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 which I update after every ranking tournament. During Major tournaments I will upate the rankings daily as these touyrnaments have a huge impact on player rankings.

PDC Darts World Ranking Updated October 25th 2025 after round 2 of European Championships in Germany

World Ranking	Player Name	Prize Money in 1k units
1	Luke Humphries	1733
2	Luke Littler	1695.5
3	Michael van Gerwen	726.25
4	Stephen Bunting	654.5
5	James Wade	581.75
6	Jonny Clayton	567.75
7	Rob Cross	508.5
8	Josh Rock	499
9	Chris Dobey	495.25
10	Danny Noppert	482.75
11	Damon Heta	478.5
12	Gerwyn Price	468.25
13	Gary Anderson	464.5
14	Ross Smith	459.25
15	Gian van Veen	429
16	Martin Schindler	428.25
17	Dave Chisnall	421
18	Mike De Decker	411.75
19	Ryan Searle	409.5
20	Nathan Aspinall	383.25
21	Jermaine Wattimena	381.5
22	Ryan Joyce	354
23	Dimitri Van den Bergh	341.75
24	Daryl Gurney	335.5
25	Cameron Menzies	323.5
26	Dirk van Duijvenbode	316.75
26	Ritchie Edhouse	316.75
28	Luke Woodhouse	316.5
29	Michael Smith	300.25
30	Peter Wright	297.5
31	Ricardo Pietreczko	286.25
32	Joe Cullen	285.5
33	Andrew Gilding	284.5
34	Raymond van Barneveld	266.75
35	Wessel Nijman	260.5
36	Krzysztof Ratajski	253.75
37	Scott Williams	245
38	Brendan Dolan	223
39	Martin Lukeman	221.5
40	Kevin Doets	173.75
41	Gabriel Clemens	171.75
42	Niels Zonneveld	166.75
42	Callan Rydz	166.75
44	Mickey Mansell	159.75
45	William O'Connor	158
46	Ricky Evans	150.5
47	Madars Razma	144.75
48	Richard Veenstra	128
49	Kim Huybrechts	119.5
50	Jeffrey de Graaf	119
50	Ian White	119
52	Connor Scutt	106.5
53	Alan Soutar	102.75
54	Florian Hempel	101.75
55	Niko Springer	101
56	Keane Barry	98.75
57	Matt Campbell	96.75
58	Rob Owen	94
59	Mensur Suljovic	92.75
60	Nick Kenny	92.25
61	Jim Williams	88
62	Thibault Tricole	87.75
63	Ryan Meikle	86.75
64	Stephen Burton	82.75
65	Dylan Slevin	77.25
66	Dom Taylor	77
67	Mario Vandenbogaerde	76.75
68	James Hurrell	76
69	Chris Landman	64.75
70	Jose de Sousa	62.25
71	Lukas Wenig	56.75
72	Bradley Brooks	56.25
73	Karel Sedlacek	53
74	Steve Lennon	52.25
75	Andy Baetens	52
76	Darren Beveridge	51.75
77	Matthew Dennant	49.75
78	Rhys Griffin	42.5
79	Sebastian Bialecki	42.25
80	Owen Bates	39.75
80	Berry van Peer	39.75
82	Adam Hunt	39.5
83	Robert Grundy	39.25
84	Cam Crabtree	39
85	Patrick Geeraets	38.75
85	Jitse Van der Wal	38.75
87	Radek Szaganski	38.25
88	Nathan Rafferty	37.75
89	Jelle Klaasen	33.25
90	Justin Hood	32.25
91	Martijn Dragt	32
92	Adam Lipscombe	30.75
92	Darius Labanauskas	30.75
92	Danny Lauby	30.75
95	Wesley Plaisier	29.5
95	Haupai Puha	29.5
97	Max Hopp	29.25
97	Dominik Gruellich	29.25
99	William Borland	28
99	Benjamin Reus	28
101	Brett Claydon	27.5
102	George Killington	27
103	Cor Dekker	24.75
104	Andy Boulton	24.5
105	Maik Kuivenhoven	23.5
106	Darryl Pilgrim	23.25
107	Tom Bissell	19.25
108	Christian Kist	19
109	Leon Weber	18.75
110	Michele Turetta	18.5
111	Andreas Harrysson	17.75
112	Jamai van den Herik	17.5
113	Thomas Lovely	17.25
113	Marvin van Velzen	17.25
115	Dennie Olde Kalter	16.5
116	Jim Long	16.25
116	Joshua Richardson	16.25
118	Stefan Bellmont	13.75
119	Viktor Tingstrom	13.5
119	Adam Warner	13.5
121	Alexander Merkx	13
122	Greg Ritchie	12.5
122	Mervyn King	12.5
122	Jimmy van Schie	12.5
122	Carl Sneyd	12.5
126	Maximilian Czerwinski	11.25
127	Danny van Trijp	10
127	Ted Evetts	10
129	Graham Hall	9.5
129	Oskar Lukasiak	9.5
129	Kevin Burness	9.5
132	Boris Krcmar	9
133	Joe Hunt	8.5
133	Stefaan Henderyck	8.5
133	Tavis Dudeney	8.5
133	Tim Wolters	8.5
137	Michael Unterbuchner	8.25
137	Tytus Kanik	8.25
139	Beau Greaves	8
140	Adam Paxton	7.75
141	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	7.5
142	Tommy Lishman	6.5
143	Jack Tweddell	5.5
143	Tom Sykes	5.5
145	Pero Ljubic	5.25
146	Scott Waites	5
146	Johan Engstrom	5
146	Kai Gotthardt	5
146	Jarno Bottenberg	5
146	Jeffrey Sparidaans	5
146	Daniel Klose	5
146	Jurjen van der Velde	5
153	Henry Coates	4.25
154	David Davies	4
154	Jules van Dongen	4
156	Dragutin Horvat	3.75
156	Benjamin Pratnemer	3.75
156	Aden Kirk	3.75
159	Michael Flynn	3.5
160	Nathan Girvan	3.25
161	Scott Campbell	3
162	Kevin Troppmann	2.5
162	Martin Kramer	2.5
162	Andras Borbely	2.5
162	Sam Spivey	2.5
162	Francois Schweyen	2.5
162	Arno Merk	2.5
162	Kevin Knopf	2.5
162	Petr Krivka	2.5
162	Teemu Harju	2.5
162	Paul Krohne	2.5
162	Graham Usher	2.5
173	Martin Thomas	2
174	Charlie Manby	1.5
174	Sietse Lap	1.5
176	Felix Springer	1.25
176	Tomislav Rosandic	1.25
176	Andreas Toft Jorgensen	1.25
176	Ansh Sood	1.25
176	Dalibor Smolik	1.25
176	Denis Schnetzer	1.25
176	Rocco Fulciniti	1.25
176	Andreas Hyllgaardhus	1.25
176	Levente Sarai	1.25
176	Nandor Major	1.25
176	Nandor Pres	1.25
176	Filip Manak	1.25
176	Jiri Brejcha	1.25
176	Lukas Unger	1.25
176	Adam Gawlas	1.25
176	Xanti Van den Bergh	1.25
176	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	1.25
176	Miroslaw Grudziecki	1.25
176	Yorick Hofkens	1.25
176	Joshua Hermann	1.25
176	Moritz Bohrmann	1.25
176	Jeffrey De Zwaan	1.25
176	Jerry Hendriks	1.25
176	Marcel Erba	1.25
176	Christian Goedl	1.25
176	Gyorgy Jehirszki	1.25
176	Rowby-John Rodriguez	1.25
176	Zoran Lerchbacher	1.25
176	Finn Behrens	1.25
176	Michael Rosenauer	1.25
176	Rene Eidams	1.25
176	Patrick Klingelhoefer	1.25
176	Paul Goyer	1.25
176	Laurin Welk	1.25
176	Marko Kantele	1.25
176	Cedric Waegemans	1.25
176	Patrick De Backer	1.25
176	Sybren Gijbels	1.25
214	Jenson Walker	1
214	Lee Cocks	1
214	Ron Meulenkamp	1
214	Paul Rowley	1
214	Shaun Fox	1
214	Simon Stevenson	1
214	Tommy Morris	1
221	Ryan Branley	0.75

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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. Follow along with covering all the winners and runners up from the PDC darts in 2025.

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