DARTS WORLD RANKINGS

'Darts world rankings' are a system which should determine a list of the best dart players in the world based on their performances in tournaments. However, after a group of former world champions and other high-profile players separated from the British Darts Organisation in 1993 - there are now two major governing bodies.
Each organisation has their own players, and each has their own ranking system. The ranking systems are used to arrange tournament seedings, which will mean that the number one player in the world should not face the number two player in the world until the final of a tournament (providing they reach that far).

Contents

PDC World Rankings

Player exemptions

BDO / WDF Rankings

Previous World Number Ones (Mens, WDF)

Previous World Number Ones (PDC)

References

External links

PDC World Rankings

The PDC have switched to a new method of calculating their world rankings after the 2007 World Championship which ended on January 1, 2007.
The new system operates an Order of Merit, 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.
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 and recently Raymond van Barneveld and John Part. Lloyd often accumulated ranking points in the less prestigious non-televised events, in which Taylor does not always compete.
The top 32 players in the PDC order of merit (at August 28 2007) are^[1]

:1 ( 1) TAYLOR, Phil £323308:2 ( 2) BARNEVELD, Raymond van £253476:3 ( 11) WADE, James £126208:4 ( 7) JENKINS, Terry £118163:5 ( 4) MANLEY, Peter £106282:6 ( 3) LLOYD, Colin £92725:7 ( 6) LEWIS, Adrian £89419:8 ( 5) PRIESTLEY, Dennis £85049:9 ( 8) SCHOLTEN, Roland £81805:10 ( 14) HAMILTON, Andrew £80412:11 ( 9) MARDLE, Wayne £75340:12 ( 10) PART, John £70588:13 ( 17) BATES, Barrie £61897:14 ( 18) PAINTER, Kevin £55467:15 ( 12) BAXTER, Ronnie £55096:16 ( 13) JENKINS, Andy £54435

:17 ( 20) DUDBRIDGE, Mark £50953:18 ( 16) MASON, Chris £47092:19 ( 25) TABERN, Alan £46215:20 ( 28) OSBORNE, Colin £44724:21 ( 23) JONES, Wayne £42154:22 ( 19) OVENS, Denis £41337:23 ( 24) NEWTON, Wesley £40959:24 ( 21) SMITH, Andy £40369:25 ( 27) WARRINER-LITTLE, Alan £35031:26 ( 33) McGOWAN, Mick £34649:27 ( 32) BEATON, Steve £33263:28 ( 26) ANDERSON, Bob £31833:29 ( 15) WALSH, Mark £30428:30 ( 30) SMITH, Dennis £29797:31 ( 22) ROY, Alex £27222:32 ( 29) ASKEW, Dave £26398

Others at August 28 (players who switched from BDO in January 2007) :
:35 ( -) Mervyn King £24164
:36( 211) Vincent van der Voort £23770
:45 ( 88) Michael van Gerwen £16750
:67 ( 151) Tony Eccles £6625 (switched June 2007)
:76 ( 265) Jelle Klaasen £5118

★ Positions in brackets are rankings at the start of 2007.

Player exemptions

The PDC rankings determine exemptions from the qualifying competitions from each major event.

★ World Championship - the top 32 at 12 November 2007 will qualify.

★ World Matchplay - the top 28 at 11 June 2007 will qualify.

★ Las Vegas Desert Classic - the top 12 at 11 June 2007 will qualify.

★ World Grand Prix - the top 24 at 10 September 2007 will qualify.

★ 2008 Premier League - the top six after the World Grand Prix will qualify. The positions (at August 28) in the race for the 2008 Premier League are:
#TAYLOR, Phil £287,845
#BARNEVELD, Raymond van £253,476
#WADE, James £123,628
#JENKINS, Terry £113,150
#MANLEY, Peter £101,151
#LEWIS, Adrian £86,759
#HAMILTON, Andrew £80,139
#SCHOLTEN, Roland £78,029
#PRIESTLEY, Dennis £77,119
#LLOYD, Colin £73,055
#MARDLE, Wayne £70,255
#PART, John £68,238
#BATES, Barrie £61,203
#BAXTER, Ronnie £50,634
#JENKINS, Andy £50,424
#PAINTER, Kevin £50,412

BDO / WDF Rankings

The BDO Invitational Table relates only to registered playing members of the BDO, who comply with BDO and World Darts Federation (WDF) eligibility rules including terms and conditions of the 1997 Tomlin Order.
The BDO awards points depending on player's performances within each of its events. Twenty-one points are awarded to the champion of each its four Grand Slam Events - The Lakeside World Professional Championship, The International Darts League, The Bavaria World Darts Trophy and the Winmau World Masters. Lower points are awarded for each round of the tournament reached, and also lower points for the different category of events.
The World Darts Federation also have a ranking system designed to provide a measure of the global activities of darts players in every WDF recognised darts event. It used to be very similar to the BDO system but was revised in January 2007 to include categories by country and by events, and the distribution of ranking points reflect the levels of prize money on offer and the numbers of entries in a tournament.
The BDO Invitational rankings sees the points wiped after the seedings for the World Championship are decided, whereas the WDF rankings are based on the last 12 months performance. Therefore currently the WDF World Rankings give a better reflection on BDO player rankings.
Current WDF World Rankings^[2]

at July 29, 2007
# Mark Webster 754
# Martin Adams 686
# Gary Anderson 663
# Scott Waites 521
# Darryl Fitton 512
# Remco van Eijden 424
# Tony O'Shea 412
# Niels de Ruiter 391
# Co Stompe 384
# Ted Hankey 355
Current BDO Invitational Rankings^[3]

at July 29, 2007
:1= Scott Waites 107
:1= Mark Webster 107
:3. Gary Anderson 93
:4. Martin Adams 86
:5. Tony O'Shea 83
:6. Martin Atkins 71
:7. Darryl Fitton 70
:8. John Walton 69
:9. Co Stompe 67
:10. Gary Robson 64
''positions are tied when points are level''

Previous World Number Ones (Mens, WDF)

The following is a list of players who ended the year ranked number one in the WDF.^[4]
1984 Eric Bristow

1985 Eric Bristow

1986 John Lowe

1987 Bob Anderson

1988 John Lowe

1989 Bob Anderson

1990 Eric Bristow

1991 Phil Taylor

1992 Rod Harrington

1993 Leo Laurens

1994 Steve Beaton

1995 Richie Burnett

1996 Martin Adams

1997 Martin Adams

1998 Ronnie Baxter

1999 Raymond van Barneveld

2000 Raymond van Barneveld

2001 Mervyn King

2002 John Walton

2003 Martin Adams

2004 Raymond van Barneveld

2005 Raymond van Barneveld

2006 Martin Adams

Previous World Number Ones (PDC)

The following is a list of players who have held the PDC World Number One ranking.^[5]
Jan 1993 to Nov 1994 Alan Warriner

Nov 1994 to Apr 1995 Dennis Priestley

Apr 1995 to Aug 1996 Rod Harrington

Aug 1996 to Sep 1996 Phil Taylor

Feb 1997 to Aug 1998 Alan Warriner

Aug 1998 to Aug 2000 Rod Harrington

Aug 2000 to Sep 2000 Phil Taylor

Sep 2000 to Oct 2001 Peter Manley

Oct 2001 to Jan 2002 Alan Warriner

Jan 2002 to Feb 2002 Alan Warriner/Phil Taylor (joint)

Feb 2002 to May 2002 Alan Warriner

May 2002 to Jan 2003 Phil Taylor

Jan 2003 to Jul 2003 John Part

Jul 2003 to Feb 2005 Phil Taylor

Feb 2005 to Mar 2006 Colin Lloyd

Mar 2006 to May 2006 Phil Taylor

May 2006 to Jan 2007 Colin Lloyd

Jan 2007 to present Phil Taylor

References

1. PDC Order of Merit after 2007 World Championship
2. Current WDF Rankings
3. Current BDO Invitational Rankings
4. WDF Roll of Honour (previous world number ones)
5. Previous PDC World number ones

External links

★ Current WDF World Rankings

★ Current PDC World Rankings - Order Of Merit



★ How BDO Rankings are calculated

★ How PDC Ranking are calculated prior to introduction of Order of Merit