PDC Order of Merit

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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.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

  • As of 03 January 2016 following the William Hill world darts championship [1]
  • A live (unofficial) version of the Order of Merit is available on

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 £1,063,750 17 Decrease3 England Mervyn King £212,250 33 Decrease1 Scotland John Henderson £85,750
2 Steady Scotland Gary Anderson £911,250 18 Decrease8 Australia Simon Whitlock £188,000 34 Increase2 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney £83,750
3 Increase2 England Adrian Lewis £493,750 19 Decrease1 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan £186,500 35 Decrease1 England Keegan Brown £82,500
4 Decrease1 England Phil Taylor £478,250 20 Increase1 Austria Mensur Suljović £166,750 36 Decrease1 England Darren Webster £79,000
5 Decrease1 Scotland Peter Wright £353,250 21 Decrease1 England Justin Pipe £161,250 37 Increase12 England Alan Norris £76,250
6 Increase1 England James Wade £352,500 22 Increase2 Netherlands Benito van de Pas £142,000 37 Increase1 Netherlands Christian Kist £76,250
7 Decrease1 Scotland Robert Thornton £340,500 23 Decrease2 England Jamie Caven £136,500 39 Increase1 Belgium Ronny Huybrechts £66,500
8 Steady England Michael Smith £299,250 24 Increase1 England Steve Beaton £127,250 40 Increase3 Australia Kyle Anderson £64,500
9 Increase7 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld £261,000 25 Increase3 England Andrew Gilding £122,500 41 Increase1 Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez £62,000
10 Increase3 England Dave Chisnall £238,000 26 Decrease4 Wales Mark Webster £121,500 42 Decrease4 England Ronnie Baxter £61,750
11 Steady England Terry Jenkins £234,250 27 Steady England Andy Hamilton £114,250 43 Decrease7 England Andy Smith £58,750
12 Decrease2 England Ian White £233,500 28 Increase1 England Dean Winstanley £107,500 44 Increase3 England David Pallett £57,500
13 Increase6 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen £228,000 29 Decrease3 England Wes Newton £105,250 45 Steady Germany Max Hopp £54,250
14 Decrease2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts £224,250 30 Increase1 Wales Jamie Lewis £98,750 46 Steady Spain Cristo Reyes £53,000
15 Steady Netherlands Vincent van der Voort £222,500 31 Decrease1 England Kevin Painter £96,750 47 Increase5 England Joe Murnan £51,500
16 Increase1 England Stephen Bunting £220,250 32 Increase1 Wales Gerwyn Price £92,750 48 Steady England Joe Cullen £46,000
Rank Player Money Rank Player Money Rank Player Money
49 Decrease8 Australia Paul Nicholson £43,750 65 Decrease7 England Mark Walsh £17,500 81 Steady England Darren Johnson £11,500
50 Decrease6 England Wayne Jones £41,500 66 Decrease1 England James Wilson £17,250 82 Increase76 Greece John Michael £11,500
51 Decrease1 Northern Ireland Michael Mansell £39,750 67 Increase34 Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena £17,000 83 Steady England Andy Parsons £11,000
52 Increase2 Germany Jyhan Artut £39,250 68 Decrease1 England Josh Payne £16,750 84 Steady Scotland Jason Hogg £10,750
53 Increase2 England Ricky Evans £34,000 69 Decrease1 England Steve West £16,750 85 Decrease17 England Dennis Smith £10,250
54 Decrease3 England Stuart Kellett £30,750 70 Decrease1 Scotland Jamie Bain £16,000 86 Increase1 England Terry Temple £10,250
55 Increase6 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode £29,750 71 Decrease1 England Adam Hunt £15,750 87 Steady England Nathan Derry £10,000
56 Increase6 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan £29,500 72 Decrease1 Scotland Mark Barilli £15,500 88 Increase New Zealand Koha Kokiri £10,000
57 Increase28 Belgium Dimitri van den Bergh £25,500 73 Decrease1 England John Bowles £15,000 89 Increase Australia Laurence Ryder £10,000
58 Increase14 England Andy Boulton £25,000 74 Decrease14 England Ross Smith £14,750 90 Increase United States Darin Young £10,000
59 Decrease2 South Africa Devon Petersen £24,500 75 Decrease1 Wales Johnny Clayton £13,750 91 Increase Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan £10,000
60 Decrease7 Canada John Part £24,000 76 Decrease1 England Brian Woods £13,500 92 Increase Germany René Eidams £10,000
61 Decrease2 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor £23,250 77 Steady England Tony Newell £13,000 93 Increase Japan Keita Ono £10,000
62 Increase15 Netherlands Jan Dekker £23,000 78 Increase1 England Eddie Dootson £12,750 94 Increase Finland Kim Viljanen £10,000
63 Decrease7 England Kevin McDine £18,250 79 Decrease16 England Mark Dudbridge £12,250 95 Increase New Zealand Rob Szabo £10,000
64 Steady England Robbie Green £18,000 80 Steady England Andy Jenkins £11,500 96 Increase Russia Aleksandr Oreshkin £10,000

Current PDC ProTour Order of Merit

  • As of 5 June 2015.[2]
  • The ProTour Order of Merit counts prize money won in Players Championship events, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events over a 12-month period.
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
  • The top 8 players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the European Championship.
  • The top 14 players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the World Grand Prix.
  • The top 16 players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the World Matchplay.
  • The top 16 players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the World Championship.
  • The top 32 players in the ProTour Order of Merit gain entry to the Players Championship Finals.
  • The top 7 European(non-UK) players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the European Championship.
  • The top 4 European(non-UK) players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the World Championship.
  • The top 2 nationals of Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the World Grand Prix.

Scandinavian Order of Merit 2015

Scandinavian Pro Tour [3]
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:

  • The top 16 in early July get an automatic entry to the first round of the World Matchplay (as a seeded player).
  • The top 16 in early July get an automatic entry to the first round of the European Championship (top-8 as seeded players).
  • The top 16 in late September get an automatic entry to the first round of the World Grand Prix (top-8 as seeded players).
  • The top 32 in early December get an automatic entry to the first round of the World Championship (as a seeded player).
  • The top 4 after the World Championship get an automatic entry to the Premier League.

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)
England Dennis Priestley 1994, 1995 (2)
England Peter Manley 2000, 2001 (2)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2014-present (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.[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

See also

References

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External links

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