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The PDC Order of Merit, known for sponsorship purposes as the Werner Rankings Ladder,[1] is the world ranking system for professional darts players used by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), which ranks players according to the prize money won in PDC ranking tournaments. These world rankings are used to determine qualification and seeding for the televised ranking tournaments as well as the awarding of PDC Tour Cards at the end of the season.[2] The Order of Merit format has been used since the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, superseding the original PDC World Ranking system established in 1993, where points awarded for performances in tournaments according to their relative prestige.[3][4] Upon the introduction of the rankings, the first player to hold the number one rank was Alan Warriner.[5] Since 1993, thirteen other players have held the top spot, including Luke Littler, the current world number one.[6] Alongside the main Order of Merit, the PDC also operate several secondary Orders of Merit which count prize money won on specific PDC Tours and may also offer qualification to specific televised events.

Methodology

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A distant view of the World Championship stage from a table in the crowd.
The PDC World Darts Championship offers the highest amount of prize money of any event contributing to the Order of Merit.

The Professional Darts Corporation adopted the current Order of Merit system in 2007. In this system, the total prize money won in PDC ranking events over the eligibility period is counted. For PDC Tour Card holders, this eligibility period is either the previous two years or since the player was awarded a tour card, whichever is shorter.[4] The PDC World Darts Championship is considered last event of the season, after which the year-end Order of Merit is calculated and players in the top 64 offered a Tour Card for the following year.[4] New Tour Card holders start on £0, even if they held a Tour Card in the previous season but failed to make the top 64, resulting in them having to regain their Tour Card through the qualifying tournament, Q School.[4] Players without Tour Cards who earn money in ranking tournaments (such as Luke Littler in the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship) are eligible to be ranked during the season,[7] though if they fail to reach the top 64 at the end of the year, their ranking money is reset to £0.[4] If two players are tied and need separating for seeding or event qualification, the tie is broken by player with the highest total earnings across the previous four ranking tournaments. If this fails to break the tie, players' prize money is counted back from the most recent event until a tie can be broken, with the possibility of a play-off if this cannot break the tie.[4]

Ranking tournaments

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The PDC holds ranked and unranked tournaments. Ranking tournaments are those which all PDC Tour Card holders are eligible to participate in or qualify for, while unranked tournaments are invitational and do not count toward the Order of Merit. Currently, the Premier League, World Series of Darts events and the World Cup of Darts are the only unranked PDC tournaments with Tour Card Holder participation outside of the secondary tours.[4]

Prize money awarded towards 2025 PDC Order of Merit in ranking tournaments (£1000s)[4]
Tournament Total Winner Finalist Semi-finalists Top 8 Top 16 Top 32 Top 64 Top 96 Top 128 Prelim. Top 16 Prelim. Top 32 Prelim. Top 64
PDC Premier Events (2025)
World Championship 5,000 1,000 400 200 100 60 35 25 N/a 15 N/a
World Masters[A] 500 100 50 30 12.5 10 5 N/a 2.5 1 0.75
UK Open 600 110 50 30 15 10 5 2.5 1.5 1 N/a
World Matchplay 800 200 100 50 30 15 10 N/a
World Grand Prix 600 120 60 40 25 15 7.5 N/a
European Championship 600 120 60 40 25 15 7.5 N/a
Grand Slam of Darts[B] 650 150 70 50 25 12 5[C] N/a
Players Championship Finals 600 120 60 30 20 10 6.5 3 N/a
PDC Pro Tour[D]
14 European Tour events 175 30 12 8.5 6 4 2.5[E] 1.25[F] N/a
34 Players Championship events 125 15 10 5 3.5 2.5 1.5 1.0 N/a
Total 2025 payouts 14,625 2,670 1,246 1,401 1,682 2,102 2,448 1,956 48 992 20 16 24
Prize money from the 2023 and 2024 seasons still contributing to the Order of Merit, where differing from 2025 prize money[11][12]
World Championship 2,500 500 200 100 50 35 25 15 7.5 N/a
  1. ^ Prior to 2025, the World Masters was an invitational tournament for 24 players which did not contribute to the Order of Merit.[8][9]
  2. ^ An additional £3,500 is awarded to the 8 group winners.
  3. ^ £8,000 and £5,000 are awarded to the third and fourth place finishers respectively in the group stage, which comprise the top 32.
  4. ^ In 2025, the Pro Tour expanded from 13 European Tour events to 14 and 30 Players Championship events to 34.[9][10]
  5. ^ Seeded players at European Tour events automatically qualify to the top 32, and do not receive money toward Order of Merit if they lose at this stage.
  6. ^ European Tour events only have 48 players.

PDC Order of Merit

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Luke Littler, the current PDC world number one
PDC Order of Merit as of 23 November 2025.[13]
Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank Change Player Earnings
1 Steady  Luke Littler £1,970,500
2 Steady  Luke Humphries £1,572,000
3 Steady  Michael van Gerwen £681,250
4 Steady  Stephen Bunting £593,750
5 Steady  Jonny Clayton £560,000
6 Increase 1  Danny Noppert £540,750
7 Decrease 1  James Wade £534,250
8 Increase 1  Chris Dobey £530,250
9 Increase 1  Gerwyn Price £521,000
10 Decrease 2  Gian van Veen £520,000
11 Steady  Josh Rock £510,500
12 Steady  Ross Smith £457,750
13 Increase 2  Martin Schindler £448,250
14 Steady  Gary Anderson £444,500
15 Increase 6  Nathan Aspinall £440,000
16 Decrease 3  Damon Heta £439,000
17 Decrease 1  Rob Cross £429,000
18 Decrease 1  Mike De Decker £413,500
19 Increase 1  Jermaine Wattimena £403,000
20 Decrease 1  Ryan Searle £393,000
21 Decrease 3  Dave Chisnall £387,500
22 Increase 3  Daryl Gurney £356,500
23 Steady  Dimitri Van den Bergh £335,250
24 Decrease 2  Ryan Joyce £335,000
25 Decrease 1  Luke Woodhouse £330,500
26 Steady  Cameron Menzies £325,250
27 Steady  Ritchie Edhouse £316,500
28 Steady  Michael Smith £313,500
29 Steady  Dirk van Duijvenbode £309,750
30 Steady  Peter Wright £301,500
31 Steady  Wessel Nijman £295,750
32 Steady  Joe Cullen £285,000
*Change since 16 November 2025.
PDC Order of Merit as of 23 November 2025.[13]
Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank Change Player Earnings
33 Steady  Ricardo Pietreczko £283,000
34 Steady  Andrew Gilding £280,000
35 Steady  Raymond van Barneveld £266,000
36 Steady  Scott Williams £248,750
37 Steady  Krzysztof Ratajski £247,500
38 Steady  Martin Lukeman £226,500
39 Steady  Brendan Dolan £208,250
40 Steady  Ricky Evans £178,000
41 Steady  Kevin Doets £174,000
42 Steady  William O'Connor £172,250
43 Increase 2  Callan Rydz £169,000
44 Steady  Niels Zonneveld £162,750
45 Increase 1  Mickey Mansell £159,250
46 Increase 1  Madars Razma £152,500
47 Decrease 4  Gabriel Clemens £144,250
48 Steady  Richard Veenstra £127,250
49 Steady  Jeffrey de Graaf £124,500
50 Steady  Connor Scutt £119,750
51 Increase 1  Ian White £117,000
52 Increase 1  Niko Springer £114,750
53 Decrease 2  Kim Huybrechts £108,000
54 Increase 1  Alan Soutar £106,500
55 Increase 1  Keane Barry £106,250
56 Decrease 2  Florian Hempel £103,750
57 Increase 2  Nick Kenny £99,500
58 Steady  Robert Owen £95,500
59 Decrease 2  Matt Campbell £95,250
60 Steady  Mensur Suljović £92,750
61 Steady  Thibault Tricole £91,250
62 Steady  Ryan Meikle £90,500
63 Increase 5  James Hurrell £87,000
64 Decrease 1  Lukas Wenig £86,250
*Change since 16 November 2025.
Click "show" to view players ranked outside top 64
PDC Order of Merit as of 23 November 2025.[13]
Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank Change Player Earnings
65 Increase 1  Dom Taylor £82,500
66 Increase 3  Mario Vandenbogaerde £79,750
67 Decrease 3  Stephen Burton £78,750
68 Decrease 3  Jim Williams £77,000
69 Decrease 2  Dylan Slevin £74,250
70 Increase 1  Karel Sedláček £68,000
71 Decrease 1  Chris Landman £67,250
72 Increase 1  Bradley Brooks £63,750
73 Decrease 1  José de Sousa £59,000
74 Increase 4  Cam Crabtree £58,000
75 Increase 2  Darren Beveridge £54,750
76 Decrease 2  Steve Lennon £53,250
77 Decrease 2  Matthew Dennant £52,250
78 Decrease 2  Andy Baetens £52,000
79 Increase 1  Sebastian Białecki £48,750
80 Decrease 1  Rhys Griffin £43,500
81 Decrease 1  Owen Bates £42,250
82 Increase 10  Adam Lipscombe £41,750
82 Steady  Berry van Peer £41,750
84 Decrease 1  Adam Hunt £41,000
85 Decrease 1  Patrick Geeraets £40,250
86 Increase 4  Justin Hood £39,750
87 Decrease 2  Robert Grundy £39,250
88 Decrease 2  Nathan Rafferty £38,750
88 Decrease 2  Jitse Van der Wal £38,750
90 Decrease 2  Radek Szagański £38,250
91 Decrease 2  Jelle Klaasen £34,750
92 Increase 3  Wesley Plaisier £33,500
93 Increase 3  Max Hopp £33,250
94 Decrease 3  Martijn Dragt £33,000
95 Decrease 3  Darius Labanauskas £31,750
95 Decrease 3  Danny Lauby £31,750
97 Steady  Haupai Puha £29,500
98 Steady  Dominik Grüllich £29,250
99 Steady  William Borland £28,000
99 Steady  Benjamin Reus £28,000
101 Steady  Brett Claydon £27,500
102 Steady  George Killington £27,000
103 Steady  Cor Dekker £26,250
104 Steady  Maik Kuivenhoven £26,000
104 Steady  Andy Boulton £26,000
106 Steady  Darryl Pilgrim £24,250
107 Steady  Michele Turetta £21,000
108 Steady  Tom Bissell £20,250
109 Steady  Christian Kist £20,000
110 Steady  Leon Weber £19,750
111 Steady  Stefan Bellmont £18,750
112 Steady  Dennie Olde Kalter £18,500
113 Steady  Joshua Richardson £18,250
114 Steady  Andreas Harrysson £17,750
115 Steady  Jamai van den Herik £17,500
116 Steady  Jurjen van der Velde £17,250
116 Steady  Jim Long £17,250
116 Steady  Thomas Lovely £17,250
116 Steady  Marvin van Velzen £17,250
120 Steady  Beau Greaves £16,000
120 Steady  Viktor Tingström £16,000
122 Steady  Adam Warner £15,500
123 Steady  Greg Ritchie £13,500
124 Steady  Alexander Merkx £13,000
125 Steady  Mervyn King £12,500
125 Steady  Jimmy van Schie £12,500
125 Steady  Carl Sneyd £12,500
128 Steady  Adam Paxton £11,750
129 Steady  Maximilian Czerwinski £11,250
130 Steady  Graham Hall £10,500
131 Steady  Danny van Trijp £10,000
131 Steady  Ted Evetts £10,000
133 Steady  Tavis Dudeney £9,500
133 Steady  Oskar Lukasiak £9,500
133 Steady  Kevin Burness £9,500
136 Steady  Tytus Kanik £9,250
137 Steady  Boris Krčmar £9,000
138 Steady  Joe Hunt £8,500
138 Steady  Stefaan Henderyck £8,500
138 Steady  Tim Wolters £8,500
141 Steady  Michael Unterbuchner £8,250
142 Steady  Alexis Toylo £8,000
143 Steady  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £7,500
144 Steady  Tommy Lishman £6,500
145 Steady  David Davies £6,000
146 Steady  Jack Tweddell £5,500
146 Steady  Tom Sykes £5,500
148 Steady  Pero Ljubić £5,250
149 Steady  Alex Spellman £5,000
149 Steady  Lisa Ashton £5,000
149 Steady  Scott Waites £5,000
149 Steady  Johan Engström £5,000
149 Steady  Kai Gotthardt £5,000
149 Steady  Jarno Bottenberg £5,000
149 Steady  Jeffrey Sparidaans £5,000
149 Steady  Daniel Klose £5,000
157 Steady  Henry Coates £4,250
158 Steady  Jules van Dongen £4,000
159 Steady  Dragutin Horvat £3,750
159 Steady  Benjamin Pratnemer £3,750
159 Steady  Aden Kirk £3,750
162 Steady  Lee Cocks £3,500
162 Steady  Michael Flynn £3,500
164 Steady  Nathan Girvan £3,250
165 Steady  Scott Campbell £3,000
166 Steady  Charlie Manby £2,500
166 Steady  Kevin Troppmann £2,500
166 Steady  Martin Kramer £2,500
166 Steady  András Borbély £2,500
166 Steady  Sam Spivey £2,500
166 Steady  François Schweyen £2,500
166 Steady  Arno Merk £2,500
166 Steady  Kevin Knopf £2,500
166 Steady  Petr Křivka £2,500
166 Steady  Teemu Harju £2,500
166 Steady  Paul Krohne £2,500
166 Steady  Graham Usher £2,500
178 Steady  Martin Thomas £2,000
179 Steady  Sietse Lap £1,500
180 Steady  Felix Springer £1,250
180 Steady  Tomislav Rosandić £1,250
180 Steady  Andreas Toft Jørgensen £1,250
180 Steady  Ansh Sood £1,250
180 Steady  Dalibor Šmolík £1,250
180 Steady  Denis Schnetzer £1,250
180 Steady  Rocco Fulciniti £1,250
180 Steady  Andreas Hyllgaardhus £1,250
180 Steady  Levente Sárai £1,250
180 Steady  Nándor Major £1,250
180 Steady  Nándor Prés £1,250
180 Steady  Filip Maňák £1,250
180 Steady  Jiří Brejcha £1,250
180 Steady  Lukáš Unger £1,250
180 Steady  Adam Gawlas £1,250
180 Steady  Xanti Van den Bergh £1,250
180 Steady  Liam Maendl-Lawrance £1,250
180 Steady  Mirosław Grudziecki £1,250
180 Steady  Yorick Hofkens £1,250
180 Steady  Joshua Hermann £1,250
180 Steady  Moritz Bohrmann £1,250
180 Steady  Jeffrey de Zwaan £1,250
180 Steady  Jerry Hendriks £1,250
180 Steady  Marcel Erba £1,250
180 Steady  Christian Gödl £1,250
180 Steady  György Jehirszki £1,250
180 Steady  Rowby-John Rodriguez £1,250
180 Steady  Zoran Lerchbacher £1,250
180 Steady  Finn Behrens £1,250
180 Steady  Michael Rosenauer £1,250
180 Steady  René Eidams £1,250
180 Steady  Patrick Klingelhöfer £1,250
180 Steady  Paul Goyer £1,250
180 Steady  Laurin Welk £1,250
180 Steady  Marko Kantele £1,250
180 Steady  Cedric Waegemans £1,250
180 Steady  Patrick De Backer £1,250
180 Steady  Sybren Gijbels £1,250
218 Steady  Jenson Walker £1,000
218 Steady  Ron Meulenkamp £1,000
218 Steady  Paul Rowley £1,000
218 Steady  Shaun Fox £1,000
218 Steady  Simon Stevenson £1,000
218 Steady  Tommy Morris £1,000
224 Steady  Ryan Branley £750
*Change since 16 November 2025.

Secondary Orders of Merit

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In addition to the main two-year Order of Merit, the PDC also operates three Orders of Merit for subsets of the PDC Tour and four Orders of Merit for secondary tours. These rankings offer qualification to televised events and are the basis for seeding in tournaments. Additionally, some secondary tours offer Tour Cards. These are secondary Orders of Merit are the:

  • Pro Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in Players Championships and European Tour events over a 12-month rolling period. In addition to qualification for televised tournaments, this ranking determines the seedings for Players Championship events.[14]
  • European Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in European Tour events during the calendar year. The top 32 on this ranking list qualify for the European Championship at the end of the year, where all players are seeded according to their European Tour ranking.[15]
  • Players Championship Order of Merit, which counts money earned in Player Championship events during the calendar year. The top 64 on this ranking qualify for the Players Championship Finals. Similarly to the European Championship, all players are seeded according to their rank.[16]
  • World Series Order of Merit, which counts points earned in a calendar year in the world series. The top 8 on this ranking are seeded for the World Series of Darts Finals.
  • Challenge Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in a calendar year on the Challenge Tour, a secondary tour open to players without Tour Cards that participated in the most recent Q-School. Top ranked players at the end of the year may qualify for televised tournaments and receive Tour Cards, depending on their rank.[17] The Challenge Tour Order of Merit also acts as a reserve list for Pro Tour events.[4]
  • Development Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in a calendar year on the Development Tour, a secondary open to some Tour Card holders and players without Tour Card aged 16–23. Top ranked players at the end of the year may qualify for televised tournaments and receive Tour Cards, depending on their rank.[18]
  • Women's Series Order of Merit, which counts money earned in a calendar year on the Women's Series, a secondary tour for female players.[4] Top ranked players at the end of the year may qualify for televised tournaments and receive Tour Cards, depending on their rank.[19]
  • Women's World Matchplay Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Women's Series earned over an approximately 12-month period prior to the Women's World Matchplay, to the which the top 8 players are invited.[4]
Qualification and seedings to PDC events via PDC Orders of Merit[4]
Tournament Qualifiers (seeds)
By Order of Merit Other
Main PT ET PC WS CT DT WO
Ranked televised events
World Championship 40 (32) 40 N/a 3 3 3 39
World Masters 24 (16)[a] N/a [b] [b] [b] 8[c]
UK Open TCH N/a 8 8 N/a 16
World Matchplay 16 (16) 16 N/a
World Grand Prix 16 (16) 16 N/a
European Championship N/a 32 (32) N/a
Grand Slam of Darts 0 (8) N/a 1 1 1 21
Players Championship Finals N/a 64 (64) N/a
PDC Pro Tour
European Tour events 16 (16) 16 N/a 16
Players Championship events TCH 0 (32) N/a
Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts 4 N/a 4
World Series of Darts Finals N/a 8 (8) N/a 24
World Cup of Darts [d] N/a [d]
Tour Cards 64 N/a 2 2 N/a 60[e]
  1. ^ Players Ranked 25–56 will enter at the last 64 of the preliminary round, while Players Ranked 57–88 will be seeded in the preliminary round group stage, and Players Ranked 89–128 will enter at the preliminary rounded group stage non-seeded[20]
  2. ^ a b c The top 8 eligible players from the Secondary Tours holders enter at the preliminary round group stage
  3. ^ The 8 qualifiers from the preliminary round.
  4. ^ a b Customarily, up to 2 Tour Card Holders are invited where possible from each nation, with priority for selection given to the highest-ranked players in the main Order of Merit. However, on some occasions (such as John Henderson's defence of Scotland's 2021 title), a lower-ranked player is invited. Where no Tour Card holders are available for a participating nation, players are invited directly by the PDC or through national qualifiers.[4][21]
  5. ^ Players who have one year remaining of a two-year Tour Card and players qualifying through Q-school.

Previous world ranking system

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Prior to 2007, a ranking point system was used where ranking points were awarded according to the stage reached in a tournament and the relative prestige of the tournament.[22] There was no limit on the number of tournaments which counted to the tally, which meant that the top-ranked players were not necessarily the best-performing in the major tournaments. For instance, Colin Lloyd was the world number one player in the PDC for most of 2005 and 2006, despite most of the major titles being shared between Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld and John Part.[23]

PDC World Rankings Points System, 2003[22]
Tournament Category Winner Runner-up Top 4 Top 8 Top 16 Top 32 Top 40 Top 64
World Championship 50 40 35 30 24 16 12 [a]
Premier Event 30 24 20 16 12 8 N/a [b][c]
Category One 16 12 10 8 6 4 N/a [d]
Category Two 8 6 4 3 2 1 N/a
Category Three 5 4 3 2 1 N/a
  1. ^ 2, 4 or 6 points for players who reached the later rounds of qualifying.
  2. ^ For events with more than 128 players, 4 points.
  3. ^ 1, 2, or 4 points for players who reached the later rounds of qualifying for the World Matchplay.
  4. ^ For events with more than 128 players, 2 points.

Previous World Number Ones

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PDC Ranking Leaders Timeline[5][24]

14 players have held the position of World Number One since the World Darts Council started new rankings in 1993. Seven different players held the position in the old points system, and eight players have held the position since the PDC switched to the two-year earnings based Order of Merit system in 2007, with Phil Taylor being the only player to have been number one in both eras.

Notable players not to be ranked world number one in the PDC include: Two-time back-to-back PDC World Champions Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson, 11-time major title winner James Wade and 2018 world champion Rob Cross.[25]

Player # Years in which player stood Number 1
England Phil Taylor 13
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 7
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
England Alan Warriner 6
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 2001
  • 2002
England Rod Harrington 5
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
England Colin Lloyd 3
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
England Dennis Priestley 2
  • 1994
  • 1995
England Peter Manley 2
  • 2000
  • 2001
Wales Gerwyn Price 2
  • 2021
  • 2022
England Luke Humphries 2
  • 2024
  • 2025
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 1 2008
Canada John Part 1 2003
Scotland Peter Wright 1 2022
England Michael Smith 1 2023
England Luke Littler 1 2025
Italic indicates the player was reigning world champion that year
Bold indicates the player stood number one at the conclusion of that year's world championship

Periods

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No. Player(s) From Length Ref.
1  Alan Warriner-Little January 1993 Incarnation of the WDC 674 days[A] [5]
2  Dennis Priestley 6 November 1994 1994 Lada UK Masters 155 days [5][26]
3  Rod Harrington 10 April 1995 1995 UK Matchplay 479 days[A] [5][26]
4  Phil Taylor August 1996 31 days[A] [5][26]
 Alan Warriner-Little (2) September 1996 699 days[A] [5][26]
 Rod Harrington (2) 1 August 1998 1998 World Matchplay 728 days [5][26]
 Phil Taylor (2) 29 July 2000 2000 World Matchplay 57 days [5][26]
5  Peter Manley 24 September 2000 2000 Windy City Open 399 days [5][26]
 Alan Warriner-Little (3) 28 October 2001 2001 World Grand Prix 69 days [5][26]
Alan Warriner-Little (4) and Phil Taylor (3) 5 January 2002 2002 World Championship 28 days [5][26]
 Alan Warriner-Little (5) 2 February 2002 2002 Eastbourne Open 88 days[A] [5][26]
 Phil Taylor (4) May 2002 248 days[A] [5][26]
6  John Part 4 January 2003 2003 World Championship 203 days [5][26]
 Phil Taylor (5) 26 July 2003 2003 Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy 582 days [5][26]
7  Colin Lloyd 27 February 2005 2005 West Tyrone Open 469 days [27][26]
 Phil Taylor (6) 11 June 2006 2006 UK Open 7 days [28][29]
 Colin Lloyd (2) 18 June 2006 2006 Players Championship 3 197 days [29][26]
 Phil Taylor (7) 1 January 2007 2007 World Championship 365 days [5][26]
8  Raymond van Barneveld 1 January 2008 2008 World Championship 159 days [30][26]
 Phil Taylor (8) 8 June 2008 2008 UK Open 2,033 days [30][31]
9  Michael van Gerwen 1 January 2014 2014 World Championship 2,559 days [31][32]
10  Gerwyn Price 3 January 2021 2021 World Championship 427 days [32][33]
11  Peter Wright 6 March 2022 2022 UK Open 140 days [33][34]
 Gerwyn Price (2) 24 July 2022 2022 World Matchplay 77 days [34]
 Peter Wright (2) 9 October 2022 2022 World Grand Prix 21 days [35]
 Gerwyn Price (3) 30 October 2022 2022 European Championship 65 days [35][36]
12  Michael Smith 3 January 2023 2023 World Championship 365 days [36]
13  Luke Humphries 3 January 2024 2024 World Championship 683 days [37][38]
14  Luke Littler 16 November 2025 2025 Grand Slam 42 days [6]
  1. ^ a b c d e f Uses 1st of month where exact date unknown.
Key
Before January 2007 Used old points system
Current Reigning number one on Order of Merit

Total Days at No. 1

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Sources: [24][39]

No. Player Total Days at No 1 Longest Consecutive Run
1 Phil Taylor 3323 2033
2 Michael van Gerwen 2559 2559
3 Alan Warriner-Little 1558 699
4 Rod Harrington 1207 728
5 Luke Humphries 683 683
6 Colin Lloyd 666 469
7 Gerwyn Price 569 427
8 Peter Manley 399 399
9 Michael Smith 365 365
10 John Part 203 203
11 Peter Wright 161 140
12 Raymond van Barneveld 159 159
13 Dennis Priestley 155 155
14 Luke Littler 42 42
Active players in bold.

First WDC/PDC rankings

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Following the World Darts Council split from the British Darts Organisation between 1992 and 1994, the WDC drew up its first ranking list in the run-up to its inaugural 1994 World Championship. Mike Gregory and Chris Johns later went back to the BDO set up, and Bobby George and many of the non-UK players never competed in the early days of the WDC.[citation needed]

Ranking Player   Ranking Player
1 England Alan Warriner 16 Denmark Jann Hoffmann
2 England Rod Harrington = Wales Chris Johns
3 England Phil Taylor = Netherlands Roland Scholten
4 England John Lowe 19 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
5 England Mike Gregory = England Keith Deller
6 England Peter Evison 21 England Bobby George
7 England Kevin Spiolek 22 Denmark Per Skau
= England Dennis Priestley 23 Germany Bernd Hebecker
9 England Bob Anderson = Germany Andree Welge
10 Scotland Jocky Wilson = Belgium Pascal Rabau
11 Scotland Jamie Harvey 26 Belgium Leo Laurens
12 England Eric Bristow = Netherlands Bert Vlaardingerbroek
13 England Cliff Lazarenko = Republic of Ireland Tom Kirby
14 Sweden Magnus Caris = Australia Wayne Weening
= England Steve Beaton = Finland Mauro Levy

References

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