PDC Darts world rankings 2025 -

PDC darts world rankings 2025

As the PDC season of darts is in full swing I take a look at the darts world rankings for 2025. Throughout the darts season I update this table after every ranking tournament along with covering all the winners and runners up from the PDC darts in 2025. Professional players from around the world all aim to make it into the top 64 of the rankings to gain or maintain their professional status.

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PDC Darts World Ranking 2025 Updated October 2nd after PC 30 in Leicester

World Ranking	Player Name	Prize Money in 1k units
1	Luke Humphries	1804.75
2	Luke Littler	1545.5
3	Michael van Gerwen	742.25
4	Stephen Bunting	662
5	James Wade	620.5
6	Jonny Clayton	532
7	Gerwyn Price	526.75
8	Chris Dobey	524.5
9	Rob Cross	517.25
10	Josh Rock	503.75
11	Damon Heta	489.5
12	Ross Smith	478.25
13	Gary Anderson	465
14	Danny Noppert	463
15	Gian van Veen	436.75
16	Peter Wright	436.25
17	Martin Schindler	435.75
18	Dave Chisnall	421.75
19	Ryan Searle	414
20	Mike De Decker	398
21	Michael Smith	359.25
22	Dimitri Van den Bergh	359
23	Nathan Aspinall	339.75
24	Jermaine Wattimena	335
25	Ryan Joyce	332.25
26	Daryl Gurney	323.5
27	Joe Cullen	322.5
28	Ritchie Edhouse	317.25
29	Andrew Gilding	315.5
30	Luke Woodhouse	311.25
31	Ricardo Pietreczko	310.75
32	Dirk van Duijvenbode	284.75
33	Cameron Menzies	281.75
34	Raymond van Barneveld	268.25
35	Krzysztof Ratajski	252.75
36	Brendan Dolan	248.5
37	Scott Williams	247
38	Wessel Nijman	234.5
39	Martin Lukeman	227
40	Gabriel Clemens	193
41	Callan Rydz	176.5
42	Kevin Doets	174.75
43	Niels Zonneveld	164
44	Mickey Mansell	163.25
45	William O'Connor	156.25
46	Madars Razma	153.25
47	Ricky Evans	150
48	Richard Veenstra	124.5
49	Kim Huybrechts	121
50	Ian White	120
51	Jeffrey de Graaf	116.75
52	Keane Barry	106.75
53	Alan Soutar	106.25
54	Connor Scutt	105.5
55	Florian Hempel	104.5
56	Matt Campbell	100.75
57	Rob Owen	96
58	Jim Williams	94.5
59	Nick Kenny	94
60	Mensur Suljovic	93.25
61	Thibault Tricole	87.75
62	Ryan Meikle	86.5
63	Jose de Sousa	86.25
64	Stephen Burton	85
65	Niko Springer	82
66	Dylan Slevin	80
67	Dom Taylor	75
68	James Hurrell	74.5
69	Mario Vandenbogaerde	74.25
70	Chris Landman	61.25
71	Bradley Brooks	54.75
72	Lukas Wenig	52.75
73	Andy Baetens	52
74	Karel Sedlacek	50.75
75	Darren Beveridge	49.25
76	Matthew Dennant	48.25
77	Steve Lennon	47.25
78	Sebastian Bialecki	42.25
79	Owen Bates	39.75
79	Berry van Peer	39.75
81	Jitse Van der Wal	38.75
82	Rhys Griffin	38
83	Patrick Geeraets	37.75
84	Adam Hunt	37
85	Nathan Rafferty	36.75
86	Cam Crabtree	36.5
87	Robert Grundy	35.75
88	Radek Szaganski	35.5
89	Jelle Klaasen	31.25
90	Danny Lauby	30.75
91	Martijn Dragt	30.5
92	Darius Labanauskas	29.5
92	Haupai Puha	29.5
92	Justin Hood	29.5
95	Adam Lipscombe	29.25
95	Dominik Gruellich	29.25
97	Benjamin Reus	28
98	Brett Claydon	27.5
99	Max Hopp	27.25
100	Wesley Plaisier	26.75
101	William Borland	26.5
102	George Killington	25
103	Cor Dekker	22.25
104	Andy Boulton	22
105	Darryl Pilgrim	21.25
106	Maik Kuivenhoven	21
107	Leon Weber	18.75
108	Michele Turetta	18.5
109	Tom Bissell	18
110	Jamai van den Herik	17.5
111	Christian Kist	16.5
112	Marvin van Velzen	16.25
112	Thomas Lovely	16.25
112	Joshua Richardson	16.25
115	Andreas Harrysson	14.25
116	Jim Long	13.75
117	Adam Warner	13.5
118	Stefan Bellmont	12.75
119	Mervyn King	12.5
119	Jimmy van Schie	12.5
119	Carl Sneyd	12.5
122	Greg Ritchie	11.5
122	Alexander Merkx	11.5
124	Viktor Tingstrom	11
125	Maximilian Czerwinski	10
126	Oskar Lukasiak	9.5
126	Kevin Burness	9.5
128	Danny van Trijp	9
128	Ted Evetts	9
128	Boris Krcmar	9
131	Stefaan Henderyck	8.5
131	Tavis Dudeney	8.5
131	Tim Wolters	8.5
134	Michael Unterbuchner	8.25
134	Tytus Kanik	8.25
136	Beau Greaves	8
137	Adam Paxton	7.75
138	Graham Hall	7.5
138	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	7.5
140	Dennie Olde Kalter	6.5
140	Tommy Lishman	6.5
142	Jack Tweddell	5.5
142	Tom Sykes	5.5
144	Pero Ljubic	5.25
145	Joe Hunt	5
145	Johan Engstrom	5
145	Kai Gotthardt	5
145	Jarno Bottenberg	5
145	Jeffrey Sparidaans	5
145	Daniel Klose	5
145	Jurjen van der Velde	5
152	Henry Coates	4.25
153	Jules van Dongen	4
154	Dragutin Horvat	3.75
154	Benjamin Pratnemer	3.75
154	Aden Kirk	3.75
157	Michael Flynn	3.5
158	Nathan Girvan	3.25
159	Scott Campbell	3
160	Scott Waites	2.5
160	Andras Borbely	2.5
160	Sam Spivey	2.5
160	Francois Schweyen	2.5
160	David Davies	2.5
160	Arno Merk	2.5
160	Kevin Knopf	2.5
160	Petr Krivka	2.5
160	Teemu Harju	2.5
160	Paul Krohne	2.5
160	Graham Usher	2.5
171	Martin Thomas	2
172	Charlie Manby	1.5
172	Sietse Lap	1.5
174	Andreas Toft Jorgensen	1.25
174	Ansh Sood	1.25
174	Dalibor Smolik	1.25
174	Denis Schnetzer	1.25
174	Rocco Fulciniti	1.25
174	Andreas Hyllgaardhus	1.25
174	Levente Sarai	1.25
174	Nandor Major	1.25
174	Nandor Pres	1.25
174	Filip Manak	1.25
174	Jiri Brejcha	1.25
174	Lukas Unger	1.25
174	Adam Gawlas	1.25
174	Xanti Van den Bergh	1.25
174	Kevin Troppmann	1.25
174	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	1.25
174	Martin Kramer	1.25
174	Miroslaw Grudziecki	1.25
174	Yorick Hofkens	1.25
174	Joshua Hermann	1.25
174	Moritz Bohrmann	1.25
174	Jeffrey De Zwaan	1.25
174	Jerry Hendriks	1.25
174	Marcel Erba	1.25
174	Christian Goedl	1.25
174	Gyorgy Jehirszki	1.25
174	Rowby-John Rodriguez	1.25
174	Zoran Lerchbacher	1.25
174	Finn Behrens	1.25
174	Michael Rosenauer	1.25
174	Rene Eidams	1.25
174	Patrick Klingelhoefer	1.25
174	Paul Goyer	1.25
174	Laurin Welk	1.25
174	Marko Kantele	1.25
174	Cedric Waegemans	1.25
174	Patrick De Backer	1.25
174	Sybren Gijbels	1.25
212	Jenson Walker	1
212	Lee Cocks	1
212	Ron Meulenkamp	1
212	Paul Rowley	1
212	Shaun Fox	1
212	Simon Stevenson	1
212	Tommy Morris	1
219	Ryan Branley	0.75

Current darts world ranking list

The PDC World ranking ladder is constantly changing due to the two year rolling prize money system. Throughout the year I will be updating the world rankings after each tournament. If you wish to keep up to date with the live rankings during tournaments I can reccomend heading to the brilliant dartsrankings website.

PDC world rankings list at start of 2025

The table below reflects the ranking list as it stands at the start of the 2025 PDC darts season. With the new season starting with 128 tour card holders there are a number of players with zero prize money as they embark on their brand new 2 year tourcards. It might seem like a mountain to climb when you compare the top 16 in terms of ranking money, but the 2025 darts season is offering more opportunities for players to earn money than ever before. These players should be bouyed by the fact that Luke Littler made it up to world number 2 in just 12 months competing as a professional darts player. Throughout the season the number of players ranked on the 2025 world rankings will increase as the leaders of the challenge tour order of merit gain top up invites to pro tour events, and host nation qualifiers for Euro Tour events earn ranking money.

World Ranking	Player Name	Prize Money in 1000 pound units
1	Luke Humphries	1804.25
2	Luke Littler	1118.5
3	Michael van Gerwen	815.5
4	Rob Cross	551.75
5	Stephen Bunting	536
6	Dave Chisnall	528.5
7	Jonny Clayton	494
8	Damon Heta	484
9	Gerwyn Price	480.5
10	Chris Dobey	480.25
11	Nathan Aspinall	470.5
12	Peter Wright	442.5
13	Danny Noppert	431.75
14	Gary Anderson	430.5
15	James Wade	426.75
16	Josh Rock	405
16	Michael Smith	405
18	Dimitri Van den Bergh	399.25
19	Ryan Searle	398.25
20	Andrew Gilding	395.5
21	Ross Smith	395
22	Martin Schindler	365
23	Joe Cullen	357.25
24	Mike De Decker	356
25	Daryl Gurney	334.25
26	Dirk van Duijvenbode	325.75
27	Gian van Veen	299
28	Ritchie Edhouse	289.25
29	Ryan Joyce	282
30	Ricardo Pietreczko	280.75
31	Brendan Dolan	271.5
32	Krzysztof Ratajski	267.75
33	Luke Woodhouse	262.75
34	Raymond van Barneveld	252.75
35	Jermaine Wattimena	240.25
36	Scott Williams	220.75
37	Gabriel Clemens	219.75
38	Martin Lukeman	202.5
39	Cameron Menzies	178
40	Callan Rydz	177
41	Kevin Doets	146.5
42	Madars Razma	144.75
43	Mickey Mansell	143.25
44	Ricky Evans	142.25
45	Jose de Sousa	139
46	Kim Huybrechts	136
47	Richard Veenstra	122.75
48	Niels Zonneveld	121.25
49	Ian White	116.25
50	Keane Barry	115.25
51	Jim Williams	111.25
52	William O'Connor	107
53	Florian Hempel	103
53	Matt Campbell	103
55	Wessel Nijman	100
56	Alan Soutar	85.5
57	Dylan Slevin	80.5
58	Robert Owen	80.25
59	Ryan Meikle	78.5
60	Stephen Burton	78
61	Connor Scutt	77
62	Mensur Suljovic	75.25
63	Jeffrey de Graaf	75
64	Nick Kenny	71.75
65	Thibault Tricole	57.25
66	James Hurrell	45.75
67	Dom Taylor	39.5
68	Chris Landman	39.25
69	Mario Vandenbogaerde	31
70	Rhys Griffin	28
71	Andy Baetens	24.5
72	Berry van Peer	23.5
73	Nathan Rafferty	22.25
74	Steve Lennon	22
75	Radek Szaganski	21.75
76	Lukas Wenig	21.5
77	Patrick Geeraets	19
77	Matthew Dennant	19
79	Darren Beveridge	18.75
80	Jitse Van der Wal	18.25
81	Benjamin Reus	18
82	Danny Lauby	17
83	Robert Grundy	16.5
84	George Killington	14.5
85	Owen Bates	14
86	Brett Claydon	13.75
87	Martijn Dragt	13.5
87	Adam Hunt	13.5
89	Haupai Puha	12.5
90	Jelle Klaasen	11.75
91	William Borland	11.5
92	Tim Wolters	7.5
92	Joshua Richardson	7.5
94	Michele Turetta	6
95	Jules van Dongen	4
96	Wesley Plaisier	0
96	Christian Kist	0
96	Niko Springer	0
96	Sebastian Bialecki	0
96	Tom Bissell	0
96	Justin Hood	0
96	Tavis Dudeney	0
96	Jim Long	0
96	Bradley Brooks	0
96	Darryl Pilgrim	0
96	Greg Ritchie	0
96	Adam Lipscombe	0
96	Adam Paxton	0
96	Cam Crabtree	0
96	Adam Warner	0
96	Andy Boulton	0
96	Thomas Lovely	0
96	Viktor Tingstrom	0
96	Kai Gotthardt	0
96	Dennie Olde Kalter	0
96	Maik Kuivenhoven	0
96	Cor Dekker	0
96	Pero Ljubic	0
96	Karel Sedlacek	0
96	Oskar Lukasiak	0
96	Tytus Kanik	0
96	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	0
96	Dominik Gruellich	0
96	Stefaan Henderyck	0
96	Maximillian Czerwinski	0
96	Max Hopp	0
96	Leon Weber	0
96	Marvin van Velzen	0

PDC Order of Merit

The PDC world rankings is known as the PDC darts order of merit and forms the basis for the professional darts system. A detailed explanation of the darts tourcard system has been covered in a previous article. Who will lose their tourcard in 2025? Will one of the new tourcard holders emulate players like Littler and Nijman and have a rapid rise up the world rankings in 2025? Personally I cannot wait to see what happens in what looks like being another great year of PDC darts.

Big year needed by some former major winners

After 2 very bleak seasons by his standards, 2023 PDC World champion Michael “Bully Boy” Smith will be desperate to improve his ranking throughout the season. Portugese star Jose de Sousa is in the same boat and needs a huge turnaround in form to maintain his professional status. Throughout the 2025 PDC darts season we will be keeping an eye on the darts rankings and will be tracking which darts players are making waves on the PDC Order of Merit

Update 15th July:

As I mentioned here some of the very best dart players need a very big run this year in order to defend their position in the worlds elite and at the midway stage of the season I thought it time to update you on how they are fairing. Michael Smith has been struggling with injury and loss of form and this sees him miss out on the World Matchplay in 2025 which will be a huge blow to his chances of regaining a place in the top 16 of the world. Former Belgian nr 1 Dimitri van den Bergh joins Smith in missing out, as do Polish nr 1 Krzysztof Ratajski, former German nr1 Gabriel Clemens and Portugese nr1 Jose de Sousa.

Update 26th July:

Rise and fall on the rankings happens when big money is on the line and the World Matchplay is proving no different this year. With world number 1 Luke Humphries losing to Gian van Veen in round 1 it now seems only a matter of tiume before Luke Littler overtakes him to become the top darts player.

That defending prizemoney makes the rankings a very active list has been proven by Nathan Aspinall this year. Losing in round 1 whilst defending the tournament title money from 2 years ago has seen him drop a massive 16 spots and him down to world nr. 23. Joe Cullen continues his slide towards a top 32 exit as yet another first round loss has seen him drop 5 further places, worrying times for both of the fan favourites with a huge end to the year needed.

Biggest gainer so far in the event is Josh Rock up a massive 6 spots to world nr.11 and a further win would catapult him into the top 8 of the world.

Why the rankings matter in darts

As with professional sports such as tennis and snooker, the darts rankings form an essential element of the professional game. Winning one tournament makes a player the best on the day but guaging who is the best darts player in the world is far more complex than a one off event rating. Like in snooker the darts ratings are based on a two year period in order to reduce variance and award consistency and goes hand in hand with the two year two card system I mentioned previously. The higher you are in the order of merit the more premier darts events such as the World darts championships and World matchplay a player qualifies for.

If you have seen a player on TV and are keen to know more about what dart they use I have a table for you to read through which includes the weight of their setup