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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.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

• As of August 1 2016 following the HappyBet European darts open
• 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.

1 to 48

Rank	Player	Money		Rank	Player	Money		Rank	Player	Money
1	Michael van Gerwen	£1,542,000		17	Simon Whitlock	£199,750		33	Cristo Reyes	£101,750
2	Gary Anderson	£830,500		18	Terry Jenkins	£198,500		34	Andrew Gilding	£98,250
3 2	Peter Wright	£467,250		19	Gerwyn Price	£180,000		35	Darren Webster	£94,250
4	Phil Taylor	£442,250		20	Vincent van der Voort	£178,750		36	James Wilson	£86,250
5 2	Adrian Lewis	£419,500		21 1	Alan Norris	£173,250		37	Keegan Brown	£82,250
6	James Wade	£366,750		22 1	Mervyn King	£162,750		38 1	Max Hopp	£79,500
7	Dave Chisnall	£328,500		23	Brendan Dolan	£151,250		39 1	Christian Kist	£79,000
8 1	Mensur Suljović	£315,250		24	Daryl Gurney	£149,750		40 2	Joe Murnan	£78,750
9 1	Robert Thornton	£301,750		25	Mark Webster	£149,500		41	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£75,500
10	Jelle Klaasen	£296,000		26	Justin Pipe	£141,500		42	Andy Hamilton	£71,500
11	Michael Smith	£283,250		27 1	Steve Beaton	£132,250		43	Robbie Green	£71,000
12 2	Raymond van Barneveld	£279,000		28	Kyle Anderson	£130,750		44	Ronny Huybrechts	£69,250
13	Kim Huybrechts	£264,500		29	Joe Cullen	£123,500		45	Steve West	£65,750
14 2	Ian White	£254,000		30	Jamie Caven	£122,500		46	Kevin Painter	£63,250
15	Benito van de Pas	£244,500		31	Jamie Lewis	£104,250		47	Chris Dobey	£59,000
16	Stephen Bunting	£210,250		32	John Henderson	£102,750		48	Josh Payne	£57,250

Rank	Player	Money		Rank	Player	Money		Rank	Player	Money
49	Ricky Evans	£55,000		65	Stuart Kellett	£30,500		81	Barry Lynn	£9,500
50	Jermaine Wattimena	£54,500		66	Jan Dekker	£30,000		82	Barry Lynn	£9,500
51	David Pallett	£54,500		67	William O'Connor	£28,250		83	Johnny Haines	£9,500
52	Devon Petersen	£53,500		68 1	Jonny Clayton	£26,250		84	James Richardson	£9,500
53	Dimitri van den Bergh	£50,750		69 1	Andy Jenkins	£24,500		85	Jim Walker	£7,750
54	Wes Newton	£45,750		70 1	Mark Frost	£20,000		86	Lee Palfreyman	£7,500
55	Dean Winstanley	£43,250		71	Jeffrey de Graaf	£19,750		87	James Richardson	£7,500
56 1	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£41,500		72 1	Darren Johnson	£19,250		88	Ken MacNeil	£7,000
57 3	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£39,000		73 1	Nathan Aspinall	£19,250		89	Matt Clark	£6,750
58 1	Jyhan Artut	£39,000		74	John Part	£17,750		90	René Eidams	£6,000
59	Andy Smith	£38,250		75	Matthew Edgar	£17,750		91	Tony Newell	£5,750
60 1	Ronnie Baxter	£37,500		76	Mick McGowan	£17,500		92	Stephen Willard	£5,750
61 1	Wayne Jones	£33,750		77	Magnus Caris	£15,500		93	Lee Evans	£5,500
62	Michael Mansell	£32,250		78	Jamie Robinson	£14,750		94	Curtis Hammond	£5,000
63	Paul Nicholson	£32,000		79	Nathan Derry	£14,250		95	Paul Milford	£5,000
64	Andy Boulton	£32,000		80	Johnny Haines	£9,700		96	Mike de Decker	£4,750

Current PDC ProTour Order of Merit

• As of 5 June 2015.^[1]
• 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	Michael van Gerwen	£484,000		19	Jamie Caven	£32,250		37	Darren Webster	£15,250
2	James Wade	£98,750		20	Benito van de Pas	£32,000		38	Raymond van Barneveld	£15,250
3	Gary Anderson	£87,750		21	Phil Taylor	£31,750		39	Christian Kist	£15,000
3	Adrian Lewis	£87,750		22	Mensur Suljović	£29,250		40	Joe Cullen	£14,500
5	Peter Wright	£84,500		23	Stephen Bunting	£28,750		41	Wes Newton	£14,250
6	Michael Smith	£76,000		24	Gerwyn Price	£27,000		42	Ronnie Baxter	£13,500
7	Simon Whitlock	£59,250		25	John Henderson	£24,750		43	Daryl Gurney	£13,250
8	Brendan Dolan	£58,250		26	Jamie Lewis	£23,500		44	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£12,250
9	Vincent van der Voort	£56,250		27	Andrew Gilding	£23,000		45	Max Hopp	£12,000
10	Dave Chisnall	£55,000		28	Keegan Brown	£22,500		46	Stuart Kellett	£11,500
11	Ian White	£54,000		28	Andy Hamilton	£22,500		47	Ricky Evans	£11,000
12	Mervyn King	£51,250		30	Andy Smith	£21,000		47	Jamie Bain	£11,000
13	Robert Thornton	£45,000		31	Mark Webster	£20,750		...
14	Justin Pipe	£42,250		32	Joe Murnan	£20,000		49	Cristo Reyes	£10,250
15	Kim Huybrechts	£40,000		33	Dean Winstanley	£19,750		52	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£9,500
16	Jelle Klaasen	£36,750		34	Kevin Painter	£18,500		57	Jyhan Artut	£9,000
17	Terry Jenkins	£36,000		35	Ronny Huybrechts	£16,750		59	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£8,750
18	Steve Beaton	£34,250		36	Kyle Anderson	£15,500		64	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 [2]
Rank	Player	Money
1	Kim Viljanen	€4,400
2	Per Laursen	€3,875
3	Magnus Caris	€3,175
4	Marko Kantele	€2,250
5	Oskar Lukasiak	€1,675
6	Ulf Ceder	€1,200
7	Hannu Suominen	€1,075
	Dennis Nilsson	€1,075
9	Daniel Larsson	€925
10	Per Skau	€750
11	Roman Obukhov	€725
12	Søren Hedegaard	€700
13	Tatu Pehkonen	€625
14	Robert Wagner	€600
	Steen Lysen	€600
16	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

• World Championship
• UK Open (and associated UK Open Qualifiers)
• World Matchplay
• European Championship (and associated European Tour events)
• World Grand Prix
• Grand Slam of Darts ^[3]
• Players Championship Finals (and associated Players Championships events)

European Tour (Ranked)

• Dutch Darts Masters
• German Darts Masters
• Gibraltar Darts Trophy
• European Darts Matchplay
• Austrian Darts Open
• European Darts Open
• International Darts Open
• European Darts Trophy
• European Darts Grand Prix
• German Darts Championship

Un-ranked Tournaments

• & Premier League Darts
• The Masters ^[4]
• Champions League of Darts ^[5]

World Series of Darts (Un-ranked)

• Dubai Darts Masters
• Auckland Darts Masters
• Shanghai Darts Masters
• Tokyo Darts Masters
• Sydney Darts Masters
• Perth Darts Masters
• World Series of Darts Finals

Pairs Tournaments (Un-ranked)

• World Cup of Darts

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
Phil Taylor	1996, 2000, 2002-2004, 2009-2013 (13)
Alan Warriner	1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 (6)
Rod Harrington	1995, 1996, 1998–2000 (5)
Colin Lloyd	2005–2007 (3)
Michael van Gerwen	2014–present (3)
Dennis Priestley	1994, 1995 (2)
Peter Manley	2000, 2001 (2)
Raymond van Barneveld	2008 (1)
John Part	2003 (1)

Periods

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No.	Nationality	Player(s)	From	To
1	England	Warriner, AlanAlan Warriner	January 1993	November 1994
2	England	Priestley, DennisDennis Priestley	November 1994	April 1995
3	England	Harrington, RodRod Harrington	April 1995	August 1996
4	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor	August 1996	September 1996
	England	Warriner, AlanAlan Warriner (2)	September 1996	August 1998
	England	Harrington, RodRod Harrington (2)	August 1998	August 2000
	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor (2)	August 2000	September 2000
5	England	Manley, PeterPeter Manley	September 2000	October 2001
	England	Warriner, AlanAlan Warriner (3)	October 2001	January 2002
	England	Warriner, AlanAlan Warriner (4) and Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor (3)	January 2002	February 2002
	England	Warriner, AlanAlan Warriner (5)	February 2002	May 2002
	England	Phil Taylor (4)	May 2002	January 2003
6	Canada	Part, JohnJohn Part	January 2003	July 2003
	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor (5)	July 2003	February 2005
7	England	Lloyd, ColinColin Lloyd	February 2005	March 2006
	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor (6)	March 2006	May 2006
	England	Lloyd, ColinColin Lloyd (2)	May 2006	January 2007
	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor (7)	January 2007	January 2008
8	Netherlands	van Barneveld, RaymondRaymond van Barneveld	January 2008	June 2008
	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor (8)	June 2008	January 2014
9	Netherlands	van Gerwen, MichaelMichael van Gerwen	January 2014	Present

Key

	Current number-one player
	Used old points system

Post World Championship number ones

Year	Nationality	Player(s)
1994	England	Warriner, AlanAlan Warriner (1)
1995	England	Priestley, DennisDennis Priestley (2)
1996	England	Harrington, RodRod Harrington (3)
1997	England	Warriner, AlanAlan Warriner
1998	England	Warriner, AlanAlan Warriner
1999	England	Harrington, RodRod Harrington
2000	England	Harrington, RodRod Harrington
2001	England	Manley, PeterPeter Manley
2002	England	Warriner, AlanAlan Warriner and Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor (4)
2003	Canada	Part, JohnJohn Part (5)
2004	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor
2005	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor
2006	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor
2007	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor
2008	Netherlands	van Barneveld, RaymondRaymond van Barneveld (6)
2009	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor
2010	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor
2011	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor
2012	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor
2013	England	Taylor, PhilPhil Taylor
2014	Netherlands	van Gerwen, MichaelMichael van Gerwen (7)
2015	Netherlands	van Gerwen, MichaelMichael van Gerwen
2016	Netherlands	van Gerwen, MichaelMichael van Gerwen

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	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

See also

• Professional Darts Corporation

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 9 February 2016.
6. "List of Former World Number Ones". PDPA. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

External links

• Official PDC Order of Merit