Beau Greaves was £47,500 below the official PDC top-64 line on 30 September 2026
Beau Greaves was 74th on £72,000, £47,500 behind 64th place. See why the cutoff matters for her PDC Women’s Series eligibility.
On 30 September 2026, Beau Greaves was 74th on the official PDC World Ranking with £72,000. Bradley Brooks occupied 64th with £119,500, so the difference between their displayed totals was £47,500.
That did not mean another £47,500 would automatically put Greaves into the top 64. The cutoff is a ranking position, not a fixed prize-money target. Other players can add money, older results can expire, and equal totals are separated by countback.
The £47,500 calculation
The snapshot comparison was:
| Position on 30 September 2026 | Player | Ranking money |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | Bradley Brooks | £119,500 |
| 74 | Beau Greaves | £72,000 |
| Difference | £47,500 |
£119,500 − £72,000 = £47,500
Those positions and totals appeared on the official PDC Order of Merit. Under the PDC’s 2026 ranking rules, the World Ranking is calculated from ranking prize money won over 104 weeks. Money is added when an event concludes and removed 104 weeks after it was won.
For example, if every other total stayed unchanged and Greaves added £50,000, she would reach £122,000 and pass the snapshot’s 64th-place amount. Real rankings do not stand still, however, so the practical target is to pass whichever player occupies 64th at the relevant cutoff.
Why 64th place affects Women’s Series eligibility
PDC rule 6.2 says players ranked in the top 64 of the PDC World Ranking on an event’s cutoff date cannot enter that Women’s Series event. The ranking at that specified cutoff—not necessarily the table on the day of play—therefore decides eligibility.
“Top 64” includes 64th place. Greaves would be ineligible if ranked from first through 64th at the applicable cutoff; 65th would be outside the restricted group.
Holding a Tour Card alone does not trigger the restriction. Greaves was already a Tour Card holder while playing the Women’s Series. In May, when she was ranked 77th, Sky Sports reported that she had won nine of the first ten 2026 Women’s Series events and explained that reaching the top 64 would make her ineligible under rule 6.2 (Sky Sports). In an August article, Darts World reported her end-of-July position as 77th and described the top-64 line as within realistic reach (Darts World).
What made up Greaves’ £72,000
The event-by-event ranking breakdown divided her total as follows:
- £62,250 from Players Championships
- £7,500 from European Tour events
- £2,250 from other premier ranking events
That adds to £72,000, with Players Championships supplying 86.5% of the total. Her largest single contribution was £15,000 for winning Players Championship 11.
The European Tour portion included £2,000 from ET11. Her decisive qualifying match for that event produced a 103.03 three-dart average, but that should not be confused with her average across the entire qualifier; the calculation is shown in Greaves’ 2026 European Tour qualifying average.
Women’s Series winnings do not enter this World Ranking total. Rule 6.7 says Women’s Series prize money counts towards a separate one-year ranking.
Why a live table showed a different gap
At the same stage, the third-party PDC Live Order of Merit projected Greaves 74th on £72,000 but placed Lukas Wenig 64th on £117,250. That produced a smaller displayed difference of £45,250.
The figures were not measuring exactly the same thing. A live projection may remove expiring money or incorporate tournament developments before the PDC’s published ranking is refreshed. That can change both the player in 64th and the cash difference.
For Women’s Series eligibility, the decisive figure is the PDC World Ranking at the event’s stated cutoff. For the official table checked on 30 September 2026, Greaves was 74th on £72,000 and the difference to 64th-place Brooks was £47,500.