Jimmy van Schie new WDF world number one

There is a new Dutch world number one within the World Darts Federation (WDF). The ranking at this federation has been led since Monday by Jimmy van Schie, who has taken over from his compatriot Wesley Plaisier.

Van Schie is experiencing his international breakthrough this season. He already won seven WDF tournaments, allowing Van Schie to accumulate many points for the rankings. Next month he will also make his debut at Lakeside, where the WDF World Championship will be played. Plaisier is currently second in the rankings, but will not be taking any more points as he has recently captured his Tour Card and will make a permanent move to the PDC.

The current top ten WDF rankings currently include five players who will not be in action at Lakeside this year because they have also qualified for the PDC's World Darts Championship. This association does not allow players to compete in both World Championships. In addition to Plaisier, these include Leonard Gates (fifth), Ben Robb (sixth), Alexander Merkx (eighth) and Connor Scutt (ninth).

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WDF Ranking

Rank - Name - Points

1 Jimmy van Schie 781

2 Wesley Plaisier 753

3 Danny Porter 623

4 Brandon Weening 512

5 Leonard Gates 485

6 Ben Robb 455

7 Peter Machin 447

8 Alexander Merkx 446

9 Connor Scutt 446

10 Cliff Prior 388

11 Kai Fan Leung 367

12 Benjamin Pratnemer 362

13 Thomas Junghans 343

14 Carl Wilkinson 340

15 Neil Duff 335

16 Ryan Hogarth 329

17 Jason Brandon 329

18 Jarno Bottenberg 324

19 Reece Colley 309

20 Howard Jones 304

21 Brian Raman 301

22 Edwin Torbjornsson 292

23 Sybren Gijbels 291

24 Jeff Smith 283

25 Darren Johnson 283

26 Moreno Blom 283

27 Aaron Morrison 271

28 Xanti van den Bergh 265

29 Liam Maendl-Lawrance 265

30 Corné Groeneveld 262

31 Dennis Nilsson 260

32 Andy Davidson 253