WDF Ranking Women's Update: Beau Greaves still number one despite six-month absence

Beau Greaves has not shown up on the WDF circuit for six months now. Nevertheless, "Beau 'n' Arrow" is still by far the world's number one female player on the WDF rankings.

Unlike the PDC, the WDF bases their world rankings on performance over the 52-week period. Every year the WDF organizes more than one hundred ranking tournaments for their players. The ten best results count toward the world rankings. So for example, if a player wins eleven tournaments over a 12-month period, the ten tournaments where the most points were earned count. The number of points per tournament depends on the status of the event on the WDF calendar.

That Greaves is still number one on the women's ranking is because he accumulated all her points during the period September 2024 through early February 2025. During this period, the 21-year-old won the World Open, World Masters and Women's World Championship, among others. Her latest result was a semifinal place at the Dutch Open early this year, bringing her total to 1183.

Number two on the WDF ranking is Deta Hedman with 958 points. Of the 10 tournaments that count toward her point total, she played seven of them in 2025. Her highlights were winning the Las Vegas Open and the Toronto Open, tournaments that both earned 180 ranking points.

Rhian O'Sullivan is number three in the women's world rankings with 926 points. The Welshwoman is also not much active on the WDF circuit this year, but made a huge hit early this season when she managed to win the Dutch Open in Assen. With that she earned 270 points for the ranking. In addition, the losing finalist was at the World Masters, World Open and the Las Vegas Open, and she became a winner at the Las Vegas Classic in January.

In fourth place we find Lorraine Hyde with 869 points. The Scottish player already managed to win three appealing WDF tournaments this season at the Denmark Open, Scottish Open and the Scottish Classic. Lerena Rietbergen is the highest ranked Dutch player in fifth place. She has accumulated 829 points after finishing first at the Romanian Classic and Iceland Open in 2025. In addition, she is the losing finalist at the Dutc hOpen and Irish Open, and Rietbergen made it to the semifinals at the Women's World Cup.

Completing the top-10 in the women's ranking are Tracy Feiertag (743 points), Nicole Regnaud (728 points), Sophie McKinlay (685 points), Joanne Hadley (634 points) and Irina Armstrong (591 points). Aileen de Graaf is nearing a return to the top-10 after defending her title at the Belgium Open in Antwerp last weekend. With 551 points, De Graaf is currently in 13th place. The Dutchwoman is ahead of Kirsi Viinikainen (567 points) and Jitka Cisarova (555 points). Below De Graaf, Aletta Wajer (543 points), Paula Murphy (488 points) and Desi Mercer (484 points) are also in the global top-16.

Top players like Lisa Ashton and Fallon Sherrock are a lot lower on the WDF rankings because they hardly ever travel the WDF circuit. Ashton played only three ranking tournaments in the past 12 months and is in 88th place with 103 points. Her best result is a second place finish at the British Open in September 2024, good for 56 points.

Sherrock can only be found in 183rd place with 47 points. She participated in only two WDF ranking tournaments in the past year. Like Ashton, she did so at the British Classic, where the "Queen of the Palace" managed to reach the semifinals. In doing so, she earned 34 points. She also earned another 13 points by reaching the last sixteen at the British Open on the same weekend.