World Darts Federation

Abbreviation	WDF
Formation	1974 (1974)
Type	Darts organisation
Website	www.dartswdf.com

The World Darts Federation (WDF) is a sport governing body^[1][2] and (along with the PDC) a tournament organiser for the game of darts. It was formed in 1974 by representatives of the original fourteen founding members.^[2] Membership is open to the national organising body for darts in all nations. The WDF encourages the promotion of the sport of darts among and between those bodies, in an effort to gain international recognition for darts as a major sport. The WDF is a full member of Global Association of International Sports Federations, which is the governing body for international sports federations.

The WDF stages a world championship (called the WDF World Cup), as well as continental championships such as the WDF Americas Cup, the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup and the WDF Europe Cup. The country that is first in the overall leader board (overall best result in the two events, singles, pairs, teams) becomes the world champion. Winners of any of the events can also call themselves the official World Champion. Winners of continental championships can call themselves the official champion of their own areas.

After the collapse of the British Darts Organisation in September 2020, the WDF announced plans to launch the WDF World Championship and WDF World Masters.^[3] Both competitions took place for the first time in 2022, starting with the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship in April.^[4]

Members

76 national full members plus 3 interim nembers(Mauritania, Yemen, Papua New Guinea) :^[5]

The WDF Rankings, as defined by the World Darts Federation, are the "objective merit-based method used for determining qualification for entry and seeding in all of its tournaments for both male and female singles, pairs and team". The rankings tables are "rolling tables", and points from an event are counted until that event occurs the following year. If a particular event does not occur in the following year, points are deleted after a calendar year.^[6]

Tournament levels and points allocation

A player's WDF Ranking is based on the points they have accrued from their best 10 performances over the previous 12 month rolling period.^[7] The eligible tournaments include a selection of Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze level tournaments with decreasing points at each level.

Since the formation of the WDF rankings in 1974 the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times. Notes: The WDF international tournaments have six categories for both men and women (singles, pairs and teams)

Current points distribution

Points are currently awarded as follows:^[8]

Tournament category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64
WDF Platinum tournaments	270	167	103	64	39	26	13
WDF Gold tournaments	180	111	68	43	26	17	9
WDF Silver tournaments	90	56	34	21	13	9
WDF Bronze tournaments	45	28	17	11	6

Current WDF World Rankings The rankings are based on a cumulative points system similar to ATP rankings in tennis they are done on a rolling one year basis. When a tournament is played, the previous year's results are removed from the rankings. This list is used to determine seeds for some of the WDF Opens. 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. Therefore, the WDF World Rankings give a better reflection on BDO player world ranking. The leading players gain points in different levels of categorised events and prize money and at the end of the season the leading players receive monetary bonus rewards from the WDF.[9] WDF Men's World Rankings as of 14 November 2023.[10] Rank Change Player Points 1 6  Andy Baetens 1221 2  Neil Duff 970 3 2  Jelle Klaasen 948 4  Haupai Puha 904 5 4  James Hurrell 673 6 3  Luke Littler 667 7 49  Wesley Plaisier 666 8 2  Ben Robb 664 9  Danny Lauby 565 10 1  Raymond Smith 563 11 17  Kai Fan Leung 531 12 6  Mark Barilli 516 13  Darren Johnson 492 14 6  Chris Landman 487 15 11  Barry Copeland 485 16 8  Thibault Tricole 458 17  Peter Machin 458 18 2  Martyn Turner 449 19 1  Alexander Merkx 446 20 12  Leonard Gates 444 21  Gary Stone 444 22  Liam Maendl-Lawrance 425 23 12  James Richardson 416 24  Danny Porter 416 25 3  László Kádár 411 26 1  Patrik Kovács 409 27  Jonny Tata 402 28 9  Moreno Blom 391 29 8  Antony Allen 388 30 17  Benjamin Pratnemer 385 WDF Women's World Rankings as of 5 September 2022.[11] Rank Change Player Points 1 4  Beau Greaves 1641 2 1  Deta Hedman 1190 3 9  Kirsty Hutchinson 784 4  Anca Zijlstra 710 5 9  Suzanne Smith 625 6  Anastasia Dobromyslova 594 7 17  Jo Clements 565 8 6  Fallon Sherrock 560 9 2  Lorraine Winstanley 508 10 7  Aileen de Graaf 504 11  Rhian O'Sullivan 502 12 3  Laura Turner 482 13 25  Lorraine Hyde 455 14 3  Wendy Harper 443 15 5  Paula Jacklin 427 16 1  Paula Murphy 386 17 4  Nicole Regnaud 373 18 22  Vicky Pruim 371 19 18  Corrine Hammond 355 20  Mikuru Suzuki 354 21 102  Anna Forsmark 348 22 6  Tori Kewish 319 23 9  Veronika Ihász 318 24 16  Maria O'Brien 316 25 7  Priscilla Steenbergen 312 26 19  Jitka Cisarova 307 27 184  Aletta Wajer 283 28 43  Natalie Gilbert 283 29 6  Margaret Sutton 268 30 15  Elena Shulgina 253 WDF World No1 men's and women's players (1976–current) [12] Year Men Women 1976 Alan Evans No rankings 1977 John Lowe No rankings 1978 Leighton Rees No rankings 1979 John Lowe (2) No rankings 1980 Eric Bristow No rankings 1981 Eric Bristow (2) No rankings 1982 Jocky Wilson No rankings 1983 Eric Bristow (3) No rankings 1984 Eric Bristow (4) Sandy Reitan 1985 Eric Bristow (5) Lilian Barnett 1986 John Lowe (3) Linda Batten 1987 Bob Anderson Maarit Fagerholm 1988 John Lowe (4) Jayne Kempster 1989 Bob Anderson (2) Sharon Colclough 1990 Eric Bristow (6) Sharon Colclough (2) 1991 Phil Taylor Sharon Colclough (3) 1992 Rod Harrington Mandy Solomons 1993 Leo Laurens Mandy Solomons (2) 1994 Steve Beaton Deta Hedman 1995 Richie Burnett Deta Hedman (2) 1996 Martin Adams Deta Hedman (3) 1997 Martin Adams (2) Deta Hedman (4) 1998 Ronnie Baxter Francis Hoenselaar 1999 Raymond van Barneveld Trina Gulliver 2000 Raymond van Barneveld (2) Trina Gulliver (2) 2001 Mervyn King Trina Gulliver (3) 2002 John Walton Trina Gulliver (4) 2003 Martin Adams (3) Trina Gulliver (5) 2004 Raymond van Barneveld (3) Trina Gulliver (6) 2005 Raymond van Barneveld (4) Trina Gulliver (7) 2006 Jelle Klaasen Trina Gulliver (8) 2007 Gary Anderson Trina Gulliver (9) 2008 Scott Waites Francis Hoenselaar (2) 2009 Tony O'Shea Trina Gulliver (10) 2010 Martin Adams (4) Deta Hedman (5) 2011 Scott Waites (2) Deta Hedman (6) 2012 Stephen Bunting Deta Hedman (7) 2013 James Wilson Deta Hedman (8) 2014 Alan Norris Deta Hedman (9) 2015  Darius Labanauskas  Deta Hedman (10) 2016  Darius Labanauskas (2)  Deta Hedman (11) 2017  Scott Mitchell  Aileen de Graaf 2018  Jim Williams  Deta Hedman (12) 2019  Nick Kenny  Aileen de Graaf (2) 2020  Wayne Warren  Deta Hedman (13) 2021  Brian Raman  Deta Hedman (14) 2022  Jelle Klaasen (2)  Beau Greaves 2023  Andy Baetens  Beau Greaves (2) The rankings show Deta Hedman and Trina Gulliver as consistently being the leading women's player's, having been number one on a record ten or more occasions each. No male player has held the number one position as many years Gulliver and Hedman, although Eric Bristow has held the top position for a record six times. The rankings for the men has become even more complex since the inception of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) formerly the World Darts Council (WDC). The leading ranked players in 1993/94 split from the BDO and they have their own world ranking system known as the Order of Merit. The players from the PDC are not included in the rankings because the BDO, which is the British governing body of amateur darts, is the one that is recognised by the WDF. WDF tournaments Main article: List of WDF tournaments References ↑ McNeely, Scott (10 October 2012). Ultimate Book of Sports: The Essential Collection of Rules, Stats, and Trivia for Over 250 Sports. Chronicle Books, September 14, 2012. p. 343. ISBN 9781452110592. Retrieved 4 January 2016 – via Internet Archive. 1 2 Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. p. 70. ISBN 9781598843002. Retrieved 4 November 2019. ↑ "Development of World Rankings Criteria For 2021 – WDF". World Darts Federation. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020. ↑ "Lakeside WDF World Championships 2022 - Rescheduled". ↑ "Member Countries". World Darts Federation. ↑ "World Ranking Systems Criteria Seniors 38th ed" (PDF). World Darts Federation. 7.01 Points Allocation Table. Retrieved 4 November 2019. ↑ "WDF Rules". WDF. Retrieved 22 October 2020. ↑ "WDF Rules". WDF. Retrieved 22 October 2020. ↑ "WDF Ranking Systems: 2015 Monetary Awards". WDF. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016. ↑ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023. ↑ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022. ↑ WDF Roll of Honour (previous world number ones) Sources Kramer, Anne (2013). The Ultimate Book of Darts A Complete Guide to Games, Gear, Terms, and Rules. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781626365261. McNeely, Scott (2012). The ultimate book of sports. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9781452121871. editors, John Nauright, Charles Parrish (2012). Sports around the world : history, culture, and practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598843002. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) External links World Darts Federation (WDF) Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Catalan Darts Federation (FCD) Latvia Darts Organisation (LDO) Polish Darts Organisation (PDO) Romanian Darts Organisation (BDO)