters was an invitational tournament for 24 players which did not contribute to the Order of Merit.[8][9]
  2. ^ An additional £3,500 is awarded to the 8 group winners.
  3. ^ £8,000 and £5,000 are awarded to the third and fourth place finishers respectively in the group stage, which comprise the top 32.
  4. ^ In 2025, the Pro Tour expanded from 13 European Tour events to 14 and 30 Players Championship events to 34.[9][10]
  5. ^ Seeded players at European Tour events automatically qualify to the top 32, and do not receive money toward Order of Merit if they lose at this stage.
  6. ^ European Tour events only have 48 players.
  7. ^ Only events which are less than 104 weeks old count to the Order of Merit.

PDC Order of Merit

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Luke Humphries, the current PDC world number one
PDC Order of Merit as of 9 July 2025.[13]
Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank Change Player Earnings
1 Steady  Luke Humphries £1,831,750
2 Steady  Luke Littler £1,300,500
3 Steady  Michael van Gerwen £734,750
4 Steady  Stephen Bunting £600,500
5 Steady  Jonny Clayton £557,750
6 Increase 1  Chris Dobey £527,000
7 Decrease 1  Nathan Aspinall £519,250
8 Steady  James Wade £513,250
9 Increase 1  Damon Heta £506,250
10 Decrease 1  Rob Cross £505,500
11 Steady  Gerwyn Price £488,000
12 Decrease 1  Dave Chisnall £468,250
13 Steady  Gary Anderson £463,750
14 Steady  Ross Smith £452,750
15 Steady  Peter Wright £447,000
16 Steady  Danny Noppert £440,500
17 Steady  Josh Rock £437,750
18 Steady  Martin Schindler £410,500
19 Steady  Ryan Searle £404,000
20 Steady  Mike De Decker £389,500
21 Decrease 1  Michael Smith £383,500
22 Increase 1  Gian van Veen £377,500
23 Decrease 1  Dimitri Van den Bergh £377,250
24 Steady  Joe Cullen £352,500
25 Steady  Daryl Gurney £335,750
26 Steady  Ryan Joyce £316,250
27 Steady  Ritchie Edhouse £315,250
28 Steady  Andrew Gilding £305,750
29 Steady  Ricardo Pietreczko £302,000
30 Increase 1  Jermaine Wattimena £290,750
31 Increase 1  Luke Woodhouse £283,750
32 Decrease 2  Dirk van Duijvenbode £276,000
*Change since 19 June 2025.
PDC Order of Merit as of 9 July 2025.[13]
Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank Change Player Earnings
33 Steady  Krzysztof Ratajski £274,750
34 Steady  Brendan Dolan £261,000
35 Increase 1  Cameron Menzies £259,250
36 Decrease 1  Raymond van Barneveld £255,250
37 Steady  Scott Williams £243,750
38 Steady  Martin Lukeman £223,500
39 Steady  Gabriel Clemens £204,250
40 Increase 1  Kevin Doets £180,750
41 Decrease 1  Callan Rydz £179,500
42 Steady  Wessel Nijman £171,500
43 Steady  Mickey Mansell £156,500
44 Steady  Ricky Evans £153,750
45 Steady  Madars Razma £150,750
46 Steady  Niels Zonneveld £145,750
47 Steady  William O'Connor £138,500
48 Steady  Kim Huybrechts £123,750
49 Steady  Richard Veenstra £119,250
50 Steady  Ian White £117,500
51 Increase 1  Florian Hempel £108,750
52 Decrease 1  José de Sousa £108,250
53 Steady  Matt Campbell £102,500
54 Steady  Keane Barry £101,500
55 Steady  Alan Soutar £98,500
56 Increase 1  Connor Scutt £97,250
57 Decrease 1  Jim Williams £95,500
58 Steady  Robert Owen £94,000
59 Steady  Jeffrey de Graaf £93,500
60 Steady  Nick Kenny £90,500
61 Steady  Stephen Burton £86,500
62 Increase 1  Ryan Meikle £85,250
63 Decrease 1  Mensur Suljović £83,500
64 Increase 1  Thibault Tricole £78,750
*Change since 19 June 2025.
Click "show" to view players ranked outside top 64
PDC Order of Merit as of 9 July 2025.[13]
Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank Change Player Earnings
65 Decrease 1  Dylan Slevin £77,250
66 Steady  Dom Taylor £68,000
67 Steady  James Hurrell £67,500
68 Steady  Mario Vandenbogaerde £58,250
69 Steady  Chris Landman £52,750
70 Increase 1  Niko Springer £39,750
71 Decrease 1  Matthew Dennant £39,250
72 Steady  Andy Baetens £38,000
73 Increase 23  Bradley Brooks £37,750
73 Steady  Berry van Peer £37,750
75 Increase 1  Darren Beveridge £36,250
76 Increase 3  Steve Lennon £36,000
77 Decrease 3  Nathan Rafferty £35,750
78 Decrease 3  Lukas Wenig £35,500
79 Decrease 1  Patrick Geeraets £35,250
80 Decrease 3  Rhys Griffin £35,000
81 Decrease 1  Karel Sedláček £34,000
82 Increase 2  Owen Bates £33,500
83 Decrease 3  Jitse Van der Wal £32,500
83 Decrease 3  Adam Hunt £32,500
85 Decrease 5  Radek Szagański £31,500
86 Decrease 1  Jelle Klaasen £29,250
87 Steady  Martijn Dragt £29,000
88 Decrease 2  Danny Lauby £28,750
89 Increase 1  Haupai Puha £26,500
90 Decrease 2  Benjamin Reus £26,000
91 Steady  Robert Grundy £25,750
91 Steady  Adam Lipscombe £25,750
93 Decrease 4  William Borland £25,500
94 Decrease 1  George Killington £25,000
95 Increase 1  Cam Crabtree £23,750
96 Decrease 2  Dominik Grüllich £23,250
97 Decrease 2  Darius Labanauskas £22,250
98 Steady  Brett Claydon £21,000
99 Increase 1  Max Hopp £20,750
100 Decrease 1  Sebastian Białecki £20,000
101 Steady  Justin Hood £18,500
102 Steady  Darryl Pilgrim £16,250
103 Increase 3  Andy Boulton £15,500
104 Increase 6  Wesley Plaisier £15,250
104 Decrease 1  Maik Kuivenhoven £15,250
104 Decrease 1  Joshua Richardson £15,250
104 Decrease 1  Thomas Lovely £15,250
108 Decrease 1  Michele Turetta £15,000
109 Decrease 1  Marvin van Velzen £12,750
109 Decrease 1  Jim Long £12,750
111 Increase 4  Leon Weber £12,000
112 Increase 1  Tom Bissell £11,500
112 Decrease 1  Carl Sneyd £11,500
114 Decrease 2  Christian Kist £11,000
115 Increase 4  Adam Warner £10,500
116 Decrease 2  Stefan Bellmont £9,500
117 Decrease 2  Boris Krčmar £9,000
118 Increase 6  Greg Ritchie £8,500
118 Decrease 1  Tim Wolters £8,500
120 Decrease 2  Andreas Harrysson £8,250
121 Increase 3  Ted Evetts £8,000
122 Increase 7  Maximilian Czerwinski £7,500
122 Increase 5  Stefaan Henderyck £7,500
122 Decrease 2  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £7,500
122 Decrease 2  Jimmy van Schie £7,500
122 Decrease 2  Tavis Dudeney £7,500
127 Decrease 4  Oskar Lukasiak £7,250
128 Decrease 4  Kevin Burness £7,000
129 Decrease 2  Tommy Lishman £6,500
130 Increase 20  Jamai van den Herik £6,000
130 Increase 1  Viktor Tingström £6,000
132 Increase 9  Graham Hall £5,500
132 Decrease 3  Beau Greaves £5,500
134 Increase 6  Adam Paxton £5,250
135 Decrease 4  Mervyn King £5,000
135 Decrease 4  Tytus Kanik £5,000
135 Decrease 4  Daniel Klose £5,000
135 Decrease 4  Jurjen van der Velde £5,000
139 Decrease 3  Alexander Merkx £4,500
139 Decrease 3  Danny van Trijp £4,500
139 Decrease 3  Tom Sykes £4,500
139 Decrease 3  Cor Dekker £4,500
143 Increase 5  Pero Ljubić £4,250
144 Decrease 3  Jeffrey Sparidaans £4,000
144 Decrease 3  Jarno Bottenberg £4,000
144 Decrease 3  Kai Gotthardt £4,000
144 Decrease 3  Jules van Dongen £4,000
148 Decrease 2  Michael Unterbuchner £3,750
148 Decrease 2  Aden Kirk £3,750
150 Decrease 2  Nathan Girvan £3,250
151 Decrease 1  Kevin Knopf £2,500
151 Decrease 1  Petr Křivka £2,500
151 Decrease 1  Teemu Harju £2,500
151 Decrease 1  Johan Engström £2,500
151 Decrease 1  Paul Krohne £2,500
151 Decrease 1  Graham Usher £2,500
157 Steady  Scott Campbell £2,000
158 Increase 30  Henry Coates £1,750
159 Decrease 1  Jack Tweddell £1,500
160 Decrease 1  Dragutin Horvat £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Joshua Hermann £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Moritz Bohrmann £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Jeffrey de Zwaan £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Jerry Hendriks £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Benjamin Pratnemer £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Marcel Erba £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Christian Gödl £1,250
160 Decrease 1  György Jehirszki £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Rowby-John Rodriguez £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Zoran Lerchbacher £1,250
160 Decrease 1  András Borbély £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Finn Behrens £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Michael Rosenauer £1,250
160 Decrease 1  René Eidams £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Patrick Klingelhöfer £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Paul Goyer £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Laurin Welk £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Marko Kantele £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Cedric Waegemans £1,250
160 Decrease 1  François Schweyen £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Patrick De Backer £1,250
160 Decrease 1  Sybren Gijbels £1,250
183 Decrease 1  Sam Spivey £1,000
183 Decrease 1  Paul Rowley £1,000
183 Decrease 1  Shaun Fox £1,000
183 Decrease 1  Simon Stevenson £1,000
183 Decrease 1  Tommy Morris £1,000
183 Decrease 1  Michael Flynn £1,000
189 Decrease 1  Ryan Branley £750
*Change since 19 June 2025.

Secondary Orders of Merit

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In addition to the main two-year Order of Merit, the PDC also operates three Orders of Merit for subsets of the PDC Tour and four Orders of Merit for secondary tours. These rankings offer qualification to televised events and are the basis for seeding in tournaments. Additionally, some secondary tours offer Tour Cards. These are secondary Orders of Merit are the:

  • Pro Tour 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 Players Championship events.[14]
  • European Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in European Tour events during the calendar year. The top 32 on this ranking list qualify for the European Championship at the end of the year, where all players are seeded according to their European Tour ranking.[15]
  • Players Championship Order of Merit, which counts money earned in Player Championship events during the calendar year. The top 64 on this ranking qualify for the Players Championship Finals. Similarly to the European Championship, all players are seeded according to their rank.[16]
  • Challenge Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in a calendar year on the Challenge Tour, a secondary tour open to players without Tour Cards that participated in the most recent Q-School. Top ranked players at the end of the year may qualify for televised tournaments and receive Tour Cards, depending on their rank.[17] The Challenge Tour Order of Merit also acts as a reserve list for Pro Tour events.[4]
  • Development Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in a calendar year on the Development Tour, a secondary open to some Tour Card holders and players without Tour Card aged 16–23. Top ranked players at the end of the year may qualify for televised tournaments and receive Tour Cards, depending on their rank.[18]
  • Women's Series Order of Merit, which counts money earned in a calendar year on the Women's Series, a secondary tour for female players.[4] Top ranked players at the end of the year may qualify for televised tournaments and receive Tour Cards, depending on their rank.[19]
  • Women's World Matchplay Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Women's Series earned over an approximately 12-month period prior to the Women's World Matchplay, to the which the top 8 players are invited.[4]
Qualification and seedings to PDC events via PDC Orders of Merit[4]
Tournament Qualifiers (seeds)
By Order of Merit Other
Main PT ET PC WS CT DT WO
Ranked televised events
World Championship 40 (32) 40 — 3 3 3 39
World Masters 24 (16)[a] — [b] [b] [b] 8[c]
UK Open TCH — 8 8 — 16
World Matchplay 16 (16) 16 —
World Grand Prix 16 (16) 16 —
European Championship — 32 (32) —
Grand Slam of Darts 0 (8) — 1 1 1 21
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
Premier League Darts 4 — 4
World Series of Darts Finals — 8 (8) — 24
World Cup of Darts [d] — [d]
Tour Cards 64 — 2 2 — 60[e]
  1. ^ Players Ranked 25–56 will enter at the last 64 of the preliminary round, while Players Ranked 57–88 will be seeded in the preliminary round group stage, and Players Ranked 89–128 will enter at the preliminary rounded group stage non-seeded[20]
  2. ^ a b c The top 8 eligible players from the Secondary Tours holders enter at the preliminary round group stage
  3. ^ The 8 qualifiers from the preliminary round.
  4. ^ a b Customarily, up to 2 Tour Card Holders are invited where possible from each nation, with priority for selection given to the highest-ranked players in the main Order of Merit. However, on some occasions (such as John Henderson's defence of Scotland's 2021 title), a lower-ranked player is invited. Where no Tour Card holders are available for a participating nation, players are invited directly by the PDC or through national qualifiers.[4][21]
  5. ^ Players who have one year remaining of a two-year Tour Card and players qualifying through Q-school.

Previous world ranking system

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Prior to 2007, a ranking point system was used where ranking points were awarded according to the stage reached in a tournament and the relative prestige of the tournament.[22] There was no limit on the number of tournaments which counted to the tally, which meant that the top-ranked players were not necessarily the best-performing in the major tournaments. For instance, 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.[23]

PDC World Rankings Points System, 2003[22]
Tournament Category Winner Runner-up Top 4 Top 8 Top 16 Top 32 Top 40 Top 64
World Championship 50 40 35 30 24 16 12 [a]
Premier Event 30 24 20 16 12 8 — [b][c]
Category One 16 12 10 8 6 4 — [d]
Category Two 8 6 4 3 2 1 —
Category Three 5 4 3 2 1 —
  1. ^ 2, 4 or 6 points for players who reached the later rounds of qualifying.
  2. ^ For events with more than 128 players, 4 points.
  3. ^ 1, 2, or 4 points for players who reached the later rounds of qualifying for the World Matchplay.
  4. ^ For events with more than 128 players, 2 points.

Previous World Number Ones

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PDC Ranking Leaders Timeline[5][24]

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
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
England Luke Humphries 2
  • 2024
  • 2025
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

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No. Player(s) From Length Ref.
1  Alan Warriner-Little January 1993 Incarnation of the WDC 674 days[A] [5]
2  Dennis Priestley 6 November 1994 1994 Lada UK Masters 155 [5][25]
3  Rod Harrington 10 April 1995 1995 UK Matchplay 479 days[A] [5][25]
4  Phil Taylor August 1996 31 days[A] [5][25]
 Alan Warriner-Little (2) September 1996 699 days[A] [5][25]
 Rod Harrington (2) 1 August 1998 1998 World Matchplay 728 days [5][25]
 Phil Taylor (2) 29 July 2000 2000 World Matchplay 57 days [5][25]
5  Peter Manley 24 September 2000 2000 Windy City Open 399 days [5][25]
 Alan Warriner-Little (3) 28 October 2001 2001 World Grand Prix 69 days [5][25]
Alan Warriner-Little (4) and Phil Taylor (3) 5 January 2002 2002 World Championship 28 days [5][25]
 Alan Warriner-Little (5) 2 February 2002 2002 Eastbourne Open 88 days[A] [5][25]
 Phil Taylor (4) May 2002 248 days[A] [5][25]
6  John Part 4 January 2003 2003 World Championship 203 days [5][25]
 Phil Taylor (5) 26 July 2003 2003 Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy 582 days [5][25]
7  Colin Lloyd 27 February 2005 2005 West Tyrone Open 469 days [26][25]
 Phil Taylor (6) 11 June 2006 2006 UK Open 7 days [27][28]
 Colin Lloyd (2) 18 June 2006 2006 Players Championship 3 197 days [28][25]
 Phil Taylor (7) 1 January 2007 2007 World Championship 365 days [5][25]
8  Raymond van Barneveld 1 January 2008 2008 World Championship 159 days [29][25]
 Phil Taylor (8) 8 June 2008 2008 UK Open 2,033 days [29][30]
9  Michael van Gerwen 1 January 2014 2014 World Championship 2,559 days [30][31]
10  Gerwyn Price 3 January 2021 2021 World Championship 427 days [31][32]
11  Peter Wright 6 March 2022 2022 UK Open 140 days [32][33]
 Gerwyn Price (2) 24 July 2022 2022 World Matchplay 77 days [33]
 Peter Wright (2) 9 October 2022 2022 World Grand Prix 21 days [34]
 Gerwyn Price (3) 30 October 2022 2022 European Championship 65 days [34][35]
12  Michael Smith 3 January 2023 2023 World Championship 365 days [35]
13  Luke Humphries 3 January 2024 2024 World Championship 556 days [6][36]
  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

Total Days at No. 1

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No. Player Total Days at No 1 Longest Consecutive Run
1 Phil Taylor 3323 2033
2 Michael van Gerwen 2559 2559
3 Alan Warriner-Little 1558 699
4 Rod Harrington 1207 728
5 Colin Lloyd 666 469
6 Gerwyn Price 569 427
7 Luke Humphries 556 556
8 Peter Manley 399 399
9 Michael Smith 365 365
10 John Part 203 203
11 Peter Wright 161 140
12 Raymond van Barneveld 159 159
13 Dennis Priestley 155 155
Active players in bold.

First WDC/PDC rankings

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Following the World Darts Council split from the British Darts Organisation between 1992 and 1994, 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 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

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