ThePDC Order of Merit, known for sponsorship purposes as theWerner Rankings Ladder,^[1] is the world ranking system for professional darts players used by theProfessional 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 the2007 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 wasAlan Warriner.^[5] Since 1993, thirteen other players have held the top spot, includingLuke Littler, 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.

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] ThePDC 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 aTour 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 asLuke Littler in the2024 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]

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, thePremier League,World Series of Darts events and theWorld Cup of Darts are the only unranked PDC tournaments with Tour Card Holder participation outside of the secondary tours.^[4]

PDC Order of Merit as of 23 November 2025.^[13]

Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
1		Luke Littler	£1,970,500
2		Luke Humphries	£1,572,000
3		Michael van Gerwen	£681,250
4		Stephen Bunting	£593,750
5		Jonny Clayton	£560,000
6	1	Danny Noppert	£540,750
7	1	James Wade	£534,250
8	1	Chris Dobey	£530,250
9	1	Gerwyn Price	£521,000
10	2	Gian van Veen	£520,000
11		Josh Rock	£510,500
12		Ross Smith	£457,750
13	2	Martin Schindler	£448,250
14		Gary Anderson	£444,500
15	6	Nathan Aspinall	£440,000
16	3	Damon Heta	£439,000
17	1	Rob Cross	£429,000
18	1	Mike De Decker	£413,500
19	1	Jermaine Wattimena	£403,000
20	1	Ryan Searle	£393,000
21	3	Dave Chisnall	£387,500
22	3	Daryl Gurney	£356,500
23		Dimitri Van den Bergh	£335,250
24	2	Ryan Joyce	£335,000
25	1	Luke Woodhouse	£330,500
26		Cameron Menzies	£325,250
27		Ritchie Edhouse	£316,500
28		Michael Smith	£313,500
29		Dirk van Duijvenbode	£309,750
30		Peter Wright	£301,500
31		Wessel Nijman	£295,750
32		Joe Cullen	£285,000
*Change since 16 November 2025.

PDC Order of Merit as of 23 November 2025.^[13]

Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
33		Ricardo Pietreczko	£283,000
34		Andrew Gilding	£280,000
35		Raymond van Barneveld	£266,000
36		Scott Williams	£248,750
37		Krzysztof Ratajski	£247,500
38		Martin Lukeman	£226,500
39		Brendan Dolan	£208,250
40		Ricky Evans	£178,000
41		Kevin Doets	£174,000
42		William O'Connor	£172,250
43	2	Callan Rydz	£169,000
44		Niels Zonneveld	£162,750
45	1	Mickey Mansell	£159,250
46	1	Madars Razma	£152,500
47	4	Gabriel Clemens	£144,250
48		Richard Veenstra	£127,250
49		Jeffrey de Graaf	£124,500
50		Connor Scutt	£119,750
51	1	Ian White	£117,000
52	1	Niko Springer	£114,750
53	2	Kim Huybrechts	£108,000
54	1	Alan Soutar	£106,500
55	1	Keane Barry	£106,250
56	2	Florian Hempel	£103,750
57	2	Nick Kenny	£99,500
58		Robert Owen	£95,500
59	2	Matt Campbell	£95,250
60		Mensur Suljović	£92,750
61		Thibault Tricole	£91,250
62		Ryan Meikle	£90,500
63	5	James Hurrell	£87,000
64	1	Lukas Wenig	£86,250
*Change since 16 November 2025.

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PDC Order of Merit as of 23 November 2025.^[13]

Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank	Change	Player	Earnings
65	1	Dom Taylor	£82,500
66	3	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£79,750
67	3	Stephen Burton	£78,750
68	3	Jim Williams	£77,000
69	2	Dylan Slevin	£74,250
70	1	Karel Sedláček	£68,000
71	1	Chris Landman	£67,250
72	1	Bradley Brooks	£63,750
73	1	José de Sousa	£59,000
74	4	Cam Crabtree	£58,000
75	2	Darren Beveridge	£54,750
76	2	Steve Lennon	£53,250
77	2	Matthew Dennant	£52,250
78	2	Andy Baetens	£52,000
79	1	Sebastian Białecki	£48,750
80	1	Rhys Griffin	£43,500
81	1	Owen Bates	£42,250
82	10	Adam Lipscombe	£41,750
82		Berry van Peer	£41,750
84	1	Adam Hunt	£41,000
85	1	Patrick Geeraets	£40,250
86	4	Justin Hood	£39,750
87	2	Robert Grundy	£39,250
88	2	Nathan Rafferty	£38,750
88	2	Jitse Van der Wal	£38,750
90	2	Radek Szagański	£38,250
91	2	Jelle Klaasen	£34,750
92	3	Wesley Plaisier	£33,500
93	3	Max Hopp	£33,250
94	3	Martijn Dragt	£33,000
95	3	Darius Labanauskas	£31,750
95	3	Danny Lauby	£31,750
97		Haupai Puha	£29,500
98		Dominik Grüllich	£29,250
99		William Borland	£28,000
99		Benjamin Reus	£28,000
101		Brett Claydon	£27,500
102		George Killington	£27,000
103		Cor Dekker	£26,250
104		Maik Kuivenhoven	£26,000
104		Andy Boulton	£26,000
106		Darryl Pilgrim	£24,250
107		Michele Turetta	£21,000
108		Tom Bissell	£20,250
109		Christian Kist	£20,000
110		Leon Weber	£19,750
111		Stefan Bellmont	£18,750
112		Dennie Olde Kalter	£18,500
113		Joshua Richardson	£18,250
114		Andreas Harrysson	£17,750
115		Jamai van den Herik	£17,500
116		Jurjen van der Velde	£17,250
116		Jim Long	£17,250
116		Thomas Lovely	£17,250
116		Marvin van Velzen	£17,250
120		Beau Greaves	£16,000
120		Viktor Tingström	£16,000
122		Adam Warner	£15,500
123		Greg Ritchie	£13,500
124		Alexander Merkx	£13,000
125		Mervyn King	£12,500
125		Jimmy van Schie	£12,500
125		Carl Sneyd	£12,500
128		Adam Paxton	£11,750
129		Maximilian Czerwinski	£11,250
130		Graham Hall	£10,500
131		Danny van Trijp	£10,000
131		Ted Evetts	£10,000
133		Tavis Dudeney	£9,500
133		Oskar Lukasiak	£9,500
133		Kevin Burness	£9,500
136		Tytus Kanik	£9,250
137		Boris Krčmar	£9,000
138		Joe Hunt	£8,500
138		Stefaan Henderyck	£8,500
138		Tim Wolters	£8,500
141		Michael Unterbuchner	£8,250
142		Alexis Toylo	£8,000
143		Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£7,500
144		Tommy Lishman	£6,500
145		David Davies	£6,000
146		Jack Tweddell	£5,500
146		Tom Sykes	£5,500
148		Pero Ljubić	£5,250
149		Alex Spellman	£5,000
149		Lisa Ashton	£5,000
149		Scott Waites	£5,000
149		Johan Engström	£5,000
149		Kai Gotthardt	£5,000
149		Jarno Bottenberg	£5,000
149		Jeffrey Sparidaans	£5,000
149		Daniel Klose	£5,000
157		Henry Coates	£4,250
158		Jules van Dongen	£4,000
159		Dragutin Horvat	£3,750
159		Benjamin Pratnemer	£3,750
159		Aden Kirk	£3,750
162		Lee Cocks	£3,500
162		Michael Flynn	£3,500
164		Nathan Girvan	£3,250
165		Scott Campbell	£3,000
166		Charlie Manby	£2,500
166		Kevin Troppmann	£2,500
166		Martin Kramer	£2,500
166		András Borbély	£2,500
166		Sam Spivey	£2,500
166		François Schweyen	£2,500
166		Arno Merk	£2,500
166		Kevin Knopf	£2,500
166		Petr Křivka	£2,500
166		Teemu Harju	£2,500
166		Paul Krohne	£2,500
166		Graham Usher	£2,500
178		Martin Thomas	£2,000
179		Sietse Lap	£1,500
180		Felix Springer	£1,250
180		Tomislav Rosandić	£1,250
180		Andreas Toft Jørgensen	£1,250
180		Ansh Sood	£1,250
180		Dalibor Šmolík	£1,250
180		Denis Schnetzer	£1,250
180		Rocco Fulciniti	£1,250
180		Andreas Hyllgaardhus	£1,250
180		Levente Sárai	£1,250
180		Nándor Major	£1,250
180		Nándor Prés	£1,250
180		Filip Maňák	£1,250
180		Jiří Brejcha	£1,250
180		Lukáš Unger	£1,250
180		Adam Gawlas	£1,250
180		Xanti Van den Bergh	£1,250
180		Liam Maendl-Lawrance	£1,250
180		Mirosław Grudziecki	£1,250
180		Yorick Hofkens	£1,250
180		Joshua Hermann	£1,250
180		Moritz Bohrmann	£1,250
180		Jeffrey de Zwaan	£1,250
180		Jerry Hendriks	£1,250
180		Marcel Erba	£1,250
180		Christian Gödl	£1,250
180		György Jehirszki	£1,250
180		Rowby-John Rodriguez	£1,250
180		Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
180		Finn Behrens	£1,250
180		Michael Rosenauer	£1,250
180		René Eidams	£1,250
180		Patrick Klingelhöfer	£1,250
180		Paul Goyer	£1,250
180		Laurin Welk	£1,250
180		Marko Kantele	£1,250
180		Cedric Waegemans	£1,250
180		Patrick De Backer	£1,250
180		Sybren Gijbels	£1,250
218		Jenson Walker	£1,000
218		Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
218		Paul Rowley	£1,000
218		Shaun Fox	£1,000
218		Simon Stevenson	£1,000
218		Tommy Morris	£1,000
224		Ryan Branley	£750
*Change since 16 November 2025.

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 forsecondary tours. These rankings offer qualification to televised events and are the basis forseeding 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 theEuropean 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 thePlayers 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 theWomen's World Matchplay, to the which the top 8 players are invited.^[4]

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 betweenPhil Taylor,Raymond van Barneveld andJohn Part.^[23]

PDC Ranking Leaders Timeline^[5][24]

14 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 eight 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.

Notable players not to be ranked world number one in the PDC include: Two-time back-to-backPDC World ChampionsAdrian Lewis andGary Anderson, 11-time major title winnerJames Wade and2018 world championRob Cross.^[25]

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
Luke Humphries	2	2024 2025
Raymond van Barneveld	1	2008
John Part	1	2003
Peter Wright	1	2022
Michael Smith	1	2023
Luke Littler	1	2025
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

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 days	[5][26]
3	Rod Harrington	10 April 1995	1995 UK Matchplay	479 days[A]	[5][26]
4	Phil Taylor	August 1996		31 days[A]	[5][26]
	Alan Warriner-Little(2)	September 1996		699 days[A]	[5][26]
	Rod Harrington(2)	1 August 1998	1998 World Matchplay	728 days	[5][26]
	Phil Taylor(2)	29 July 2000	2000 World Matchplay	57 days	[5][26]
5	Peter Manley	24 September 2000	2000 Windy City Open	399 days	[5][26]
	Alan Warriner-Little(3)	28 October 2001	2001 World Grand Prix	69 days	[5][26]
	Alan Warriner-Little(4) andPhil Taylor(3)	5 January 2002	2002 World Championship	28 days	[5][26]
	Alan Warriner-Little(5)	2 February 2002	2002 Eastbourne Open	88 days[A]	[5][26]
	Phil Taylor(4)	May 2002		248 days[A]	[5][26]
6	John Part	4 January 2003	2003 World Championship	203 days	[5][26]
	Phil Taylor(5)	26 July 2003	2003Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy	582 days	[5][26]
7	Colin Lloyd	27 February 2005	2005 West Tyrone Open	469 days	[27][26]
	Phil Taylor(6)	11 June 2006	2006 UK Open	7 days	[28][29]
	Colin Lloyd(2)	18 June 2006	2006 Players Championship 3	197 days	[29][26]
	Phil Taylor(7)	1 January 2007	2007 World Championship	365 days	[5][26]
8	Raymond van Barneveld	1 January 2008	2008 World Championship	159 days	[30][26]
	Phil Taylor(8)	8 June 2008	2008 UK Open	2,033 days	[30][31]
9	Michael van Gerwen	1 January 2014	2014 World Championship	2,559 days	[31][32]
10	Gerwyn Price	3 January 2021	2021 World Championship	427 days	[32][33]
11	Peter Wright	6 March 2022	2022 UK Open	140 days	[33][34]
	Gerwyn Price(2)	24 July 2022	2022 World Matchplay	77 days	[34]
	Peter Wright(2)	9 October 2022	2022 World Grand Prix	21 days	[35]
	Gerwyn Price(3)	30 October 2022	2022 European Championship	65 days	[35][36]
12	Michael Smith	3 January 2023	2023 World Championship	365 days	[36]
13	Luke Humphries	3 January 2024	2024 World Championship	683 days	[37][38]
14	Luke Littler	16 November 2025	2025 Grand Slam	7 days	[6]

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Following theWorld Darts Council split from theBritish Darts Organisation between 1992 and 1994, the WDC drew up its first ranking list in the run-up to its inaugural1994 World Championship.Mike Gregory andChris Johns later went back to the BDO set up, andBobby 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

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