- How it works
- PDC Top 32 Order of Merit
- PDC ProTour Order of Merit
- Player exemptions
- Televised Ranking Tournaments
- Previous world ranking system
- Previous World Number Ones Periods Post World Championship number ones
- First WDC/PDC rankings
- See also
- References
- External links
{{refimprove|date=March 2016}}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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments. How it worksThe 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. The Professional Darts Corporation adopted an Order of Merit system in 2007, which is based on prize money won over two years for the main Order of Merit and separate one-year rankings for other PDC Pro Tour events. PDC Top 32 Order of Merit{{PDC Order of Merit}}PDC ProTour Order of MeritThe ProTour Order of Merit counts prize money won in Players Championship events, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events over a 12-month period. Players are seeded based on the ProTour Order of Merit to all Player Championship and European Tour events. It also is a main way to qualify to the major TV tournaments. - The top 16 players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the World Grand Prix.
- The top 16 players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the World Matchplay.
- The top 32 players in the ProTour Order of Merit not already qualified gain entry to the World Championship.
Besides ProTour Order of Merit there is also the Players Championship Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit. Both of these are based solely on the prize money won in that year's Players Championship or European Tour events respectively. The top 64 players on the Players Championship Order of Merit after the last Player Championship event are the only qualifiers to the Players Championship Finals. The top 32 players on the European Tour Order of Merit after the last European Tour event are the only qualifiers to the European Championship. Player exemptionsThe PDC rankings determine exemptions from the qualifying competitions from each major event: - 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 late September get an automatic entry to the first round of the World Grand Prix (top-8 as seeded players).
- The top 32 in early December get an automatic entry to the first round of the World Championship (as a seeded player).
- The top 4 after the World Championship get an automatic entry to the Premier League.
Televised Ranking TournamentsThere 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- {{flagicon|ENG}} World Championship
- {{flagicon|ENG}} UK Open
- {{flagicon|ENG}} World Matchplay
- {{flagicon|GER}} European Championship (and associated European Tour events)
- {{flagicon|IRE}} World Grand Prix
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Grand Slam of Darts [1]
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Players Championship Finals (and associated Players Championships events)
European Tour (Ranked)- {{flagicon|AUT}} Austrian Darts Open
- {{flagicon|GER}} German Darts Championship
- {{flagicon|GER}} European Darts Open
- {{flagicon|NED}} Dutch Darts Masters
- {{flagicon|GER}} European Darts Trophy
- {{flagicon|GIB}} Gibraltar Darts Trophy
- {{flagicon|GER}} European Darts Grand Prix
- {{flagicon|GER}} International Darts Open
- {{flagicon|GER}} European Darts Matchplay
- {{flagicon|GER}} German Darts Open
- {{flagicon|GER}} German Darts Grand Prix
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Danish Darts Open
- {{flagicon|NED}} Dutch Darts Championship
Un-ranked Tournaments- {{flagicon|ENG}}{{flagicon|IRE}}{{flagicon|SCO}}{{flagicon|NIR}}{{flagicon|WAL}}{{flagicon|NED}} & {{flagicon|GER}} Premier League Darts
- {{flagicon|ENG}} The Masters [2]
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Champions League of Darts [3]
World Series of Darts (Un-ranked)- {{flagicon|GER}} German Darts Masters
- {{flagicon|USA}} U.S. Darts Masters
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Shanghai Darts Masters
- {{flagicon|NZL}} Auckland Darts Masters
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Melbourne Darts Masters
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Brisbane Darts Masters
- {{flagicon|AUT}} World Series of Darts Finals
Pairs Tournaments (Un-ranked)- {{flagicon|GER}} World Cup of Darts
Note: Flags are of the nation in which the 2018 event is held.Previous world ranking systemUnder 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. Similarly, Alan Warriner was world number one on four separate occasions before ever winning his first and only PDC major, the 2001 Grand Prix, while Taylor won eight world championships and a host of other titles during that period. Previous World Number OnesPlayer | Year(s) in which player stood #1 | ENG}} Phil Taylor | 1996, 2000, 2002-2004, 2009-2013 (13) | NED}} Michael van Gerwen | 2014–present (6) | ENG}} Alan Warriner | 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 (6) | ENG}} Rod Harrington | 1995, 1996, 1998–2000 (5) | ENG}} Colin Lloyd | 2005–2007 (3) | ENG}} Dennis Priestley | 1994, 1995 (2) | ENG}} Peter Manley | 2000, 2001 (2) | NED}} Raymond van Barneveld | 2008 (1) | CAN}} John Part | 2003 (1) |
Periods[4] No. | Nationality | Player(s) | From | To | {{sort|01|1}} | {{ENG}} | Alan|Warriner}} | format=dmy|1993|January|}} | format=dmy|1994|November|}} | {{sort|02|2}} | {{ENG}} | Dennis|Priestley}} | format=dmy|1994|November|}} | format=dmy|1995|April|}} | {{sort|03|3}} | {{ENG}} | Rod|Harrington}} | format=dmy|1995|April|}} | format=dmy|1996|August|}} | {{sort|04|4}} | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} | format=dmy|1996|August|}} | format=dmy|1996|September|}} | | {{ENG}} | Alan|Warriner}} (2) | format=dmy|1996|September|}} | format=dmy|1998|August|}} | | {{ENG}} | Rod|Harrington}} (2) | format=dmy|1998|August|}} | format=dmy|2000|August|}} | | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} (2) | format=dmy|2000|August|}} | format=dmy|2000|September|}} | {{sort|05|5}} | {{ENG}} | Peter|Manley}} | format=dmy|2000|September|}} | format=dmy|2001|October|}} | | {{ENG}} | Alan|Warriner}} (3) | format=dmy|2001|October|}} | format=dmy|2002|January|}} | | {{ENG}} | Alan|Warriner}} (4) and {{sortname|Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} (3) | format=dmy|2002|January|}} | format=dmy|2002|February|}} | | {{ENG}} | Alan|Warriner}} (5) | format=dmy|2002|February|}} | format=dmy|2002|May|}} | | {{ENG}} | Phil Taylor (4) | format=dmy|2002|May|}} | format=dmy|2003|January|}} | {{sort|06|6}} | {{CAN}} | John|Part}} | format=dmy|2003|January|}} | format=dmy|2003|July|}} | | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} (5) | format=dmy|2003|July|}} | format=dmy|2005|February|}} | {{sort|07|7}} | {{ENG}} | Colin|Lloyd}} | format=dmy|2005|February|}} | format=dmy|2006|March|}} | | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} (6) | format=dmy|2006|March|}} | format=dmy|2006|May|}} | | {{ENG}} | Colin|Lloyd}} (2) | format=dmy|2006|May|}} | format=dmy|2007|January|}} | | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} (7) | format=dmy|2007|January|}} | format=dmy|2008|January|}} | {{sort|08|8}} | {{NED}} | Raymond|van Barneveld}} | format=dmy|2008|January|}} | format=dmy|2008|June|}} | | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} (8) | format=dmy|2008|June|}} | format=dmy|2014|January|}} | {{sort|09|9}} | {{NED}} | Michael|van Gerwen}} | format=dmy|2014|January|}} | Present |
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Post World Championship number ones Year | Nationality | Player(s) | 1994 | {{ENG}} | Alan|Warriner}} (1) | 1995 | {{ENG}} | Dennis|Priestley}} (2) | 1996 | {{ENG}} | Rod|Harrington}} (3) | 1997 | {{ENG}} | Alan|Warriner}} | 1998 | {{ENG}} | Alan|Warriner}} | 1999 | {{ENG}} | Rod|Harrington}} | 2000 | {{ENG}} | Rod|Harrington}} | 2001 | {{ENG}} | Peter|Manley}} | 2002 | {{ENG}} | Alan|Warriner}} and {{sortname|Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} (4) | 2003 | {{CAN}} | John|Part}} (5) | 2004 | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} | 2005 | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} | 2006 | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} | 2007 | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} | 2008 | {{NED}} | Raymond|van Barneveld}} (6) | 2009 | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} | 2010 | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} | 2011 | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} | 2012 | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} | 2013 | {{ENG}} | Phil|Taylor|Phil Taylor (darts player)}} | 2014 | {{NED}} | Michael|van Gerwen}} (7) | 2015 | {{NED}} | Michael|van Gerwen}} | 2016 | {{NED}} | Michael|van Gerwen}} | 2017 | {{NED}} | Michael|van Gerwen}} | 2018 | {{NED}} | Michael|van Gerwen}} | 2019 | {{NED}} | Michael|van Gerwen}} |
First WDC/PDC rankingsFollowing 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|date=August 2010}} Ranking | Player | | Ranking | Player |
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1 | ENG}} Alan Warriner | 16 | DEN}} Jann Hoffmann |
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2 | ENG}} Rod Harrington | = | WAL}} Chris Johns |
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3 | ENG}} Phil Taylor | = | NED}} Roland Scholten |
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4 | ENG}} John Lowe | 19 | NED}} Raymond van Barneveld |
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5 | ENG}} Mike Gregory | = | ENG}} Keith Deller |
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6 | ENG}} Peter Evison | 21 | ENG}} Bobby George |
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7 | ENG}} Kevin Spiolek | 22 | DEN}} Per Skau |
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= | ENG}} Dennis Priestley | 23 | GER}} Bernd Hebecker |
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9 | ENG}} Bob Anderson | = | GER}} Andree Welge |
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10 | SCO}} Jocky Wilson | = | BEL}} Pascal Rabau |
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11 | SCO}} Jamie Harvey | 26 | BEL}} Leo Laurens |
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12 | ENG}} Eric Bristow | = | NED}} Bert Vlaardingerbroek |
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13 | ENG}} Cliff Lazarenko | = | IRL}} Tom Kirby |
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14 | SWE}} Magnus Caris | = | AUS}} Wayne Weening |
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= | ENG}} Steve Beaton | = | FIN}} Mauro Levy |
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See also- Professional Darts Corporation
References1. ^{{cite web|title=2015 Grand Slam of Darts becomes a ranked tournament|url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1fe2pwstk8y4m12y2g6zhyis1b/title/2015-grand-slam-criteria-confirmed|publisher=PDC|accessdate=16 January 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=2015 Masters held in Milton Keynes|url=http://www.pdc.tv/the-masters|publisher=PDC|accessdate=16 January 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Champions League of Darts: BBC to broadcast inaugural tournament|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/35532372|publisher=BBC|accessdate=9 February 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=List of Former World Number Ones|url=https://www.pdpa.co.uk/statistics/pdc-no-1s/|work=PDPA|accessdate=7 May 2016}}
External links- [https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-of-merit Official PDC Order of Merit]
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