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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.[1]
How it works
[edit]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.
PDC Top 64 Order of Merit
[edit]Players ranked 1 - 32 | |||
Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
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1 | ![]() |
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£1,647,250 |
2 | ![]() |
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£1,060,750 |
3 | ![]() |
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£969,500 |
4 | ![]() |
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£591,500 |
5 | ![]() |
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£558,250 |
6 | ![]() |
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£533,000 |
7 | ![]() |
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£518,250 |
8 | ![]() |
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£507,000 |
9 | ![]() |
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£496,750 |
10 | ![]() |
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£481,750 |
11 | ![]() |
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£471,250 |
12 | ![]() |
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£466,000 |
13 | ![]() |
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£439,750 |
14 | ![]() |
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£423,250 |
15 | ![]() |
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£416,000 |
16 | ![]() |
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£408,250 |
17 | ![]() |
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£400,500 |
18 | ![]() |
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£373,250 |
19 | ![]() |
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£365,000 |
20 | ![]() |
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£364,000 |
21 | ![]() |
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£358,250 |
22 | ![]() |
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£338,500 |
23 | ![]() |
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£331,000 |
24 | ![]() |
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£328,250 |
25 | ![]() |
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£301,500 |
26 | ![]() |
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£285,000 |
27 | ![]() |
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£280,750 |
28 | ![]() |
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£275,750 |
29 | ![]() |
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£269,250 |
30 | ![]() |
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£212,750 |
31 | ![]() |
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£200,000 |
31 | ![]() |
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£200,000 |
*Change since 2 August 2024. |
Players ranked 33 - 64 | |||
Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
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33 | ![]() |
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£187,500 |
34 | ![]() |
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£187,250 |
35 | ![]() |
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£179,750 |
36 | ![]() |
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£174,250 |
37 | ![]() |
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£156,000 |
38 | ![]() |
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£152,750 |
39 | ![]() |
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£152,500 |
40 | ![]() |
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£145,750 |
41 | ![]() |
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£136,250 |
42 | ![]() |
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£131,500 |
43 | ![]() |
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£128,500 |
44 | ![]() |
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£126,500 |
44 | ![]() |
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£126,500 |
46 | ![]() |
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£126,000 |
47 | ![]() |
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£116,750 |
48 | ![]() |
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£110,000 |
49 | ![]() |
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£105,750 |
50 | ![]() |
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£103,750 |
51 | ![]() |
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£102,500 |
52 | ![]() |
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£101,500 |
53 | ![]() |
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£97,000 |
54 | ![]() |
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£88,750 |
55 | ![]() |
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£88,250 |
56 | ![]() |
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£87,500 |
57 | ![]() |
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£85,000 |
57 | ![]() |
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£85,000 |
59 | ![]() |
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£84,750 |
60 | ![]() |
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£79,500 |
61 | ![]() |
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£77,250 |
62 | ![]() |
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£76,500 |
63 | ![]() |
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£74,750 |
64 | ![]() |
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£73,250 |
*Change since 2 August 2024. |
Players ranked 65th or lower | |||
Rank | Change | Player | Earnings |
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65 | ![]() |
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£65,250 |
66 | ![]() |
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£62,250 |
67 | ![]() |
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£58,000 |
68 | ![]() |
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£51,750 |
69 | ![]() |
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£50,000 |
70 | ![]() |
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£48,750 |
71 | ![]() |
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£46,000 |
72 | ![]() |
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£45,250 |
73 | ![]() |
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£43,250 |
74 | ![]() |
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£38,750 |
75 | ![]() |
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£37,000 |
76 | ![]() |
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£33,250 |
77 | ![]() |
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£32,750 |
78 | ![]() |
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£32,500 |
79 | ![]() |
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£31,750 |
80 | ![]() |
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£31,000 |
81 | ![]() |
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£30,500 |
82 | ![]() |
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£28,500 |
83 | ![]() |
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£27,750 |
84 | ![]() |
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£26,500 |
85 | ![]() |
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£25,250 |
86 | ![]() |
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£24,500 |
87 | ![]() |
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£21,250 |
87 | ![]() |
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£21,250 |
89 | ![]() |
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£21,000 |
89 | ![]() |
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£21,000 |
91 | ![]() |
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£19,500 |
92 | ![]() |
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£19,000 |
93 | ![]() |
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£18,750 |
93 | ![]() |
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£18,750 |
95 | ![]() |
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£18,500 |
96 | ![]() |
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£18,000 |
96 | ![]() |
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£18,000 |
98 | ![]() |
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£17,750 |
99 | ![]() |
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£15,500 |
100 | ![]() |
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£15,250 |
101 | ![]() |
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£14,500 |
101 | ![]() |
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£14,500 |
101 | ![]() |
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£14,500 |
104 | ![]() |
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£14,250 |
104 | ![]() |
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£14,250 |
104 | ![]() |
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£14,250 |
107 | ![]() |
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£14,000 |
108 | ![]() |
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£13,500 |
109 | ![]() |
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£13,250 |
110 | ![]() |
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£13,000 |
111 | ![]() |
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£12,000 |
112 | ![]() |
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£11,500 |
112 | ![]() |
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£11,500 |
114 | ![]() |
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£11,000 |
115 | ![]() |
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£10,500 |
115 | ![]() |
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£10,500 |
115 | ![]() |
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£10,500 |
118 | ![]() |
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£10,000 |
118 | ![]() |
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£10,000 |
120 | ![]() |
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£9,500 |
120 | ![]() |
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£9,500 |
122 | ![]() |
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£9,000 |
122 | ![]() |
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£9,000 |
124 | ![]() |
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£8,250 |
125 | ![]() |
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£8,000 |
125 | ![]() |
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£8,000 |
127 | ![]() |
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£7,750 |
128 | ![]() |
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£7,000 |
129 | ![]() |
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£6,500 |
129 | ![]() |
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£6,500 |
129 | ![]() |
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£6,500 |
129 | ![]() |
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£6,500 |
133 | ![]() |
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£6,250 |
134 | ![]() |
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£5,500 |
135 | ![]() |
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£5,250 |
136 | ![]() |
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£5,000 |
136 | ![]() |
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£5,000 |
138 | ![]() |
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£4,750 |
139 | ![]() |
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£4,500 |
139 | ![]() |
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£4,500 |
139 | ![]() |
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£4,500 |
142 | ![]() |
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£4,000 |
143 | ![]() |
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£3,750 |
143 | ![]() |
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£3,750 |
145 | ![]() |
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£3,000 |
145 | ![]() |
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£3,000 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
147 | ![]() |
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£2,500 |
158 | ![]() |
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£2,250 |
159 | ![]() |
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£2,000 |
159 | ![]() |
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£2,000 |
161 | ![]() |
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£1,500 |
161 | ![]() |
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£1,500 |
161 | ![]() |
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£1,500 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
164 | ![]() |
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£1,250 |
189 | ![]() |
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£1,000 |
189 | ![]() |
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£1,000 |
189 | ![]() |
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£1,000 |
189 | ![]() |
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£1,000 |
189 | ![]() |
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£1,000 |
189 | ![]() |
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£1,000 |
189 | ![]() |
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£1,000 |
189 | ![]() |
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£1,000 |
189 | ![]() |
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£1,000 |
*Change since 2 August 2024. |
Secondary Orders of Merit
[edit]In addition to the main two-year Order of Merit, the PDC also operates secondary Orders of Merit for their different tours. These include the:
- ProTour 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 Pro Tour events.[3]
- European Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in European Tour events during the calendar year. The top 32 on this ranking list comprise the qualifiers for the European Championship, all seeded, at the end of the year.[4]
- Players Championship Order of Merit, which counts money earned in Player Championship events during the calendar year. The top 64 on this ranking list are the seeded qualifiers to the Players Championship Finals.[5]
- Challenge Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Challenge Tour (by non Tour Card holders that participated in Q-School) during the calendar year. The top players at the end of the year qualify for the World Championship, UK Open, and receive Tour Cards.[6]
- Development Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Development Tour (by Tour Card holders and non Tour Card holders alike, aged 16–23) during the calendar year. The top players at the end of the year qualify for the World Championship, UK Open, and receive Tour Cards.[7]
- Women's Series Order of Merit, which was introduced in 2021 after the first women's series events were introduced in 2020.[8] The tournament series qualifies two women to the Grand Slam, and World Championship.[9]
Player exemptions and seedings
[edit]The PDC rankings from all orders of merit determine exemptions from the qualifying competitions and seedings for all televised events. Additionally, the orders of merit are used to offer tour cards for the following year.
Tournament | Qualifiers (seeds) | |||||||
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By Order of Merit | Other | |||||||
Main | PT | ET | PC | CT | DT | WS | ||
Ranked televised events | ||||||||
World Championship | 32 (32) | 32 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 | |
UK Open | TCH | — | 8 | 8 | — | 16 | ||
World Matchplay | 16 (16) | 16 | — | |||||
World Grand Prix | 16 (8) | 16 | — | |||||
European Championship | — | 32 (32) | — | |||||
Grand Slam of Darts | 0 (8) | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | ||
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 | ||||||||
The Masters | 24 (24) | — | ||||||
Premier League Darts | 4 | — | 4 | |||||
Champions League of Darts | 8 (8) | — | ||||||
Tour Cards | 64 | — | 2 | 2 | — | var |
Ranking Tournaments
[edit]The PDC holds a variety of ranked and unranked televised tournaments throughout the year. There are an additional selection of ranked floor and streamed tournaments that comprise the PDC Pro Tour, as well as unranked secondary tours and events such as the Challenge Tour, Development Tour, and event qualifiers. Money earned in all ranking events counts toward the Order of Merit, with none counting from the unranked events.[8]
Tournament | Prize money | |||||||||
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Total | Champion | Runner-up | Semi-finalists | Top 8 | Top 16 | Top 32 | Top 64 | Top 96 | Top 128 | |
Ranked televised events | ||||||||||
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£2,500,000 | £500,000 | £200,000 | £100,000 | £50,000 | £35,000 | £25,000 | £15,000 | £7,500 | — |
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£600,000 | £110,000 | £50,000 | £30,000 | £15,000 | £10,000 | £5,000 | £2,500 | £1,500 | £1,000 |
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£800,000 | £200,000 | £100,000 | £50,000 | £30,000 | £15,000 | £10,000 | — | ||
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£600,000 | £120,000 | £60,000 | £40,000 | £25,000 | £15,000 | £7,500 | — | ||
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£600,000 | £120,000 | £60,000 | £40,000 | £25,000 | £15,000 | £7,500 | — | ||
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£650,000 | £150,000 | £70,000 | £50,000 | £25,000 | £12,250 | £5,000[B] | — | ||
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£600,000 | £120,000 | £60,000 | £30,000 | £20,000 | £10,000 | £6,500 | £3,000 | — | |
PDC Pro Tour[C] | ||||||||||
13 European Tour events | £175,000 | £30,000 | £12,000 | £8,500 | £6,000 | £4,000 | £2,500[D] | £1,250[E] | — | |
30 Players Championship events | £125,000 | £15,000 | £10,000 | £5,000 | £3,500 | £2,500 | £1,500 | £1,000 | — | |
Total yearly ranking payouts | £11,625,000 | £2,070,000 | £996,000 | £1,141,000 | £1,432,000 | £1,822,000 | £2,208,000 | £1,636,000 | £288,000 | £32,000 |
- ^ The Grand Slam pays an additional £3,500 to the 8 group winners.
- ^ The Grand Slam pays £8,000 and £5,000 for third and fourth place finishers respectively in the group stage, which comprise the top 32.
- ^ The 2020 PDC Pro Tour was reduced to 4 European Tour events and 23 Players Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ The 16 seeded players at a European Tour event do not receive money toward OoM for a top 32 finish.
- ^ European Tour events pay out to 48 players (the complete field).
Unranked Tournaments
The PDC operates additional unranked tournaments for tour card holders and occasional qualifiers throughout the year. This includes five televised premier invitational events comprising the Premier League, Champions League of Darts, World Series of Darts Finals, The Masters, and the World Cup of Darts pairs event.[10][11] Although none of these events count toward the Order of Merit, they all award some number of tournament spots based on Order of Merit position. Additionally there are usually five to seven World Series of Darts events scheduled across the globe each year with eight top PDC players seeded over eight local qualifiers.[8]
Secondary Tours and Tournaments
The PDC also offers secondary tours that do not count toward the main Order of Merit, but do each include their own confined orders of merit. The Challenge Tour is open to any players who played at the most recent Q-School but failed to earn a tour card. Throughout the year, the top players on the Challenge Tour OoM are invited to fill openings on the Pro Tour, receive invitations to the World Championship and UK Open, and at the end of the year receive tour cards for the next two years.[8]
The Development Tour is open to players outside of the top 32 on the main Order of Merit who are between the ages of 16 and 23. Similarly to the Challenge Tour, the top players on the Development Tour order of merit receive tour cards and invitations to the UK Open and World Championship. Additionally, 96 players - comprising 16 invitations, tour card holders of the appropriate age, and Development Tour competitors - partake in the World Youth Championship. Although this championship does not count toward any order of merit, there is a £60,000 payout, and the finalists receive tour cards as well as berths in the Grand Slam and World Championship.[8]
Previous world ranking system
[edit]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 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
[edit]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 |
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1 | 2008 |
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1 | 2003 |
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1 | 2022 |
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1 | 2023 |
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1 | 2024 |
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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January 1993 | Incarnation of the WDC | 674 days[A] | [12] |
2 | ![]() |
6 November 1994 | 1994 Lada UK Masters | 155 | [12][13] |
3 | ![]() |
10 April 1995 | 1995 UK Matchplay | 479 days[A] | [12][13] |
4 | ![]() |
August 1996 | 31 days[A] | [12][13] | |
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September 1996 | 699 days[A] | [12][13] | ||
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1 August 1998 | 1998 World Matchplay | 728 days | [12][13] | |
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29 July 2000 | 2000 World Matchplay | 57 days | [12][13] | |
5 | ![]() |
24 September 2000 | 2000 Windy City Open | 399 days | [12][13] |
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28 October 2001 | 2001 World Grand Prix | 69 days | [12][13] | |
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5 January 2002 | 2002 World Championship | 28 days | [12][13] | |
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2 February 2002 | 2002 Eastbourne Open | 88 days[A] | [12][13] | |
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May 2002 | 248 days[A] | [12][13] | ||
6 | ![]() |
4 January 2003 | 2003 World Championship | 203 days | [12][13] |
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26 July 2003 | 2003 Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy | 582 days | [12][13] | |
7 | ![]() |
27 February 2005 | 2005 West Tyrone Open | 469 days | [14][13] |
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11 June 2006 | 2006 UK Open | 7 days | [15][16] | |
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18 June 2006 | 2006 Players Championship 3 | 197 days | [16][13] | |
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1 January 2007 | 2007 World Championship | 365 days | [12][13] | |
8 | ![]() |
1 January 2008 | 2008 World Championship | 159 days | [17][13] |
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8 June 2008 | 2008 UK Open | 2,033 days | [17][18] | |
9 | ![]() |
1 January 2014 | 2014 World Championship | 2,559 days | [18][19] |
10 | ![]() |
3 January 2021 | 2021 World Championship | 427 days | [19][20] |
11 | ![]() |
6 March 2022 | 2022 UK Open | 140 days | [20][21] |
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24 July 2022 | 2022 World Matchplay | 77 days | [21] | |
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9 October 2022 | 2022 World Grand Prix | 21 days | [22] | |
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30 October 2022 | 2022 European Championship | 65 days | [22][23] | |
12 | ![]() |
3 January 2023 | 2023 World Championship | 365 days | [23] |
13 | ![]() |
3 January 2024 | 2024 World Championship | 236 days |
- Key
Before January 2007 | Used old points system |
Current | Reigning number one on Order of Merit |
Total Days at No. 1
[edit]No. | Player | Total |
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1 | Phil Taylor | 3323 |
2 | Michael van Gerwen | 2559 |
3 | Alan Warriner-Little | 1558 |
4 | Rod Harrington | 1207 |
5 | Colin Lloyd | 666 |
6 | Gerwyn Price | 569 |
7 | Peter Manley | 399 |
8 | Michael Smith | 365 |
9 | Luke Humphries | 236 |
10 | John Part | 203 |
11 | Peter Wright | 161 |
12 | Raymond van Barneveld | 159 |
13 | Dennis Priestley | 155 |
Active players in bold. |
First WDC/PDC rankings
[edit]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]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "PDC Rankings". Global Darts. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "ProTour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "2020 European Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Players Championship Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Challenge Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Development Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "2023 PDC Women's Series Order of Merit". Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Champions League of Darts: BBC to broadcast inaugural tournament". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "2015 Masters held in Milton Keynes". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "List of Former World Number Ones". PDPA. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Darts Database Player Stats". Darts Database. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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