PDC Order of Merit

PDC Order of Merit

The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.

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Previous world ranking system

Under the previous ranking points system, 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. Although Lloyd also won two major titles, he often accumulated ranking points in the less prestigious non-televised events, in which Taylor did not always compete.

How it works

The Order of Merit is similar to that employed in golf's European Tour. Prize money won during the previous two seasons is calculated and the rankings are determined from this money list.

Player exemptions

The PDC rankings determine exemptions from the qualifying competitions from each major event.
The top 32 in early December get an automatic entry to the first round of the World Championship as a seeded player.
The top 16 in early July get an automatic entry to the first round of the World Matchplay as a seeded player.
The top 16 in early July get an automatic entry to the first round of the European Championship.
The top 16 in late September get an automatic entry to the first round of the World Grand Prix.
The top 4 after the World Championship get an automatic entry to the Premier League.

Televised Ranking Tournaments

There is often a lot of confusion with televised tournaments and knowing which ones count towards the PDC Order of Merit. While a lot of televised tournaments are ranked, some are not, usually due to the tournament in question having restricted places e.g. Premier League.

Ranked Tournaments

Un-ranked Tournaments

Note: Flags are of the nation in which the event is held.
† The European Championship is held in different countries every year.

Current Order of Merit

  • As of November 6, 2011 after Players Championship events in Crawley.[1]
Ranking Player Prize Money Ranking Player Prize Money
1 steady England Phil Taylor £872,100 17 steady England Andy Hamilton £134,200
2 steady England Adrian Lewis £394,600 18 increase1 England Jamie Caven £121,000
3 steady England James Wade £354,100 19 increase1 England Denis Ovens £118,500
4 steady Scotland Gary Anderson £311,300 20 increase1 England Andy Smith £117,100
5 steady Australia Simon Whitlock £283,700 21 decrease3 England Colin Osborne £115,900
6 increase1 Wales Mark Webster £211,300 22 steady England Kevin Painter £107,800
7 decrease1 England Wes Newton £209,800 23 increase1 Netherlands Co Stompé £101,000
8 steady Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld £201,300 24 decrease1 England Alan Tabern £97,300
9 steady Australia Paul Nicholson £177,050 25 steady Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan £89,900
10 steady England Terry Jenkins £156,200 26 steady Canada John Part £85,800
11 steady England Mervyn King £155,000 27 increase1 England Steve Brown £81,100
12 steady England Mark Walsh £147,700 28 increase4 England Justin Pipe £80,900
13 steady England Colin Lloyd £143,400 29 decrease2 England Steve Beaton £80,800
14 increase1 England Ronnie Baxter £142,900 30 steady Scotland Robert Thornton £79,000
15 decrease1 England Wayne Jones £142,800 31 decrease2 Scotland Peter Wright £78,900
16 steady Netherlands Vincent van der Voort £142,100 32 decrease1 England Mark Dudbridge £73,500

Previous World Number Ones (PDC)

The following is a list of players who have held the PDC World Number One ranking.[2]

Jan 1993 to Nov 1994 English Alan Warriner
Nov 1994 to Apr 1995 English Dennis Priestley
Apr 1995 to Aug 1996 English Rod Harrington
Aug 1996 to Sep 1996 English Phil Taylor
Feb 1997 to Aug 1998 English Alan Warriner
Aug 1998 to Aug 2000 English Rod Harrington
Aug 2000 to Sep 2000 English Phil Taylor
Sep 2000 to Oct 2001 English Peter Manley
Oct 2001 to Jan 2002 English Alan Warriner
Jan 2002 to Feb 2002 English Alan Warriner/Phil Taylor(joint)
Feb 2002 to May 2002 English Alan Warriner
May 2002 to Jan 2003 English Phil Taylor
Jan 2003 to Jul 2003 Canadian John Part
Jul 2003 to Feb 2005 English Phil Taylor
Feb 2005 to Mar 2006 English Colin Lloyd
Mar 2006 to May 2006 English Phil Taylor
May 2006 to Jan 2007 English Colin Lloyd
Jan 2007 to Jan 2008 English Phil Taylor
Jan 2008 to Jun 2008 Dutch Raymond Van Barneveld
Jun 2008 to present English Phil Taylor

First WDC/PDC rankings

Following the World Darts Council (now PDC) split from the British Darts Organisation during 1992-94 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

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