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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.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

PDC Top 32 Order of Merit

PDC Order of Merit as of 26 July 2020, following the 2020 World Matchplay.[1]

RankPlayerEarnings
1 Michael van Gerwen£1,535,250
2 Peter Wright£913,000
3 Gerwyn Price£809,000
4 Michael Smith£560,250
5 Rob Cross£545,750
6 Nathan Aspinall£486,000
7 Daryl Gurney£453,750
8 James Wade£425,000
9 Gary Anderson£390,750
10 Dave Chisnall£374,250
11 Ian White£357,500
12 Dimitri Van den Bergh£336,250
13 Glen Durrant£297,000
14 Mensur Suljović£278,250
15 Krzysztof Ratajski£274,750
16 Adrian Lewis£262,750
17 Simon Whitlock£253,750
18 Jonny Clayton£226,250
19 Chris Dobey£223,500
20 Stephen Bunting£223,500
21 Joe Cullen£221,000
22 Danny Noppert£205,500
23 Jermaine Wattimena£196,500
24 Jeffrey de Zwaan£192,750
25 Steve Beaton£191,000
26 Ricky Evans£190,750
27 Mervyn King£189,250
28 Vincent van der Voort£170,250
29 Max Hopp£167,750
30 Keegan Brown£159,750
31 Brendan Dolan£158,500
32 Darren Webster£149,500

PDC ProTour Order of Merit

The ProTour Order of Merit counts prize money won in Players Championship events and European Tour events over a 12-month period. Players are seeded based on the ProTour Order of Merit to all Player Championship and European Tour events. It also is a main way to qualify to the major TV tournaments.

  • The top 16 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 32 players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the World Championship.

Besides ProTour Order of Merit there is also the Players Championship Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit. Both of these are based solely on the prize money won in that year's Players Championship or European Tour events respectively. The top 64 players on the Players Championship Order of Merit after the last Player Championship event are the only qualifiers to the Players Championship Finals. The top 32 players on the European Tour Order of Merit after the last European Tour event are the only qualifiers to the European Championship.

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 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 second 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 confusion with televised tournaments and knowing which count towards the PDC Order of Merit. While many 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)

  • German Darts Masters
  • U.S. Darts Masters
  • Shanghai Darts Masters
  • Auckland Darts Masters
  • Melbourne Darts Masters
  • Brisbane Darts Masters
  • World Series of Darts Finals

Pairs Tournaments (Un-ranked)

Note: Flags are of the nation in which the 2018 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, 2002-2004,2006-2008,2009-2013 (13)
Michael van Gerwen 2014–present (7)
Alan Warriner 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 (6)
Rod Harrington 1995, 1996, 1998–2000 (5)
Colin Lloyd 2005–2007 (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.NationalityPlayer(s)FromTo
1 EnglandAlan WarrinerJanuary 1993November 1994
2 EnglandDennis PriestleyNovember 1994April 1995
3 EnglandRod HarringtonApril 1995August 1996
4 EnglandPhil TaylorAugust 1996September 1996
 EnglandAlan Warriner (2)September 1996August 1998
 EnglandRod Harrington (2)August 1998August 2000
 EnglandPhil Taylor (2)August 2000September 2000
5 EnglandPeter ManleySeptember 2000October 2001
 EnglandAlan Warriner (3)October 2001January 2002
 EnglandAlan Warriner (4) and Phil Taylor (3)January 2002February 2002
 EnglandAlan Warriner (5)February 2002May 2002
 EnglandPhil Taylor (4)May 2002January 2003
6 CanadaJohn PartJanuary 2003July 2003
 EnglandPhil Taylor (5)July 2003February 2005
7 EnglandColin LloydFebruary 2005March 2006
 EnglandPhil Taylor (6)March 2006May 2006
 EnglandColin Lloyd (2)May 2006January 2007
 EnglandPhil Taylor (7)January 2007January 2008
8 NetherlandsRaymond van BarneveldJanuary 2008June 2008
 EnglandPhil Taylor (8)June 2008January 2014
9 NetherlandsMichael van GerwenJanuary 2014Present
Key
Current number-one player
Used old points system

Post World Championship number ones
YearNationalityPlayer(s)
1994 EnglandAlan Warriner (1)
1995 EnglandDennis Priestley (2)
1996 EnglandRod Harrington (3)
1997 EnglandAlan Warriner
1998 EnglandAlan Warriner
1999 EnglandRod Harrington
2000 EnglandRod Harrington
2001 EnglandPeter Manley
2002 EnglandAlan Warriner and Phil Taylor (4)
2003 CanadaJohn Part (5)
2004 EnglandPhil Taylor
2005 EnglandPhil Taylor
2006 EnglandPhil Taylor
2007 EnglandPhil Taylor
2008 NetherlandsRaymond van Barneveld (6)
2009 EnglandPhil Taylor
2010 EnglandPhil Taylor
2011 EnglandPhil Taylor
2012 EnglandPhil Taylor
2013 EnglandPhil Taylor
2014 NetherlandsMichael van Gerwen (7)
2015 NetherlandsMichael van Gerwen
2016 NetherlandsMichael van Gerwen
2017 NetherlandsMichael van Gerwen
2018 NetherlandsMichael van Gerwen
2019 NetherlandsMichael van Gerwen
2020 NetherlandsMichael 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

References
  1. "PDC Order of Merit". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. "2015 Grand Slam of Darts becomes a ranked tournament". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. "2015 Masters held in Milton Keynes". PDC. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. "Champions League of Darts: BBC to broadcast inaugural tournament". BBC. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. "List of Former World Number Ones". PDPA. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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