Luke and Luke start the year as world numbers 1 and 2 in the darts world rankings

PDC darts world rankings 2025

PDC darts world rankings 2025

As the PDC gears up for the busiest season of darts so far we take a look at the darts world rankings for 2025. Professional players from around the world will all be aiming to make it into the top 64 of the rankings to gain or maintain their professional status.

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 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

Not quite desperate times but Michael Smith needs a good 2025 to improve PDC darts world ranking
Bully Boy will be looking to improve his world ranking 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 RankingPlayer NamePrize Money in 1000 pound units
1Luke Humphries1804.25
2Luke Littler1118.5
3Michael van Gerwen815.5
4Rob Cross551.75
5Stephen Bunting536
6Dave Chisnall528.5
7Jonny Clayton494
8Damon Heta484
9Gerwyn Price480.5
10Chris Dobey480.25
11Nathan Aspinall470.5
12Peter Wright442.5
13Danny Noppert431.75
14Gary Anderson430.5
15James Wade426.75
16Josh Rock405
16Michael Smith405
18Dimitri Van den Bergh399.25
19Ryan Searle398.25
20Andrew Gilding395.5
21Ross Smith395
22Martin Schindler365
23Joe Cullen357.25
24Mike De Decker356
25Daryl Gurney334.25
26Dirk van Duijvenbode325.75
27Gian van Veen299
28Ritchie Edhouse289.25
29Ryan Joyce282
30Ricardo Pietreczko280.75
31Brendan Dolan271.5
32Krzysztof Ratajski267.75
33Luke Woodhouse262.75
34Raymond van Barneveld252.75
35Jermaine Wattimena240.25
36Scott Williams220.75
37Gabriel Clemens219.75
38Martin Lukeman202.5
39Cameron Menzies178
40Callan Rydz177
41Kevin Doets146.5
42Madars Razma144.75
43Mickey Mansell143.25
44Ricky Evans142.25
45Jose de Sousa139
46Kim Huybrechts136
47Richard Veenstra122.75
48Niels Zonneveld121.25
49Ian White116.25
50Keane Barry115.25
51Jim Williams111.25
52William O'Connor107
53Florian Hempel103
53Matt Campbell103
55Wessel Nijman100
56Alan Soutar85.5
57Dylan Slevin80.5
58Robert Owen80.25
59Ryan Meikle78.5
60Stephen Burton78
61Connor Scutt77
62Mensur Suljovic75.25
63Jeffrey de Graaf75
64Nick Kenny71.75
65Thibault Tricole57.25
66James Hurrell45.75
67Dom Taylor39.5
68Chris Landman39.25
69Mario Vandenbogaerde31
70Rhys Griffin28
71Andy Baetens24.5
72Berry van Peer23.5
73Nathan Rafferty22.25
74Steve Lennon22
75Radek Szaganski21.75
76Lukas Wenig21.5
77Patrick Geeraets19
77Matthew Dennant19
79Darren Beveridge18.75
80Jitse Van der Wal18.25
81Benjamin Reus18
82Danny Lauby17
83Robert Grundy16.5
84George Killington14.5
85Owen Bates14
86Brett Claydon13.75
87Martijn Dragt13.5
87Adam Hunt13.5
89Haupai Puha12.5
90Jelle Klaasen11.75
91William Borland11.5
92Tim Wolters7.5
92Joshua Richardson7.5
94Michele Turetta6
95Jules van Dongen4
96Wesley Plaisier0
96Christian Kist0
96Niko Springer0
96Sebastian Bialecki0
96Tom Bissell0
96Justin Hood0
96Tavis Dudeney0
96Jim Long0
96Bradley Brooks0
96Darryl Pilgrim0
96Greg Ritchie0
96Adam Lipscombe0
96Adam Paxton0
96Cam Crabtree0
96Adam Warner0
96Andy Boulton0
96Thomas Lovely0
96Viktor Tingstrom0
96Kai Gotthardt0
96Dennie Olde Kalter0
96Maik Kuivenhoven0
96Cor Dekker0
96Pero Ljubic0
96Karel Sedlacek0
96Oskar Lukasiak0
96Tytus Kanik0
96Rusty-Jake Rodriguez0
96Dominik Gruellich0
96Stefaan Henderyck0
96Maximillian Czerwinski0
96Max Hopp0
96Leon Weber0
96Marvin van Velzen0

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.