PDC Darts world rankings

PDC Darts World Rankings 2026

I update the darts world rankings as significant changes occur and the 2026 season will be no different. I track every tournament on the professional circuit and update the rankings after each event. During Major tournaments I will update the rankings daily as these tournaments so as to keep them live as they have a huge impact on player rankings and their tourcards. The ranking table below reflects all 128 tourcard holders for 2026 and the prize money they start the year with and forms the basis for what looks to be another fascinating season of darts.

Please note that the Premier League darts is an UNRANKED series of tournaments and is therefore not reflected in prizemoney for tourcard status, the same applies to the World Series of Darts events and the World Cup of darts.

PDC Darts Rankings after night 1 of World Masters

Ranking	Player name	Prize money in 1k units
1	Luke Littler	2775.5
2	Luke Humphries	1177
3	Gian van Veen	922.5
4	Michael van Gerwen	696.25
5	Jonny Clayton	635
6	Gary Anderson	619.5
7	Stephen Bunting	598.75
8	Ryan Searle	573
9	Josh Rock	560.5
10	Danny Noppert	555.75
11	James Wade	554.25
12	Gerwyn Price	531
13	Chris Dobey	515.25
14	Nathan Aspinall	470
15	Martin Schindler	463.25
16	Ross Smith	452.75
17	Damon Heta	449
18	Jermaine Wattimena	428
19	Mike De Decker	418.5
20	Rob Cross	394
21	Luke Woodhouse	388
22	Dave Chisnall	367.5
23	Daryl Gurney	351.5
24	Ryan Joyce	350
25	Dimitri Van den Bergh	336.25
26	Cameron Menzies	326
27	Wessel Nijman	325.75
28	Krzysztof Ratajski	325
29	Ritchie Edhouse	324.75
30	Dirk van Duijvenbode	320.5
31	Peter Wright	312.25
32	Michael Smith	304.25
33	Andrew Gilding	300.75
34	Ricardo Pietreczko	293.75
35	Joe Cullen	276
36	Raymond van Barneveld	246
37	Martin Lukeman	227.5
38	Kevin Doets	220
39	Callan Rydz	189.75
40	Ricky Evans	188.75
41	Niels Zonneveld	187.75
42	Brendan Dolan	184
43	William O'Connor	183
44	Scott Williams	176.25
45	Madars Razma	167.5
46	Mickey Mansell	159.25
47	Gabriel Clemens	156.75
48	James Hurrell	152
49	Connor Scutt	149.75
50	Jeffrey de Graaf	144.5
51	Justin Hood	140.75
52	Ian White	135.25
53	Alan Soutar	134
54	Niko Springer	130.75
55	Mensur Suljovic	128.5
56	Ryan Meikle	125.5
57	Richard Veenstra	118.25
58	Keane Barry	117.25
59	Nick Kenny	115.25
60	Kim Huybrechts	110.5
61	Thibault Tricole	106.25
62	Lukas Wenig	102
63	Rob Owen	96.25
64	Mario Vandenbogaerde	95.75
65	Karel Sedlacek	83
66	Bradley Brooks	79.5
67	Cam Crabtree	74
68	Wesley Plaisier	69.25
69	Sebastian Bialecki	64.5
70	Max Hopp	59
71	Adam Lipscombe	56.75
72	Dominik Gruellich	45
73	Cor Dekker	42
74	Maik Kuivenhoven	26
74	Andy Boulton	26
76	Tavis Dudeney	24.5
76	Oskar Lukasiak	24.5
78	Darryl Pilgrim	24.25
79	Christian Kist	20.75
80	Tom Bissell	20.25
81	Leon Weber	19.75
82	Dennie Olde Kalter	18.5
83	Jim Long	17.25
83	Thomas Lovely	17.25
83	Marvin van Velzen	17.25
86	Viktor Tingstrom	16
87	Adam Warner	15.5
88	Greg Ritchie	13.5
89	Adam Paxton	11.75
90	Maximilian Czerwinski	11.25
91	Tytus Kanik	9.25
92	Stefaan Henderyck	8.5
93	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	7.5
94	Kai Gotthardt	5.75
95	Pero Ljubic	5.25
96	Jimmy van Schie	5
96	Shane McGuirk	5
98	Graham Hall	2.5
98	Jack Tweddell	2.5
98	Scott Waites	2.5
101	Beau Greaves	1
101	Henry Coates	1
101	Jeffrey De Zwaan	1
101	Owen Bates	1
101	Patrik Williams	1
101	Rhys Griffin	1
107	Benjamin Pratnemer	0.75
107	Charlie Manby	0.75
107	Danny van Trijp	0.75
107	Jesus Salate	0.75
107	Pascal Rupprecht	0.75
107	Scott Campbell	0.75
107	Stefan Bellmont	0.75
107	Stephen Burton	0.75

Current darts world ranking list

The PDC World ranking ladder is constantly changing due to the two year rolling prize money system. If you wish to keep up to date with the live rankings during tournaments I can recommend heading to the brilliant dartsrankings website. Follow along with covering all the winners and runners up from the PDC darts in 2026.

End of season rankings 2025

Well over 200 darts players earned prize money on the professional circuit in 2025 and each and every one of them can be found in the table below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luke Littler the nr.1 ranked player in the world and back to back world champ!

2025 PDC Darts World Ranking Updated January 3rd 2026 reflecting final ranking

World Ranking	Player Name	Prize Money in 1k units
1	Luke Littler	2770.5
2	Luke Humphries	1172
3	Gian van Veen	912.5
4	Michael van Gerwen	691.25
5	Jonny Clayton	625
6	Gary Anderson	609.5
7	Stephen Bunting	593.75
8	Ryan Searle	568
9	Josh Rock	555.5
10	Danny Noppert	550.75
11	James Wade	544.25
12	Gerwyn Price	521
13	Chris Dobey	505.25
14	Nathan Aspinall	460
15	Martin Schindler	458.25
16	Ross Smith	447.75
17	Damon Heta	439
18	Jermaine Wattimena	423
19	Mike De Decker	413.5
20	Rob Cross	389
21	Luke Woodhouse	383
22	Dave Chisnall	362.5
23	Daryl Gurney	346.5
24	Ryan Joyce	345
25	Dimitri Van den Bergh	335.25
26	Cameron Menzies	325.25
27	Ritchie Edhouse	324
28	Krzysztof Ratajski	322.5
29	Wessel Nijman	320.75
30	Dirk van Duijvenbode	319.75
31	Peter Wright	311.5
32	Michael Smith	303.5
33	Andrew Gilding	300
34	Ricardo Pietreczko	293
35	Joe Cullen	275
36	Raymond van Barneveld	246
37	Martin Lukeman	226.5
38	Kevin Doets	219
39	Callan Rydz	189
40	Ricky Evans	188
41	Brendan Dolan	183.25
42	Niels Zonneveld	182.75
43	William O'Connor	182.25
44	Scott Williams	173.75
45	Madars Razma	162.5
46	Mickey Mansell	159.25
47	Gabriel Clemens	154.25
48	James Hurrell	147
49	Connor Scutt	144.75
50	Justin Hood	139.75
51	Jeffrey de Graaf	139.5
52	Ian White	134.5
53	Alan Soutar	131.5
54	Niko Springer	129.75
55	Mensur Suljovic	127.75
56	Ryan Meikle	125.5
57	Richard Veenstra	117.25
58	Keane Barry	116.25
59	Nick Kenny	114.5
60	Kim Huybrechts	108
61	Thibault Tricole	106.25
62	Lukas Wenig	101.25
63	Rob Owen	95.5
64	Mario Vandenbogaerde	94.75
65	Stephen Burton	93.75
66	Matt Campbell	85.25
67	Karel Sedlacek	83
68	Dom Taylor	82.5
69	Chris Landman	82.25
70	Darren Beveridge	79.75
71	Bradley Brooks	78.75
71	Florian Hempel	78.75
73	Andreas Harrysson	77.75
74	Cam Crabtree	73
75	Wesley Plaisier	68.5
76	Steve Lennon	68.25
77	Matthew Dennant	67.25
78	Andy Baetens	67
79	Dylan Slevin	66.75
80	Sebastian Bialecki	63.75
81	Charlie Manby	62.5
82	Jose de Sousa	59
83	Max Hopp	58.25
84	Owen Bates	57.25
85	Adam Lipscombe	56.75
86	Adam Hunt	56
87	Jim Williams	52
88	Darius Labanauskas	46.75
89	Haupai Puha	44.5
90	Dominik Gruellich	44.25
91	Stefan Bellmont	43.75
92	Rhys Griffin	43.5
93	Berry van Peer	41.75
94	Cor Dekker	41.25
95	Patrick Geeraets	40.25
96	Robert Grundy	39.25
97	Nathan Rafferty	38.75
97	Jitse Van der Wal	38.75
99	Radek Szaganski	38.25
100	Arno Merk	37.5
101	Jelle Klaasen	34.75
102	Martijn Dragt	33
103	Jamai van den Herik	32.5
104	Jurjen van der Velde	32.25
105	Danny Lauby	31.75
106	David Davies	31
106	Beau Greaves	31
108	William Borland	28
108	Benjamin Reus	28
110	Mervyn King	27.5
110	Brett Claydon	27.5
112	George Killington	27
113	Maik Kuivenhoven	26
113	Andy Boulton	26
115	Adam Sevada	25
115	David Munyua	25
115	Joe Comito	25
115	Jonny Tata	25
115	Leonard Gates	25
115	Motomu Sakai	25
115	Nitin Kumar	25
115	Paul Lim	25
115	Ted Evetts	25
124	Tavis Dudeney	24.5
124	Oskar Lukasiak	24.5
126	Darryl Pilgrim	24.25
127	Boris Krcmar	24
128	Alexis Toylo	23
129	Michele Turetta	21
130	Tom Bissell	20.25
131	Alex Spellman	20
131	Lisa Ashton	20
131	Christian Kist	20
134	Leon Weber	19.75
135	Dennie Olde Kalter	18.5
136	Joshua Richardson	18.25
137	Teemu Harju	17.5
138	Jim Long	17.25
138	Thomas Lovely	17.25
138	Marvin van Velzen	17.25
141	Adam Gawlas	16.25
142	Viktor Tingstrom	16
143	Adam Warner	15.5
144	Cristo Reyes	15
144	David Cameron	15
144	Fallon Sherrock	15
144	Gemma Hayter	15
144	Jesus Salate	15
144	Krzysztof Kciuk	15
144	Lourence Ilagan	15
144	Man Lok Leung	15
144	Mitsuhiko Tatsunami	15
144	Noa-Lynn van Leuven	15
144	Paolo Nebrida	15
144	Patrik Kovacs	15
144	Ryusei Azemoto	15
144	Simon Whitlock	15
144	Stowe Buntz	15
144	Tim Pusey	15
144	Xiaochen Zong	15
161	Greg Ritchie	13.5
162	Alexander Merkx	13
163	Jimmy van Schie	12.5
163	Carl Sneyd	12.5
165	Adam Paxton	11.75
166	Maximilian Czerwinski	11.25
167	Graham Hall	10.5
168	Danny van Trijp	10
169	Kevin Burness	9.5
170	Tytus Kanik	9.25
171	Joe Hunt	8.5
171	Stefaan Henderyck	8.5
171	Tim Wolters	8.5
174	Michael Unterbuchner	8.25
175	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	7.5
176	Tommy Lishman	6.5
177	Jack Tweddell	5.5
177	Tom Sykes	5.5
179	Pero Ljubic	5.25
180	Scott Waites	5
180	Johan Engstrom	5
180	Kai Gotthardt	5
180	Jarno Bottenberg	5
180	Jeffrey Sparidaans	5
180	Daniel Klose	5
186	Henry Coates	4.25
187	Jules van Dongen	4
188	Dragutin Horvat	3.75
188	Benjamin Pratnemer	3.75
188	Aden Kirk	3.75
191	Lee Cocks	3.5
191	Michael Flynn	3.5
193	Nathan Girvan	3.25
194	Scott Campbell	3
195	Kevin Troppmann	2.5
195	Martin Kramer	2.5
195	Andras Borbely	2.5
195	Sam Spivey	2.5
195	Francois Schweyen	2.5
195	Kevin Knopf	2.5
195	Petr Krivka	2.5
195	Paul Krohne	2.5
195	Graham Usher	2.5
204	Martin Thomas	2
205	Sietse Lap	1.5
206	Felix Springer	1.25
206	Tomislav Rosandic	1.25
206	Andreas Toft Jorgensen	1.25
206	Ansh Sood	1.25
206	Dalibor Smolik	1.25
206	Denis Schnetzer	1.25
206	Rocco Fulciniti	1.25
206	Andreas Hyllgaardhus	1.25
206	Levente Sarai	1.25
206	Nandor Major	1.25
206	Nandor Pres	1.25
206	Filip Manak	1.25
206	Jiri Brejcha	1.25
206	Lukas Unger	1.25
206	Xanti Van den Bergh	1.25
206	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	1.25
206	Miroslaw Grudziecki	1.25
206	Yorick Hofkens	1.25
206	Joshua Hermann	1.25
206	Moritz Bohrmann	1.25
206	Jeffrey De Zwaan	1.25
206	Jerry Hendriks	1.25
206	Marcel Erba	1.25
206	Christian Goedl	1.25
206	Gyorgy Jehirszki	1.25
206	Rowby-John Rodriguez	1.25
206	Zoran Lerchbacher	1.25
206	Finn Behrens	1.25
206	Michael Rosenauer	1.25
206	Rene Eidams	1.25
206	Patrick Klingelhoefer	1.25
206	Paul Goyer	1.25
206	Laurin Welk	1.25
206	Marko Kantele	1.25
206	Cedric Waegemans	1.25
206	Patrick De Backer	1.25
206	Sybren Gijbels	1.25
243	Jenson Walker	1
243	Ron Meulenkamp	1
243	Paul Rowley	1
243	Shaun Fox	1
243	Simon Stevenson	1
243	Tommy Morris	1
249	Ryan Branley	0.75

PDC world rankings list at start of 2026

The table below reflects the ranking list as it stands at the start of the 2026 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 2026 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 dart players ranked on the 2026 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.

PDC Darts World Ranking as of start 2026 season

Ranking	Player name	Prize money in 1k units
1	Luke Littler	2.770.5
2	Luke Humphries	1.172
3	Gian van Veen	912.5
4	Michael van Gerwen	691.25
5	Jonny Clayton	625
6	Gary Anderson	609.5
7	Stephen Bunting	593.75
8	Ryan Searle	568
9	Josh Rock	555.5
10	Danny Noppert	550.75
11	James Wade	544.25
12	Gerwyn Price	521
13	Chris Dobey	505.25
14	Nathan Aspinall	460
15	Martin Schindler	458.25
16	Ross Smith	447.75
17	Damon Heta	439
18	Jermaine Wattimena	423
19	Mike De Decker	413.5
20	Rob Cross	389
21	Luke Woodhouse	383
22	Dave Chisnall	362.5
23	Daryl Gurney	346.5
24	Ryan Joyce	345
25	Dimitri Van den Bergh	335.25
26	Cameron Menzies	325.25
27	Ritchie Edhouse	324
28	Krzysztof Ratajski	322.5
29	Wessel Nijman	320.75
30	Dirk van Duijvenbode	319.75
31	Peter Wright	311.5
32	Michael Smith	303.5
33	Andrew Gilding	300
34	Ricardo Pietreczko	293
35	Joe Cullen	275
36	Raymond van Barneveld	246
37	Martin Lukeman	226.5
38	Kevin Doets	219
39	Callan Rydz	189
40	Ricky Evans	188
41	Brendan Dolan	183.25
42	Niels Zonneveld	182.75
43	William O'Connor	182.25
44	Scott Williams	173.75
45	Madars Razma	162.5
46	Mickey Mansell	159.25
47	Gabriel Clemens	154.25
48	James Hurrell	147
49	Connor Scutt	144.75
50	Justin Hood	139.75
51	Jeffrey de Graaf	139.5
52	Ian White	134.5
53	Alan Soutar	131.5
54	Niko Springer	129.75
55	Mensur Suljović	127.75
56	Ryan Meikle	125.5
57	Richard Veenstra	117.25
58	Keane Barry	116.25
59	Nick Kenny	114.5
60	Kim Huybrechts	108
61	Thibault Tricole	106.25
62	Lukas Wenig	101.25
63	Robert Owen	95.5
64	Mario Vandenbogaerde	94.75
65	Karel Sedláček	83
66	Bradley Brooks	78.75
67	Cameron Crabtree	73
68	Wesley Plaisier	68.5
69	Sebastian Białecki	63.75
70	Max Hopp	58.25
71	Adam Lipscombe	56.75
72	Dominik Grüllich	44.25
73	Cor Dekker	41.25
74	Maik Kuivenhoven	26
75	Andy Boulton	26
76	Tavis Dudeney	24.5
77	Oskar Lukasiak	24.5
78	Darryl Pilgrim	24.25
79	Tom Bissell	20.25
80	Christian Kist	20
81	Leon Weber	19.75
82	Dennie Olde Kalter	18.5
83	Jim Long	17.25
84	Thomas Lovely	17.25
85	Marvin van Velzen	17.25
86	Viktor Tingström	16
87	Adam Warner	15.5
88	Greg Ritchie	13.5
89	Adam Paxton	11.75
90	Maximilian Czerwinski	11.75
91	Tytus Kanik	11.25
92	Stefaan Henderyck	9.25
93	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	8.5
94	Pero Ljubić	5.25
95	Kai Gotthardt	5
96	Stefan Bellmont	0
96	Darius Labanauskas	0
96	Beau Greaves	0
96	Owen Bates	0
96	Arno Merk	0
96	Filip Bereza	0
96	Rhys Griffin	0
96	Adam Leek	0
96	Jeffrey Sparidaans	0
96	Cristo Reyes	0
96	Carl Sneyd	0
96	Niall Culleton	0
96	Matthias Ehlers	0
96	Yorick Hofkens	0
96	Shane McGuirk	0
96	Tom Sykes	0
96	Sietse Lap	0
96	Jeffrey de Zwaan	0
96	Charlie Manby	0
96	Samuel Price	0
96	Jimmy van Schie	0
96	Chris Landman	0
96	Marvin Kraft	0
96	Benjamin Pratnemer	0
96	Adam Gawlas	0
96	Jurjen van der Velde	0
96	Alexander Merkx	0
96	Pascal Rupprecht	0
96	Stephen Burton	0
96	Mervyn King	0
96	Tyler Thorpe	0
96	Stephen Rosney	0
96	David Sharp	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 2026? Will one of the new tourcard holders emulate players like Littler and Nijman and have a rapid rise up the world rankings in 2026? 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 was in a similar position in 2025 and sadly failed to maintain his professional status. Throughout the 2026 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

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 gauging 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