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12 players have held the position of World Number One since the World Darts Council started new rankings in 1993. Only [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]], [[Raymond van Barneveld]], [[Michael van Gerwen]], [[Gerwyn Price]], [[Peter Wright (darts player)|Peter Wright]] and [[Michael Smith (darts player)|Michael Smith]] have held the position since the PDC switched to the two-year earnings based Order of Merit system in 2007.
13 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 seven 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.


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Revision as of 20:17, 4 January 2024

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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.[1]

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. 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 64 Order of Merit

PDC Order of Merit as of 17 November 2024.[2]
Players ranked 1 - 32
Rank Change Player Earnings
1 Steady  Luke Humphries £1,709,250
2 Increase 1  Michael van Gerwen £912,500
3 Decrease 1  Michael Smith £886,000
4 Steady  Rob Cross £618,750
5 Increase 13  Luke Littler £558,500
6 Steady  Dave Chisnall £537,000
7 Decrease 2  Jonny Clayton £531,000
8 Increase 2  Stephen Bunting £485,500
9 Increase 2  Dimitri Van den Bergh £481,250
10 Decrease 2  Gerwyn Price £480,000
11 Decrease 2  Damon Heta £476,500
12 Steady  Danny Noppert £446,750
13 Increase 7  Gary Anderson £442,500
14 Decrease 7  Nathan Aspinall £441,500
15 Decrease 2  Chris Dobey £432,250
16 Steady  James Wade £428,750
17 Decrease 3  Peter Wright £414,500
18 Decrease 3  Josh Rock £411,000
19 Decrease 2  Ryan Searle £405,250
20 Increase 1  Andrew Gilding £380,500
21 Increase 1  Ross Smith £380,000
22 Decrease 3  Joe Cullen £379,250
23 Steady  Martin Schindler £375,000
24 Increase 1  Mike De Decker £341,000
25 Decrease 1  Dirk van Duijvenbode £330,750
26 Steady  Daryl Gurney £319,250
27 Increase 1  Gabriel Clemens £304,250
28 Increase 4  Gian van Veen £281,000
29 Steady  Ritchie Edhouse £280,250
30 Steady  Krzysztof Ratajski £271,250
31 Steady  Brendan Dolan £271,000
32 Decrease 5  Raymond van Barneveld £258,750
*Change since 31 October 2024.
PDC Order of Merit as of 17 November 2024.[2]
Players ranked 33 - 64
Rank Change Player Earnings
33 Steady  Ricardo Pietreczko £250,750
34 Increase 1  Ryan Joyce £244,500
35 Decrease 1  Luke Woodhouse £239,750
36 Increase 1  Jermaine Wattimena £217,750
37 Increase 8  Martin Lukeman £202,000
38 Decrease 2  Scott Williams £200,750
39 Increase 1  Cameron Menzies £184,000
40 Decrease 2  José de Sousa £179,000
41 Decrease 2  Kim Huybrechts £162,000
42 Decrease 1  Callan Rydz £154,000
43 Increase 13  Mickey Mansell £145,750
44 Decrease 1  Madars Razma £134,250
45 Decrease 1  Ricky Evans £131,750
46 Steady  Jim Williams £128,250
47 Increase 3  Keane Barry £117,750
48 Decrease 1  William O'Connor £114,000
49 Decrease 7  Alan Soutar £112,500
50 Decrease 2  Richard Veenstra £112,250
51 Decrease 2  Kevin Doets £111,000
52 Decrease 1  Matt Campbell £105,500
53 Decrease 1  Niels Zonneveld £103,750
54 Decrease 1  Steve Beaton £99,000
55 Steady  Florian Hempel £96,500
56 Increase 1  Mensur Suljović £92,250
57 Decrease 4  Simon Whitlock £86,750
58 Steady  Boris Krčmar £85,000
59 Steady  Ian White £84,750
60 Increase 2  Wessel Nijman £82,000
60 Steady  Mervyn King £82,000
62 Decrease 1  Jamie Hughes £77,750
63 Steady  Ryan Meikle £74,500
64 Steady  Adam Gawlas £68,750
*Change since 31 October 2024.
Click "show" to view players ranked outside top 64
PDC Order of Merit as of 17 November 2024.[2]
Players ranked 65th or lower
Rank Change Player Earnings
65 Steady  Lee Evans £66,750
66 Steady  Vincent van der Voort £66,000
67 Steady  Dylan Slevin £65,500
68 Steady  Stephen Burton £64,000
69 Increase 2  Rowby-John Rodriguez £61,250
70 Decrease 1  Karel Sedláček £60,750
71 Decrease 1  Maik Kuivenhoven £56,500
72 Steady  Jeffrey de Zwaan £51,000
73 Steady  Wesley Plaisier £48,000
74 Steady  Daniel Klose £47,250
75 Steady  Robert Owen £45,250
76 Steady  Nick Kenny £43,750
77 Steady  Keegan Brown £42,750
78 Increase 5  Connor Scutt £42,000
79 Decrease 1  Jeffrey Sparidaans £41,500
80 Decrease 1  Graham Hall £39,500
80 Decrease 1  Dom Taylor £39,500
82 Decrease 1  Arron Monk £37,750
83 Decrease 1  Thibault Tricole £35,750
84 Steady  Graham Usher £32,250
84 Steady  Jurjen van der Velde £32,250
86 Steady  Jeffrey de Graaf £30,000
87 Steady  Chris Landman £28,750
88 Steady  James Hurrell £27,750
89 Steady  Pascal Rupprecht £26,500
90 Steady  Adrian Lewis £25,000
91 Steady  Mario Vandenbogaerde £24,500
91 Steady  Andy Baetens £24,500
93 Steady  Josh Payne £23,500
93 Steady  Berry van Peer £23,500
95 Steady  Nathan Rafferty £22,250
96 Steady  Steve Lennon £22,000
97 Steady  Radek Szagański £21,750
98 Steady  Lukas Wenig £21,500
99 Steady  Owen Roelofs £21,000
100 Steady  Danny van Trijp £20,500
101 Steady  Callum Goffin £20,250
102 Steady  Christian Kist £19,750
103 Steady  Adam Warner £19,500
104 Steady  Patrick Geeraets £19,000
104 Steady  Matthew Dennant £19,000
104 Steady  Geert Nentjes £19,000
107 Steady  Darren Beveridge £18,750
107 Steady  Adam Smith-Neale £18,750
109 Steady  Jitse Van der Wal £18,250
110 Steady  Benjamin Reus £18,000
111 Steady  Ronny Huybrechts £17,750
112 Steady  Andy Boulton £17,000
112 Steady  Danny Lauby £17,000
114 Steady  Robert Grundy £16,500
115 Steady  Robbie Knops £16,250
116 Steady  Christian Perez £15,500
117 Steady  George Killington £14,500
118 Steady  Owen Bates £14,000
119 Steady  Brett Claydon £13,750
120 Steady  Martijn Dragt £13,500
120 Steady  Adam Hunt £13,500
122 Steady  Darryl Pilgrim £13,000
122 Steady  Rhys Griffin £13,000
124 Steady  Stefan Bellmont £12,500
124 Steady  Danny Jansen £12,500
124 Steady  Haupai Puha £12,500
127 Steady  Jelle Klaasen £11,750
128 Steady  William Borland £11,500
128 Steady  Leighton Bennett £11,500
130 Increase 25  Leonard Gates £10,500
130 Steady  Franz Rötzsch £10,500
132 Decrease 1  Lee Cocks £10,000
132 Decrease 1  Cameron Crabtree £10,000
134 Decrease 1  John Henderson £8,500
135 Decrease 1  Jacques Labre £8,250
135 Decrease 1  Kai Gotthardt £8,250
137 Decrease 1  Richie Burnett £7,500
137 Decrease 1  Paul Krohne £7,500
137 Decrease 1  Tim Wolters £7,500
137 Decrease 1  Joshua Richardson £7,500
141 Decrease 1  Justin Hood £7,000
142 Decrease 1  Michele Turetta £6,000
143 Decrease 1  Jamie Atkins £5,500
144 New entry  Beau Greaves £5,000
144 New entry  Lourence Ilagan £5,000
144 New entry  Noa-Lynn van Leuven £5,000
144 Decrease 1  Jimmy van Schie £5,000
144 Decrease 1  Sebastian Białecki £5,000
149 Decrease 4  Romeo Grbavac £4,750
150 Decrease 4  Ted Evetts £4,500
150 Decrease 4  Oskar Lukasiak £4,500
152 Decrease 4  Pavel Drtil £4,000
152 Decrease 4  Jules van Dongen £4,000
154 Decrease 4  Marko Kantele £3,750
154 Decrease 4  Cor Dekker £3,750
154 Decrease 4  Johan Engström £3,750
154 Decrease 4  Kevin Troppmann £3,750
154 Decrease 4  Michael Unterbuchner £3,750
159 Decrease 4  Jiri Brejcha £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Anton Östlund £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Bruno Stöckli £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Roger Hertig £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Shane McGuirk £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Alberto Bezjian £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Max Hopp £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Niko Springer £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Matthias Ehlers £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Jan Dueckers £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Marvin van Velzen £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Moreno Blom £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Moritz Hilger £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Darius Labanauskas £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Andreas Harrysson £2,500
159 Decrease 4  Scott Mitchell £2,500
175 Decrease 3  Dragutin Horvat £2,250
175 Decrease 3  René Eidams £2,250
177 Decrease 3  Aden Kirk £2,000
177 Decrease 3  Thomas Lovely £2,000
179 Decrease 3  Jarred Cole £1,500
179 Decrease 3  Joe Croft £1,500
179 Decrease 3  Michael Taylor £1,500
182 Decrease 3  Daniel Markovsky £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Michal Smejda £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Patrik Kovács £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Alex Fehlmann £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Marcel Walpen £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Nándor Prés £1,250
182 Decrease 3  András Csóka £1,250
182 Decrease 3  György Jehirszki £1,250
182 Decrease 3  János Végső £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Brian Raman £1,250
182 Decrease 3  François Schweyen £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Jody Tobback £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Luc Bogaert £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Krzysztof Kciuk £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Benjamin Pratnemer £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Nico Blum £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Damian Mol £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Teemu Harju £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Christopher Toonders £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Daniel Larsson £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Christian Gödl £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Dominik Haberl £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Hannes Schnier £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Zoran Lerchbacher £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Arno Merk £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Alexander Mašek £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Patrick Klingelhöfer £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Oliver Mueller £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Viktor Tingström £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Vítězslav Sedlák £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Born Van Put £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Geert De Vos £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Jeroen Caron £1,250
182 Decrease 3  Steven Strobbe £1,250
216 Decrease 3  Dominik Grüllich £1,000
216 Decrease 3  Alexander Merkx £1,000
216 Decrease 3  Stefaan Henderyck £1,000
216 Decrease 3  Reece Colley £1,000
216 Decrease 3  Bradley Brooks £1,000
216 Decrease 3  Harry Lane £1,000
216 Decrease 3  Jack Male £1,000
216 Decrease 3  Jenson Walker £1,000
216 Decrease 3  Johnny Haines £1,000
216 Decrease 3  Ron Meulenkamp £1,000
216 Decrease 3  Tom Lonsdale £1,000
*Change since 31 October 2024.

Secondary Orders of Merit

In addition to the main two-year Order of Merit, the PDC also operates secondary Orders of Merit for their different tours. These include the:

  • ProTour 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 Pro Tour events.[3]
  • European Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned in European Tour events during the calendar year. The top 32 on this ranking list comprise the qualifiers for the European Championship, all seeded, at the end of the year.[4]
  • Players Championship Order of Merit, which counts money earned in Player Championship events during the calendar year. The top 64 on this ranking list are the seeded qualifiers to the Players Championship Finals.[5]
  • Challenge Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Challenge Tour (by non Tour Card holders that participated in Q-School) during the calendar year. The top players at the end of the year qualify for the World Championship, UK Open, and receive Tour Cards.[6]
  • Development Tour Order of Merit, which counts money earned on the Development Tour (by Tour Card holders and non Tour Card holders alike, aged 16–23) during the calendar year. The top players at the end of the year qualify for the World Championship, UK Open, and receive Tour Cards.[7]
  • Women's Series Order of Merit, which was introduced in 2021 after the first women's series events were introduced in 2020.[8] The tournament series qualifies two women to the Grand Slam, and World Championship.[9]

Player exemptions and seedings

The PDC rankings from all orders of merit determine exemptions from the qualifying competitions and seedings for all televised events. Additionally, the orders of merit are used to offer tour cards for the following year.

PDC Order of Merit Exemptions[8]
Tournament Qualifiers (seeds)
By Order of Merit Other
Main PT ET PC CT DT WS
Ranked televised events
World Championship 32 (32) 32 — 2 2 2 26
UK Open TCH — 8 8 — 16
World Matchplay 16 (16) 16 —
World Grand Prix 16 (8) 16 —
European Championship — 32 (32) —
Grand Slam of Darts 0 (8) — 2 2 2 18
Players Championship Finals — 64 (64) —
PDC Pro Tour
European Tour events — 16 (16) — 32
Players Championship events TCH 0 (32) —
Non-ranked televised events
The Masters 24 (24) —
Premier League Darts 4 — 4
Champions League of Darts 8 (8) —
Tour Cards 64 — 2 2 — var

Ranking Tournaments

The PDC holds a variety of ranked and unranked televised tournaments throughout the year. There are an additional selection of ranked floor and streamed tournaments that comprise the PDC Pro Tour, as well as unranked secondary tours and events such as the Challenge Tour, Development Tour, and event qualifiers. Money earned in all ranking events counts toward the Order of Merit, with none counting from the unranked events.[8]

PDC Ranking Tournaments with Payouts[8]
Tournament Prize money
Total Champion Runner-up Semi-finalists Top 8 Top 16 Top 32 Top 64 Top 96 Top 128
Ranked televised events
World Championship £2,500,000 £500,000 £200,000 £100,000 £50,000 £35,000 £25,000 £15,000 £7,500 —
UK Open £600,000 £110,000 £50,000 £30,000 £15,000 £10,000 £5,000 £2,500 £1,500 £1,000
World Matchplay £800,000 £200,000 £100,000 £50,000 £30,000 £15,000 £10,000 —
World Grand Prix £600,000 £120,000 £60,000 £40,000 £25,000 £15,000 £7,500 —
European Championship £600,000 £120,000 £60,000 £40,000 £25,000 £15,000 £7,500 —
Grand Slam of Darts[A] £650,000 £150,000 £70,000 £50,000 £25,000 £12,250 £5,000[B] —
Players Championship Finals £600,000 £120,000 £60,000 £30,000 £20,000 £10,000 £6,500 £3,000 —
PDC Pro Tour[C]
13 European Tour events £175,000 £30,000 £12,000 £8,500 £6,000 £4,000 £2,500[D] £1,250[E] —
30 Players Championship events £100,000 £12,000 £8,000 £4,000 £3,000 £2,000 £1,250 £750 —
Total yearly ranking payouts £11,625,000 £2,070,000 £996,000 £1,141,000 £1,432,000 £1,822,000 £2,208,000 £1,636,000 £288,000 £32,000
  1. ^ The Grand Slam pays an additional £3,500 to the 8 group winners.
  2. ^ The Grand Slam pays £8,000 and £5,000 for third and fourth place finishers respectively in the group stage, which comprise the top 32.
  3. ^ The 2020 PDC Pro Tour was reduced to 4 European Tour events and 23 Players Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ The 16 seeded players at a European Tour event do not receive money toward OoM for a top 32 finish.
  5. ^ European Tour events pay out to 48 players (the complete field).

Unranked Tournaments

The PDC operates additional unranked tournaments for tour card holders and occasional qualifiers throughout the year. This includes five televised premier invitational events comprising the Premier League, Champions League of Darts, World Series of Darts Finals, The Masters, and the World Cup of Darts pairs event.[10][11] Although none of these events count toward the Order of Merit, they all award some number of tournament spots based on Order of Merit position. Additionally there are usually five to seven World Series of Darts events scheduled across the globe each year with eight top PDC players seeded over eight local qualifiers.[8]

Secondary Tours and Tournaments

The PDC also offers secondary tours that do not count toward the main Order of Merit, but do each include their own confined orders of merit. The Challenge Tour is open to any players who played at the most recent Q-School but failed to earn a tour card. Throughout the year, the top players on the Challenge Tour OoM are invited to fill openings on the Pro Tour, receive invitations to the World Championship and UK Open, and at the end of the year receive tour cards for the next two years.[8]

The Development Tour is open to players outside of the top 32 on the main Order of Merit who are between the ages of 16 and 23. Similarly to the Challenge Tour, the top players on the Development Tour order of merit receive tour cards and invitations to the UK Open and World Championship. Additionally, 96 players - comprising 16 invitations, tour card holders of the appropriate age, and Development Tour competitors - partake in the World Youth Championship. Although this championship does not count toward any order of merit, there is a £60,000 payout, and the finalists receive tour cards as well as berths in the Grand Slam and World Championship.[8]

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. Similarly, Alan Warriner was world number one on four 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 Ones

PDC Ranking Leaders Timeline[12]

13 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 seven 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.

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
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 1 2008
Canada John Part 1 2003
Scotland Peter Wright 1 2022
England Michael Smith 1 2023
England Luke Humphries 1 2024
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

No. Player(s) From Length Ref.
1  Alan Warriner-Little January 1993 Incarnation of the WDC 674 days[A] [12]
2  Dennis Priestley 6 November 1994 1994 Lada UK Masters 155 [12][13]
3  Rod Harrington 10 April 1995 1995 UK Matchplay 479 days[A] [12][13]
4  Phil Taylor August 1996 31 days[A] [12][13]
 Alan Warriner-Little (2) September 1996 699 days[A] [12][13]
 Rod Harrington (2) 1 August 1998 1998 World Matchplay 728 days [12][13]
 Phil Taylor (2) 29 July 2000 2000 World Matchplay 57 days [12][13]
5  Peter Manley 24 September 2000 2000 Windy City Open 399 days [12][13]
 Alan Warriner-Little (3) 28 October 2001 2001 World Grand Prix 69 days [12][13]
Alan Warriner-Little (4) and Phil Taylor (3) 5 January 2002 2002 World Championship 28 days [12][13]
 Alan Warriner-Little (5) 2 February 2002 2002 Eastbourne Open 88 days[A] [12][13]
 Phil Taylor (4) May 2002 248 days[A] [12][13]
6  John Part 4 January 2003 2003 World Championship 203 days [12][13]
 Phil Taylor (5) 26 July 2003 2003 Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy 582 days [12][13]
7  Colin Lloyd 27 February 2005 2005 West Tyrone Open 469 days [14][13]
 Phil Taylor (6) 11 June 2006 2006 UK Open 7 days [15][16]
 Colin Lloyd (2) 18 June 2006 2006 Players Championship 3 197 days [16][13]
 Phil Taylor (7) 1 January 2007 2007 World Championship 365 days [12][13]
8  Raymond van Barneveld 1 January 2008 2008 World Championship 159 days [17][13]
 Phil Taylor (8) 8 June 2008 2008 UK Open 2,033 days [17][18]
9  Michael van Gerwen 1 January 2014 2014 World Championship 2,559 days [18][19]
10  Gerwyn Price 3 January 2021 2021 World Championship 427 days [19][20]
11  Peter Wright 6 March 2022 2022 UK Open 140 days [20][21]
 Gerwyn Price (2) 24 July 2022 2022 World Matchplay 77 days [21]
 Peter Wright (2) 9 October 2022 2022 World Grand Prix 21 days [22]
 Gerwyn Price (3) 30 October 2022 2022 European Championship 65 days [22][23]
12  Michael Smith 3 January 2023 2023 World Championship 365 days [23]
13  Luke Humphries 3 January 2024 2024 World Championship 320 days
  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

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

See also

References

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  6. ^ "Challenge Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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  9. ^ "2023 PDC Women's Series Order of Merit". Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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