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Darts world rankings are a system which should determine a list of the best dart players in the world based on their performances in tournaments. However, after a group of former world champions and other high-profile players separated from the British Darts Organisation in 1993 - there are now two major governing bodies.
Each organisation has its own players, and each has its own ranking system. The ranking systems are used to arrange tournament seedings, which will mean that the number one player in the world should not face the number two player in the world until the final of a tournament (providing they reach that far).
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PDC World Rankings
Main article: PDC Order of MeritBDO / WDF Rankings
The BDO Invitational Table relates only to registered playing members of the BDO, who comply with BDO and World Darts Federation (WDF) eligibility rules including terms and conditions of the 1997 Tomlin Order.
The BDO awards points depending on player's performances within each of its events. Twenty-one points are awarded to the champion of each its four Grand Slam Events - The Lakeside World Professional Championship, The International Darts League, The Bavaria World Darts Trophy and the Winmau World Masters. Lower points are awarded for each round of the tournament reached, and also lower points for the different category of events.
The World Darts Federation also have a ranking system designed to provide a measure of the global activities of darts players in every WDF recognised darts event. It used to be very similar to the BDO system but was revised in January 2007 to include categories by country and by events, and the distribution of ranking points reflect the levels of prize money on offer and the numbers of entries in a tournament.
The BDO Invitational rankings sees the points wiped after the seedings for the World Championship are decided, whereas the WDF rankings are based on the last 12 months performance. Therefore currently the WDF World Rankings give a better reflection on BDO player rankings.
BDO
Men
Top 16 Rankings as of October 16, 2011.[1] Rank Change Player Points 1 
Martin Adams196 2 Scott Waites194 3 Dean Winstanley187 4 
4 Robbie Green176 5 
1 Gary Robson175 6 
Jan Dekker174 7 John Walton173 8 Tony O'Shea172 9 7
Ross Montgomery170 10 1 Willy van de Wiel165 11 Tony West163 12 Paul Jennings162 Wesley Harms Benito van de Pas15 Ted Hankey161 16 Ron Menulenkamp157 Women
Top 8 Rankings as of October 16, 2011.[2] Rank Change Player Points 1 Deta Hedman207 2 
Julie Gore201 3 Trina Gulliver195 4 Lorraine Farlam182 5 Karen Lawman178 
Anastasia Dobromyslova7 Irina Armstrong175 8 Karin Krappen167 WDF
Men
Top 16 Rankings as of November 19, 2011[3] Rank Change Player Points 1 Dean Winstanley763 2 Scott Waites729 3 Martin Adams700 4 6 Paul Jennings550 5 1 Gary Robson548 6 3 Steve Douglas521 7 2 Tony O'Shea514 8 Alan Norris506 9 Stephen Bunting473 10 Jan Dekker470 11 Ross Montgomery456 12 Garry Thompson448 13 Benito van de Pas442 14 1 Robbie Green432 15 ? Darryl Fitton427 16 Wesley Harms406 Women
Top 8 Rankings as of November 19, 2011[4] Rank Change Player Points 1 Deta Hedman1614 2 Irina Armstrong1157 3 Trina Gulliver1066 4 Lorraine Farlam912 5 1 Anastasia Dobromyslova850 6 1 Julie Gore786 7 
Cindy Pardy734 8 ? Aileen de Graaf485 Previous World Number Ones (Mens, WDF)
The following is a list of players who ended the year ranked number one in the WDF.[5]
1984
Eric Bristow
1985 Eric Bristow
1986 John Lowe
1987 Bob Anderson
1988 John Lowe
1989 Bob Anderson
1990 Eric Bristow
1991 Phil Taylor
1992 Rod Harrington
1993
Leo Laurens
1994 Steve Beaton
1995 Richie Burnett
1996 Martin Adams
1997 Martin Adams
1998 Ronnie Baxter
1999 Raymond van Barneveld
2000 Raymond van Barneveld
2001 Mervyn King
2002 John Walton
2003 Martin Adams
2004 Raymond van Barneveld
2005 Raymond van Barneveld
2006 Martin Adams
2007 Gary Anderson
2008 Scott Waites
2009 Tony O'SheaReferences
- ^ BDO Invitational: Men; BDO
- ^ BDO Invitational: Women; BDO
- ^ WDF Mens Rankings; World Darts Federation
- ^ WDF Women's Rankings; World Darts Federation
- ^ WDF Roll of Honour (previous world number ones)
External links
- Tables : World Darts Federation
- Current PDC World Rankings - Order Of Merit
- How BDO Rankings are calculated
- How PDC Ranking are calculated prior to introduction of Order of Merit
- PDC top 32 ranked players with month by month movement comparison
Categories:- Darts
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- Lists of darts players
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