PDC Ranking
The PDC rankings are all price money rankings - the PDC changed the ranking system in 2007. One can win the most price money for the
Major tournaments. The price money differs - that of the World Championship is by far the highest. The price money for the Pro Tour events
at the weekends is always the same and it`s much less.
All price money gets into the PDC Order of Merit beside the price money from the Premier League and the Grand Slam of Darts.
The Top 16 of the Order of Merit are automatically qualified for all PDC Major tournaments beside Premier League and Grand Slam.
In the Premiere League the Top 6 of the Order of Merit + 2 Wildcards take part and the Grand Slam is an invitation tournament, the starting
field consists of winners and runner-ups of Major tournaments of the PDC and the BDO.
Beside the Order of Merit the Pro Tour Order of Merit is the most important PDC ranking as the starting field of the Major tournaments
is filled up with players from this ranking who are not otherwise qualified. Beside this the Top 32 of this ranking will play in the
Players Championship final.
Then we've got the UK Open Order of Merit to which only the money won in the UK Open qualifiers counts. The Top 96 are qualified for
the UK Open.
And then there exist two regional limited rankings: the European Order of Merit and the North American Order of Merit.
For the European Order of Merit only the price money counts that is won in tournaments organised by the PDC Europe. The European Order
of Merit helps continental players to qualify for the European Championship and the Top 4 of this ranking not qualified in another
way take part in the PDC World Championship.
The North American Order of Merit is the ranking for price money won by North American players in the PDC tournaments taking place in the USA
and Canada. The rules for the World Championship 2011 are not yet known but to be sure the North American participant/s will come
through this ranking.
Till 2011 there exists a Youth Order of Merit as well, to which all money won on the PDC Youth Tour counts. The PDC Youth Tour started in 2011.
The top twenty will play together with international qualifiers in the PDC Youth World Championship. The player on top of the table gets a place in
the Grand Slam of darts and in the preliminary round ot the PDC World Championship.
| Order of Merit | Pro Tour | UK Open | |
| 1 | Phil Taylor | Justin Pipe | Raymond van Barneveld |
| 2 | Adrian Lewis | Raymond van Barneveld | Wes Newton |
| 3 | James Wade | Wes Newton | Phil Taylor |
| 4 | Gary Anderson | Phil Taylor | Terry Jenkins |
| 5 | Simon Whitlock | Dave Chisnall | Andy Smith |
| 6 | Wesley Newton | James Wade | Michael van Gerwen |
| 7 | Andy Hamilton | Michael Smith | Brendan Dolan |
| 8 | Raymond van Barneveld | Terry Jenkins | Justin Pipe |
| 9 | Mark Webster | Kim Huybrechts | Simon Whitlock |
| 10 | Terry Jenkins | Simon Whitlock | Andy Hamilton |
| 11 | Kevin Painter | Andy Smith | Kim Huybrechts |
| 12 | Mark Walsh | Michael van Gerwen | Dave Chisnall |
| 13 | Justin Pipe | Brendan Dolan | Dean Winstanley |
| 14 | Vincent van der Voort | Andy Hamilton | Colin Lloyd |
| 15 | Wayne Jones | Dean Winstanley | Vincent van der Voort |
| 16 | Paul Nicholson | Joe Cullen | Robert Thornton |
| 17 | Colin Lloyd | Ian White | Ian White |
| 18 | Mervyn King | Gary Anderson | Dennis Smith |
| 19 | Ronnie Baxter | Richie Burnett | Michael Smith |
| 20 | Andy Smith | Vincent van der Voort | Kevin Painter |
| 21 | Jamie Caven | Colin Lloyd | Jamie Caven |
| 22 | Denis Ovens | Kevin Painter | Joe Cullen |
| 23 | John Part | Paul Nicholson | Mark Jones |
| 24 | Colin Osborne | Jamie Caven | Dennis Priestley |
| 25 | Alan Tabern | Mark Webster | Adrian Lewis |
| 26 | Dave Chisnall | Steve Beaton | James Hubbard |
| 27 | Brendan Dolan | Mark Walsh | Richie Burnett |
| 28 | Steve Brown | James Richardson | Darren Webster |
| 29 | Co Stompe | Dennis Smith | Richie Howson |
| 30 | Steve Beaton | Colin Osborne | Gary Anderson |
| 31 | Richie Burnett | Robert Thornton | John Part |
| 32 | Peter Wright | Ronnie Baxter | Kevin Dowling |
| 33 | Mark Hylton | Shaun Griffiths | Prakash Jiwa |
| 34 | Robert Thornton | John Part | Shaun Griffiths |
| 35 | Jelle Klaasen | Peter Wright | Colin Osborne |
| 36 | Michael van Gerwen | Alex Roy | Roland Scholten |
| 37 | Steve Farmer | Darren Webster | Ronnie Baxter |
| 38 | Dennis Priestley | Mark Jones | Mark Hylton |
| 39 | Scott Rand | Richie Howson | Andrew Gilding |
| 40 | Kim Huybrechts | James Hubbard | James Wade |
| 41 | Mark Dudbridge | Adrian Lewis | Jelle Klaasen |
| 42 | John Henderson | Matt Clark | Alex Roy |
| 43 | Barrie Bates | Dennis Priestley | Peter Wright |
| 44 | Dennis Smith | Mervyn King | Stuart White |
| 45 | Michael Smith | Alan Tabern | Devon Peterson |
| 46 | Nigel Heydon | Prakash Jiwa | Peter Hudson |
| 47 | Roland Scholten | Co Stompe | Johnny Haines |
| 48 | Joe Cullen | Mark Hylton | Darren Johnson |
| 49 | Mensur Suljovic | Darren Johnson | Mark Webster |
| 50 | Ian White | Jelle Klaasen | Stuart Kellett |
| European | North American | Scandinavian | |
| 1 | Raymond van Barneveld | John Part | - |
| 2 | Kim Huybrechts | Darin Young | - |
| 3 | Magnus Caris | Gary Mawson | - |
| 4 | Vincent van der Voort | Ken MacNeil | - |
| 5 | Michael van Gerwen | Paul Lim | - |
| 6 | Co Stompe | Larry Butler | - |
| 7 | Gino Vos | Nico Depaynos | - |
| 8 | Mensur Suljovic | Scott Burnett | - |
| 9 | Toon Greebe | Chris White | - |
| 10 | Jerry Hendriks | Dan Olson | - |
| 11 | Kevin Münch | Snook Ross | - |
| 12 | Jose A. Justicia | Shawn Brenneman | - |
| 13 | Jelle Klaasen | Bob Sinnaeve | - |
| 14 | Mareno Michels | Bill Davis | - |
| 15 | Julio Barbero | Stacy Bromberg | - |
| 16 | Dietmar Burger | Sean Downs | - |
| 17 | Javier Caurel | Ray Carver | - |
| 18 | Jose de Sousa | Isen Vejic | - |
| 19 | Antonio Jiminez | Dieter Schutsch | - |
| 20 | Carlos Jiminez | Donny Joe | - |
| 21 | Manuel Fernandez Josende | Dave Switzer | - |
| 22 | Boris Krcmar | Stuart Brown | - |
| 23 | Martin Kurecka | Gerry Convery | - |
| 24 | Zoran Lerchbacher | Jayson Barlow | - |
| 25 | Toni Munoz | John Kuczynski | - |
| 26 | Jesus Noguera | Greg Lewis | - |
| 27 | Dyson Parody | Dan Lauby | - |
| 28 | Michael Rosenauer | Jeff Noble | - |
| 29 | Jose Garcia Ruiz | Ryan van der Wiet | - |
| 30 | Roland Scholten | David Kendall | - |
| 31 | Kurt van de Rijck | Convey Litton | - |
| 32 | Antonio Alcinas | Andrew Bennett | - |
| 33 | Dylon Duo | Roger Carter | - |
| 34 | Wolfgang Eigl | Clint Clarkson | - |
| 35 | Christian Goedl | David Fatum | - |
| 36 | Tobias Höntsch | Mark Nielsen | - |
| 37 | Christian Kallinger | Stephen Panuncialman | - |
| 38 | Pero Ljubic | Peter Schaumann | - |
| 39 | Carlos Rodriguz | Dano Corriveau | - |
| 40 | Tomas Seyler | Jason Rober | - |
| 41 | - | Martin Tremblay | - |
| 42 | - | Gregory Coburn | - |
| 43 | - | Frank Hernandez | - |
| 44 | - | Al Moskyn | - |
| 45 | - | Chris Scutt | - |
| 46 | - | Don Campos | - |
| 47 | - | Ron Colvard | - |
| 48 | - | David Flowers | - |
| 49 | - | Nick Riviera | - |
| 50 | - | Jim Widmayer | - |
| Youth Tour | Money | |
| 1 | Arron Monk | £1.075 |
| 2 | Michael Smith | £900 |
| 3 | James Hubbard | £575 |
| 4 | Chris Aubrey | £400 |
| 5 | Jake Patchett | £300 |
| 6 | Daniel King-Morris | £300 |
| 7 | Paddy Meany | £225 |
| 8 | Aden Kirk | £225 |
| 9 | Adam Hunt | £200 |
| 10 | Sam Hill | £200 |
| 11 | Adam Hart | £200 |
| 12 | Brandon Monk | £200 |
| 13 | Kirk Deruyter | £150 |
| 14 | Reece Robinson | £150 |
| 15 | Ricky Evans | £150 |
| 16 | Dave Pallett | £150 |
| 17 | Darren Whittingham | £150 |
| 18 | Jake Jones | £150 |
| 19 | Curtis Hammond | £125 |
| 20 | Curtis Bagley | £125 |
| 21 | Jack Hill | £100 |
| 22 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £100 |
| 23 | Joe Davis | £100 |
| 24 | Matt Dicken | £100 |
| 25 | Ryan Herrington | £100 |
| 26 | Harry Miles | £100 |
| 27 | Ross Robson | £100 |
| 28 | Steve Haggerty | £100 |
| 29 | Sam Davidson | £100 |
| 30 | Oliver Stell | £100 |
| 31 | Ryan Maher | £ 75 |
| 32 | Luke Humphries | £75 |
| 33 | Matthew Dennant | £75 |
| 34 | John Seagrave | £75 |
| 35 | Samuel Head | £75 |
| 36 | Connor Mayes | £75 |
| 37 | Josh Payne | £75 |
| 38 | Jamie Green | £75 |
| 39 | Jamie Lewis | £75 |
| 40 | John de Kruijf | £75 |
| 41 | Brandon Walsh | £75 |
| 42 | Josh Jones | £75 |
| 43 | Lee Whitworth | £50 |
| 44 | Ash Kayat | £50 |
| 45 | Anthony West | £50 |
| 46 | Jordan Vickers | £50 |
| 47 | Aaron Bateman | £50 |
| 48 | Ben Songhurst | £50 |
| 49 | Adam Smith-Neale | £50 |
| 50 | Jamie Landon | £50 |
The Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order of Merit and the UK Open Order of Merit were updated after the last two UK Open Qualifiers on 9. May 2012.
The Youth Tour ranking is from 16. April 2012.
The European Order of Merit has been updated after the Austrian Darts Open on 30. April 2012.
The rankings will be updated always when necessary. The complete rankings can be found on the PDC Homepage: PDC.