Updated PDC Order of Merit: Luke Littler into top 25 as Ross Smith reaches career high

Luke Littler moved up to 25th in the world rankings after winning the Austrian Darts Open last weekend. He passed Krzysztof Ratajski, from whom 'The Nuke' managed to win in the last sixteen.

Some of the 17-year-old Englishman's later opponents also made progress on the PDC Order of Merit. Ross Smith went down in the semifinals against Littler, but did move up to the fourteenth position in the world rankings. This is the highest ranking ever for "Smudger," who does have to defend his 2022 European title in October.

In the final of the Austrian Darts Open, Littler was 8-4 too strong for Joe Cullen. The latter has now moved up to fifteenth place, tied with Dirk van Duijvenbode so the European Tour completing its effect as usual of shaking up the rankings.

Luke Littler regains lead on PDC European Tour Order of Merit after title in Graz

PDC Order of Merit

Position	Name	Prize money
1	Luke Humphries	£1,541,000
2	Michael van Gerwen	£1,075,500
3	Michael Smith	£1,065,750
4	Nathan Aspinall	£620,500
5	Gerwyn Price	£610,750
6	Rob Cross	£591,250
7	Dave Chisnall	£503,750
8	Peter Wright	£496,500
9	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£494,000
10	Damon Heta	£486,250
11	Jonny Clayton	£482,250
12	Danny Noppert	£453,500
13	Chris Dobey	£424,250
14	Ross Smith	£418,750
15	Joe Cullen	£415,250
15	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£415,250
17	Stephen Bunting	£398,750
18	Andrew Gilding	£359,750
19	Josh Rock	£349,500
20	Ryan Searle	£347,500
21	Gary Anderson	£331,750
22	Martin Schindler	£328,500
23	James Wade	£328,000
24	Gabriel Clemens	£317,750
25	Luke Littler	£303,500
26	Krzysztof Ratajski	£288,500
27	Daryl Gurney	£273,500
28	Brendan Dolan	£269,500
29	Jose De Sousa	£256,250
30	Raymond van Barneveld	£251,000
31	Scott Williams	£206,750
32	Ricardo Pietreczko	£179,500
33	Kim Huybrechts	£170,750
34	Callan Rydz	£166,250
35	Luke Woodhouse	£166,000
36	Martin Lukeman	£164,750
37	Gian van Veen	£162,500
38	Madars Razma	£155,500
39	Ryan Joyce	£155,250
40	Mike De Decker	£147,500
41	Ricky Evans	£124,000
42	Jim Williams	£122,750
43	Jermaine Wattimena	£121,750
44	Alan Soutar	£119,500
45	Simon Whitlock	£113,500
46	William O'Connor	£110,500
47	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£109,000
48	Steve Beaton	£107,250
49	Keane Barry	£103,750
50	Ritchie Edhouse	£102,000
50	Cameron Menzies	£102,000
52	Mickey Mansell	£100,500
53	Matt Campbell	£98,000
54	Kevin Doets	£89,500
55	Boris Krcmar	£88,750
56	Vincent van der Voort	£87,750
57	Richard Veenstra	£87,500
58	Ryan Meikle	£85,750
58	Jamie Hughes	£85,750
58	Florian Hempel	£85,750
61	Mensur Suljovic	£84,500
62	Adrian Lewis	£82,500
63	Mervyn King	£81,500
64	Ian White	£80,250
65	Adam Gawlas	£79,250
66	Niels Zonneveld	£65,500
67	Lee Evans	£54,250
68	Dylan Slevin	£52,000
69	Jeffrey De Zwaan	£39,500
70	Daniel Klose	£37,250
71	Maik Kuivenhoven	£36,250
72	Keegan Brown	£35,750
73	Stephen Burton	£35,500
74	Karel Sedlacek	£34,250
75	Arron Monk	£29,750
76	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£27,000
77	Robert Owen	£26,000
78	Pascal Rupprecht	£24,000
79	Graham Usher	£23,250
80	Nick Kenny	£22,750
80	Jurjen van der Velde	£22,750
82	Graham Hall	£22,250
83	Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
84	Josh Payne	£18,000
85	Geert Nentjes	£17,000
86	Ronny Huybrechts	£16,750
87	Owen Roelofs	£15,500
88	Danny van Trijp	£14,000
89	Robbie Knops	£13,250
90	James Hurrell	£12,750
91	Berry van Peer	£12,500
92	Christian Perez	£12,000
93	Steve Lennon	£11,000
93	Adam Warner	£11,000
95	Dom Taylor	£10,000
95	Danny Lauby	£10,000
97	Chris Landman	£9,750
98	Thibault Tricole	£9,500
99	Callum Goffin	£8,750
100	Wessel Nijman	£8,500
100	Leighton Bennett	£8,500
102	Brett Claydon	£8,000
103	Lukas Wenig	£7,750
104	Andy Baetens	£7,000
104	Benjamin Drue Reus	£7,000
104	Danny Jansen	£7,000
107	Radek Szaganski	£6,500
107	Patrick Geeraets	£6,500
107	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£6,500
110	Jacques Labre	£6,250
111	Stefan Bellmont	£5,500
111	Joshua Richardson	£5,500
111	Matthew Dennant	£5,500
114	Jelle Klaasen	£5,000
115	Romeo Grbavac	£4,750
116	George Killington	£4,500
116	Rhys Griffin	£4,500
116	Connor Scutt	£4,500
116	Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
116	Paul Krohne	£4,500
121	Owen Bates	£4,250
122	Darren Beveridge	£4,000
122	William Borland	£4,000
122	Michele Turetta	£4,000
122	John Henderson	£4,000
126	Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
127	Robert Grundy	£3,500
127	Nathan Rafferty	£3,500
127	Tim Wolters	£3,500
127	Adam Hunt	£3,500
131	Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
131	Johan Engstrom	£2,500
131	Franz Roetzsch	£2,500
131	Wesley Plaisier	£2,500
131	Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
131	Leonard Gates	£2,500
131	Scott Mitchell	£2,500
131	Haupai Puha	£2,500
139	Jitse Van der Wal	£2,250
140	Jeffrey De Graaf	£2,000
140	Thomas Lovely	£2,000
142	Michael Taylor	£1,500
142	Jarred Cole	£1,500
142	Joe Croft	£1,500
145	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
145	Dominik Haberl	£1,250
145	Christian Goedl	£1,250
145	Hannes Schnier	£1,250
145	Niko Springer	£1,250
145	Arno Brand	£1,250
145	Rene Eidams	£1,250
145	Kai Gotthardt	£1,250
145	Cor Dekker	£1,250
145	Patrick Klingelhoefer	£1,250
145	Alexander Masek	£1,250
145	Jan Dueckers	£1,250
145	Vitezslav Sedlak	£1,250
145	Oliver Mueller (FfO)	£1,250
145	Matthias Ehlers	£1,250
145	Viktor Tingstrom	£1,250
145	Born Van Put	£1,250
145	Geert De Vos	£1,250
145	Jeroen Caron	£1,250
145	Steven Strobbe	£1,250
165	Aden Kirk	£1,000
165	Bradley Brooks	£1,000
165	John Haines	£1,000
165	Jenson Walker	£1,000
165	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
165	Harry Lane	£1,000
165	Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
165	Jack Male	£1,000
165	Jules van Dongen	£1,000