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 update the rankings daily as these tournaments have a huge impact on player rankings.

Update 16th November: Winning the Grand Slam of Darts marks what most in the sport have seen as his destiny. Luke Littler has now taken over the world number 1 ranking from Luke Humphries and is now ranked the best player in the world. Achieving this feat in less than 2 years on the professional circuit is simply sensational!

PDC Darts World Ranking Updated November 16th after Grand Slam of Darts, NEW WORLD NR1!

World Ranking	Player Name	Prize Money in 1k units
1	Luke Littler	1850.5
2	Luke Humphries	1689
3	Michael van Gerwen	741.25
4	Stephen Bunting	607.25
5	Jonny Clayton	563.5
6	James Wade	534.25
7	Danny Noppert	530.75
8	Gian van Veen	520
9	Chris Dobey	516.75
10	Gerwyn Price	497.5
11	Josh Rock	497
12	Ross Smith	457.75
13	Damon Heta	456
14	Gary Anderson	444.5
15	Martin Schindler	441.25
16	Rob Cross	432.5
17	Mike De Decker	413.5
18	Dave Chisnall	394.5
19	Ryan Searle	393
20	Jermaine Wattimena	383
21	Nathan Aspinall	380
22	Ryan Joyce	358.5
23	Dimitri Van den Bergh	345.25
24	Luke Woodhouse	344
25	Daryl Gurney	339.5
26	Cameron Menzies	325.25
27	Ritchie Edhouse	316.5
28	Michael Smith	313.5
29	Dirk van Duijvenbode	309.75
30	Peter Wright	295
31	Wessel Nijman	292.75
32	Joe Cullen	288.5
33	Ricardo Pietreczko	279.5
34	Andrew Gilding	273
35	Raymond van Barneveld	266
36	Scott Williams	245.25
37	Krzysztof Ratajski	240.5
38	Martin Lukeman	226.5
39	Brendan Dolan	215.25
40	Ricky Evans	178
41	Kevin Doets	177.5
42	William O'Connor	172.25
43	Gabriel Clemens	171.25
44	Niels Zonneveld	169.75
45	Callan Rydz	165.5
46	Mickey Mansell	159.25
47	Madars Razma	146
48	Richard Veenstra	127.25
49	Jeffrey de Graaf	121.5
50	Connor Scutt	119.75
51	Kim Huybrechts	118
52	Ian White	117
53	Niko Springer	114.75
54	Florian Hempel	103.75
55	Alan Soutar	103.5
56	Keane Barry	103.25
57	Matt Campbell	101.75
58	Rob Owen	95.5
59	Nick Kenny	93
60	Mensur Suljovic	92.75
61	Thibault Tricole	91.25
62	Ryan Meikle	87.5
63	Lukas Wenig	86.25
64	Stephen Burton	81.75
65	Jim Williams	80
66	Dom Taylor	79.5
67	Dylan Slevin	77.25
68	James Hurrell	77
69	Mario Vandenbogaerde	76.75
70	Chris Landman	67.25
71	Karel Sedlacek	65
72	Jose de Sousa	62
73	Bradley Brooks	57.25
74	Steve Lennon	53.25
75	Matthew Dennant	52.25
76	Andy Baetens	52
77	Darren Beveridge	51.75
78	Cam Crabtree	51.5
79	Rhys Griffin	43.5
80	Owen Bates	42.25
80	Sebastian Bialecki	42.25
82	Berry van Peer	41.75
83	Adam Hunt	41
84	Patrick Geeraets	40.25
85	Robert Grundy	39.25
86	Nathan Rafferty	38.75
86	Jitse Van der Wal	38.75
88	Radek Szaganski	38.25
89	Jelle Klaasen	34.75
90	Justin Hood	33.25
91	Martijn Dragt	33
92	Darius Labanauskas	31.75
92	Adam Lipscombe	31.75
92	Danny Lauby	31.75
95	Wesley Plaisier	30.5
96	Max Hopp	30.25
97	Haupai Puha	29.5
98	Dominik Gruellich	29.25
99	William Borland	28
99	Benjamin Reus	28
101	Brett Claydon	27.5
102	George Killington	27
103	Cor Dekker	26.25
104	Maik Kuivenhoven	26
104	Andy Boulton	26
106	Darryl Pilgrim	24.25
107	Michele Turetta	21
108	Tom Bissell	20.25
109	Christian Kist	20
110	Leon Weber	19.75
111	Stefan Bellmont	18.75
112	Dennie Olde Kalter	18.5
113	Joshua Richardson	18.25
114	Andreas Harrysson	17.75
115	Jamai van den Herik	17.5
116	Jurjen van der Velde	17.25
116	Jim Long	17.25
116	Thomas Lovely	17.25
116	Marvin van Velzen	17.25
120	Beau Greaves	16
120	Viktor Tingstrom	16
122	Adam Warner	15.5
123	Greg Ritchie	13.5
124	Alexander Merkx	13
125	Mervyn King	12.5
125	Jimmy van Schie	12.5
125	Carl Sneyd	12.5
128	Adam Paxton	11.75
129	Maximilian Czerwinski	11.25
130	Graham Hall	10.5
131	Danny van Trijp	10
131	Ted Evetts	10
133	Tavis Dudeney	9.5
133	Oskar Lukasiak	9.5
133	Kevin Burness	9.5
136	Tytus Kanik	9.25
137	Boris Krcmar	9
138	Joe Hunt	8.5
138	Stefaan Henderyck	8.5
138	Tim Wolters	8.5
141	Michael Unterbuchner	8.25
142	Alexis Toylo	8
143	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	7.5
144	Tommy Lishman	6.5
145	David Davies	6
146	Jack Tweddell	5.5
146	Tom Sykes	5.5
148	Pero Ljubic	5.25
149	Alex Spellman	5
149	Lisa Ashton	5
149	Scott Waites	5
149	Johan Engstrom	5
149	Kai Gotthardt	5
149	Jarno Bottenberg	5
149	Jeffrey Sparidaans	5
149	Daniel Klose	5
157	Henry Coates	4.25
158	Jules van Dongen	4
159	Dragutin Horvat	3.75
159	Benjamin Pratnemer	3.75
159	Aden Kirk	3.75
162	Lee Cocks	3.5
162	Michael Flynn	3.5
164	Nathan Girvan	3.25
165	Scott Campbell	3
166	Charlie Manby	2.5
166	Kevin Troppmann	2.5
166	Martin Kramer	2.5
166	Andras Borbely	2.5
166	Sam Spivey	2.5
166	Francois Schweyen	2.5
166	Arno Merk	2.5
166	Kevin Knopf	2.5
166	Petr Krivka	2.5
166	Teemu Harju	2.5
166	Paul Krohne	2.5
166	Graham Usher	2.5
178	Martin Thomas	2
179	Sietse Lap	1.5
180	Felix Springer	1.25
180	Tomislav Rosandic	1.25
180	Andreas Toft Jorgensen	1.25
180	Ansh Sood	1.25
180	Dalibor Smolik	1.25
180	Denis Schnetzer	1.25
180	Rocco Fulciniti	1.25
180	Andreas Hyllgaardhus	1.25
180	Levente Sarai	1.25
180	Nandor Major	1.25
180	Nandor Pres	1.25
180	Filip Manak	1.25
180	Jiri Brejcha	1.25
180	Lukas Unger	1.25
180	Adam Gawlas	1.25
180	Xanti Van den Bergh	1.25
180	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	1.25
180	Miroslaw Grudziecki	1.25
180	Yorick Hofkens	1.25
180	Joshua Hermann	1.25
180	Moritz Bohrmann	1.25
180	Jeffrey De Zwaan	1.25
180	Jerry Hendriks	1.25
180	Marcel Erba	1.25
180	Christian Goedl	1.25
180	Gyorgy Jehirszki	1.25
180	Rowby-John Rodriguez	1.25
180	Zoran Lerchbacher	1.25
180	Finn Behrens	1.25
180	Michael Rosenauer	1.25
180	Rene Eidams	1.25
180	Patrick Klingelhoefer	1.25
180	Paul Goyer	1.25
180	Laurin Welk	1.25
180	Marko Kantele	1.25
180	Cedric Waegemans	1.25
180	Patrick De Backer	1.25
180	Sybren Gijbels	1.25
218	Jenson Walker	1
218	Ron Meulenkamp	1
218	Paul Rowley	1
218	Shaun Fox	1
218	Simon Stevenson	1
218	Tommy Morris	1
224	Ryan Branley	0.75

Luke Littler taking aim at the top of the world rankings — **New best darts player in the world by ranking**

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