PDC Order Of Merit

THE Professional Darts Corporation will move from a ranking points system to an Order of Merit from 2007, and the current 2005 Order of Merit is now available to view online.

The Order of Merit will include prize money won in every PDC ranked event, and will succeed the current system following the 2007 Ladbrokes.com World Championship.

The current Order of Merit has been produced since the 2005 World Championship ended, beginning with the Budweiser UK Open North-East Regional Final in January.

Victories in the Budweiser UK Open finals and the Las Vegas Desert Classic have helped Phil Taylor to the top spot as the current leading earner.
Colin Lloyd, who picked up £25,000 for his victory in the Stan James World Matchplay recently, is in second place.

UK Open finalist Mark Walsh is sat in third place, just ahead of another form player from the circuit, Ronnie Baxter, and John Part, who has reached the latter stages at all three major tournaments so far this year.

Chris Mason, James Wade and Adrian Lewis are three players who are currently sat outside the top 24 in the world rankings but have performed well throughout 2005.

Newcomers Colin Osborne and Jimmy Mann would be ranked 24 and 26 respectively under the new system in their debut years, while Americans Ray Carver and John Kuczynski would also be inside the top 50.

Name Prize Money Won
1 Phil Taylor £55,100
2 Colin Lloyd £41,533
3 Mark Walsh £23,568
4 Ronnie Baxter £21,920
5 John Part £20,657
6 Roland Scholten £18,773
7 Wayne Mardle £18,483
8 Peter Manley £18,042
9 Denis Ovens £13,679
10 Alex Roy £12,532
11 Andy Jenkins £11,715
12 Chris Mason £11,182
13 James Wade £10,327
14 Adrian Lewis £10,138
15 Dennis Priestley £9,482
16 Mark Dudbridge £9,167
17 Andy Smith £8,570
18 Terry Jenkins £7,898
19 Erik Clarys £7,896
20 Lionel Sams £7,477
21 Kevin Painter £7,382
22 Wes Newton £7,249
23 Steve Hine £7,125
24 Colin Osborne £6,900
25 Dennis Smith £6,583
26 Jimmy Mann £6,485
27 Dave Askew £5,941
28 Mark Holden £5,760
29 Bob Anderson £5,350
30 Darren Webster £5,336
31 Mark Thomson £5,059
32 Mick Manning £4,395
33 Andy Callaby £4,086
34 Matt Clark £4,017
35 Colin Monk £3,980
36 Alan Warriner £3,974
37 Steve Beaton £3,963
38 Ray Carver £3,722
39 Andy Belton £3,600
40 Keith Deller £3,590
41 Steve Maish £3,545
42 Wayne Jones £3,425
43 Alan Caves £3,396
44 Erwin Extercatte £3,326
45 Paul Williams £3,236
46 Jamie Harvey £3,074
47 Andy Hamilton £2,925
48 Adrian Gray £2,762
49 Ian Whillis £2,700
50 Michael Barnard £2,593

Please note: Money won in countries other than the UK is converted into sterling the Monday after the event using the conversion rate posted on the website www.xe.com.