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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.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 2 January 2014 Players Championship Finals.
• A live (unofficial) version of the Order of Merit is available on DartsDatabase.co.uk. 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 1	Michael van Gerwen	£775,650		17 2	Ronnie Baxter	£132,300		33 1	Wayne Jones	£59,850
2 1	Phil Taylor	£748,350		18 1	Gary Anderson	£130,550		34 1	Colin Osborne	£57,450
3 1	Simon Whitlock	£311,300		19 4	Terry Jenkins	£129,300		35 1	Jelle Klaasen	£56,650
4 1	Adrian Lewis	£287,400		20 1	Kevin Painter	£123,700		36 1	Dean Winstanley	£53,650
5 2	Dave Chisnall	£247,300		21 1	Paul Nicholson	£120,500		37 1	Joe Cullen	£49,100
6	James Wade	£240,000		22 1	Jamie Caven	£120,400		38 2	Darren Webster	£42,400
7 9	Peter Wright	£239,500		23 1	Steve Beaton	£117,650		39	Arron Monk	£40,200
8	Wes Newton	£220,200		24	Colin Lloyd	£101,700		40 3	Jamie Lewis	£38,400
9	Robert Thornton	£209,400		25 4	Mark Webster	£90,950		41 4	Ronny Huybrechts	£37,700
10'	Raymond van Barneveld	£209,100		26	Andy Smith	£90,500		42 4	Scott Rand	£33,350
11 6	Andy Hamilton	£205,700		27	Richie Burnett	£90,000		43 2	Michael Mansell	£32,900
12 1	Justin Pipe	£192,600		28 3	John Part	£85,800		44 4	John Henderson	£32,550
13 1	Kim Huybrechts	£171,000		29 1	Vincent van der Voort	£76,800		45 1	Mensur Suljović	£32,050
14 1	Brendan Dolan	£165,400		30 2	Michael Smith	£74,900		46	Steve Brown	£30,150
15 1	Mervyn King	£160,400		31 1	Mark Walsh	£67,800		47	James Hubbard	£28,650
16 2	Ian White	£153,650		32 1	Stuart Kellet	£67,100		48 1	Dennis Smith	£28,250

49 to 96

Rank	Player	Money		Rank	Player	Money		Rank	Player	Money
49 7	Denis Ovens	£26,550		65 1	Mark Jones	£16,700		81	Matthew Edgar	£9,950
50 2	John Bowles	£26,400		66 40	Jarkko Komula	£15,250		82	Richie Howson	£9,700
51 4	Dennis Priestley	£24,600		67 67	Devon Petersen	£15,000		83	Alex Roy	£9,500
52 4	Andy Jenkins	£23,950		68 1	William O'Connor	£14,750		84	Antonio Alcinas	£9,250
53 18	Kevin McDine	£23,250		69 16	Alan Tabern	£14,750		85	Daryl Gurney	£9,150
54 13	Ross Smith	£22,250		70 20	Tomas Seyler	£14,250		86	Jyhan Artut	£9,100
55 2	Pete Hudson	£21,850		71 9	Nigel Heydon	£13,450		87	Jamie Robinson	£8,650
56 20	Ricky Evans	£21,550		72 20	Matt Clark	£13,400		88	Ted Hankey	£8,550
57 3	Jerry Hendriks	£20,800		73 3	Terry Temple	£13,400		89	David Pallett	£8,450
58 6	Gino Vos	£20,750		74 3	Nick Fullwell	£13,250		90	Tomas Seyler	£8,250
59 2	Mark Dudbridge	£20,700		75 20	Mareno Michels	£13,000		91	Mark Cox	£7,750
60 3	Connie Finnan	£19,100		76 20	Max Hopp	£12,750		92	Matt Clark	£7,400
61 7	Magnus Caris	£18,650		77 4	Adrian Gray	£12,200		93	Joe Murnan	£7,200
62 13	James Richardson	£18,250		78 4	Andrew Gilding	£12,000		94	Paul Amos	£7,050
63 12	Co Stompé	£17,850		79 4	Jim Walker	£12,000		95	Mareno Michels	£7,000
64	Johnny Haines	£17,250		80 22	Roland Scholten	£11,450		96	Max Hopp	£6,750

Next Update on 2 January 2014 PDC World Darts Championship.

Current PDC ProTour Order of Merit

• As of 4 November 2013 PDPA Players Championship Wigan 5,6.

Rank	Player	Money		Rank	Player	Money
1	Michael van Gerwen	£124,350		17	Stuart Kellett	£30,300
2	Peter Wright	£61,900		18	Kevin Painter	£30,300
3	Kim Huybrechts	£58,850		19	Phil Taylor	£29,850
4	Dave Chisnall	£58,150		20	Andy Hamilton	£28,850
5	Jamie Caven	£54,350		21	Ronnie Baxter	£25,400
6	Robert Thornton	£52,900		22	Raymond van Barneveld	£25,400
7	Brendan Dolan	£49,550		23	Justin Pipe	£23,200
8	Steve Beaton	£48,150		24	Andy Smith	£21,100
9	Simon Whitlock	£46,200		25	James Wade	£20,200
10	Wes Newton	£45,500		26	Colin Lloyd	£18,950
11	Mervyn King	£41,850		27	Richie Burnett	£18,400
12	Ian White	£40,750		28	Wayne Jones	£18,100
13	John Part	£37,700		29	Jelle Klaasen	£17,450
14	Adrian Lewis	£31,650		30	Michael Smith	£16,100
15	Paul Nicholson	£31,100		31	Jamie Lewis	£15,600
16	Gary Anderson	£30,550		32	Terry Jenkins	£15,500

The ProTour Order of Merit consists of prize money won in Players Championship events, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events. It is used to determine qualification for all Premier Events except for the UK Open, which makes use of a separate UK Open Order of Merit:

• The top 8 players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the European Championship.
• The top 32 players in the ProTour Order of Merit gain entry to the Players Championship Finals.
• 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.

Current European, Scandinavian and North American Order of Merit

European Pro Tour				Scandinavian Pro Tour					North American Pro Tour
Rank	Player	Money			Rank	Player	Money			Rank	Player	Money
1	Michael van Gerwen	£58,000			1	Per Laursen	€4,300			1	Darin Young	$21,000
2	Kim Huybrechts	£31,500			2	Jani Haavisto	€3,900			2	Larry Butler	$11,000
3	Mensur Suljovic	£9,500			3	Magnus Caris	€3,600			3	Dan Olson	$9,200
4	Raymond van Barneveld	£8,500			4	Jarkko Komula	€2,175			4	Andre Carman	$5,300
5	Jelle Klaasen	£7,500			5	Dennis Lindskjold	€2,100			5	Chris White	$5,200
6	Vincent van der Voort	£6,500			6	Ali Roberts	€1,500			6	Shaun Narain	$4,500
7	Ronny Huybrechts	£4,000			7	Per Skau	€1,400			7	Bernie Miller	$4,400
8	Max Hopp	£4,000			8	Ulf Ceder	€1,100			8	John Part	$4,240
9	Mareno Michels	£3,500			9	Soren Hedegaard	€1,075			9	Ryan Barnette	$3,500
10	Jarkko Komula	£3,500			10	Par Riihonen	€1,000			10	Ralph McCool	$3,100
11	Tomas Seyler	£3,500			11	Veijo Viinikka	€800			11	Ross Snook	$2,800
12	Leon de Geus	£3,000			12	Petri Korte	€775			12	Jim Long	$2,300
13	Jyhan Artut	£3,000			13	Niels Jorgen Hansen	€750			13	Gary Mawson	$2,200
14	Maik Langendorf	£2,500			14	Torbjorn Gustafsson	€750			14	Wayne Kelly	$2,200
15	Michael Hurtz	£2,000			15	Lennart Effraimsson	€650			15	Bob Sinnaeve	$1,800
16	Kurt van de Rijck	£2,000			16	Heikki Hyvonen	€625			16	Steve Panuncialman	$1,650

• The European Order of Merit is accurate as of 28 October 2013, Dutch Darts Masters.
• The Scandinavian Order of Merit is accurate as of 30 September 2013, SDC Pro Tour 7,8.
• The North American Order of Merit is accurate as of 25 November 2013, New World Dart Series #3 New Orleans.

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
• Players Championship Finals (and associated Players Championships events)

Un-ranked Tournaments

• † World Cup of Darts
• Premier League Darts
• Championship League Darts
• Grand Slam of Darts
• The Masters

‡Two editions of the World Grand Prix were held in England. †One edition of the European Championship was held in the Netherlands. †One edition of the World Cup of Darts was held in England.

Note: Flags are of the nation in which the 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, 2002–2013 (13)
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)
Michael van Gerwen	2014 (1)
Raymond van Barneveld	2008 (1)
John Part	2003 (1)

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

External links

• Official PDC Order of Merit