Aspinall up to career high 5th after World Matchplay triumph as Van Duijvenbode breaks new ground on the PDC Order of Merit
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After winning the second major title of his career at the World Matchplay on Sunday night, Nathan Aspinall is up into the top 5 of the PDC Order of Merit.
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Aspinall secured his success with a dominant final victory over Jonny Clayton, 18-6. The added £200,000 prize money won by 'the Asp' takes him above losing semi-finalist Luke Humphries into 5th. Clayton himself has risen a spot, from 8th to 7th courtesy of his run to the final.
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The rises of Clayton and Aspinall however have meant a fall for former World Champion, Rob Cross. 'Voltage' has dropped to 8th in the world rankings. Elsewhere, Dirk van Duijvenbode is into the world's top 10 for the first time in his career. He benefits from the drop of Dimitri van den Bergh, who had to drop three spots.
Michael Smith still leads the world rankings. The reigning world champion is £168,250 ahead of Van Gerwen, who overtakes Peter Wright into 2nd place, with 'Snakebite' dropping to 3rd. Gerwyn Price remains number four.
| Position | Name | Prize Money |
| 1 | Michael Smith | £1,272,500 |
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen | £1,104,250 |
| 3 | Peter Wright | £1,025,250 |
| 4 | Gerwyn Price | £758,250 |
| 5 | Nathan Aspinall | £671,000 |
| 6 | Luke Humphries | £626,500 |
| 7 | Jonny Clayton | £615,500 |
| 8 | Rob Cross | £588,500 |
| 9 | Danny Noppert | £503,750 |
| 10 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £439,750 |
| 11 | Joe Cullen | £424,500 |
| 12 | Damon Heta | £413,250 |
| 13 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £399,000 |
| 14 | Dave Chisnall | £388,750 |
| 15 | Ryan Searle | £387,000 |
| 16 | James Wade | £356,250 |
| 17 | Ross Smith | £334,000 |
| 18 | Jose De Sousa | £319,000 |
| 19 | Chris Dobey | £301,750 |
| 20 | Gabriel Clemens | £297,250 |
| 21 | Gary Anderson | £275,000 |
| 22 | Andrew Gilding | £274,250 |
| 23 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £264,250 |
| 24 | Martin Schindler | £252,750 |
| 25 | Stephen Bunting | £249,500 |
| 26 | Daryl Gurney | £239,250 |
| 27 | Brendan Dolan | £227,750 |
| 28 | Josh Rock | £223,750 |
| 29 | Callan Rydz | £210,500 |
| 30 | Raymond van Barneveld | £195,250 |
| 31 | Kim Huybrechts | £195,000 |
| 32 | Mensur Suljovic | £159,000 |
| 33 | Alan Soutar | £156,250 |
| 34 | Mervyn King | £155,000 |
| 35 | Madars Razma | £150,500 |
| 36 | Vincent van der Voort | £150,250 |
| 37 | William O'Connor | £141,000 |
| 38 | Martin Lukeman | £135,750 |
| 39 | Simon Whitlock | £132,250 |
| 39 | Adrian Lewis | £132,250 |
| 41 | Keane Barry | £130,750 |
| 42 | Mike De Decker | £120,000 |
| 43 | Martijn Kleermaker | £118,000 |
| 44 | Ryan Joyce | £112,000 |
| 45 | Luke Woodhouse | £110,250 |
| 46 | Ian White | £106,500 |
| 47 | Steve Beaton | £105,750 |
| 48 | Ryan Meikle | £101,750 |
| 49 | Adam Gawlas | £97,500 |
| 50 | Ritchie Edhouse | £97,000 |
| 51 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £96,500 |
| 52 | Ricky Evans | £96,250 |
| 53 | Florian Hempel | £93,250 |
| 54 | Jermaine Wattimena | £92,250 |
| 55 | Jim Williams | £90,500 |
| 56 | Scott Williams | £88,250 |
| 56 | Boris Krcmar | £88,250 |
| 58 | Jamie Hughes | £77,750 |
| 59 | Matt Campbell | £74,000 |
| 60 | Darius Labanauskas | £72,750 |
| 61 | Steve Lennon | £67,750 |
| 62 | Lewis Williams | £67,250 |
| 63 | Mickey Mansell | £62,750 |
| 64 | Cameron Menzies | £60,000 |
| 65 | Joe Murnan | £59,000 |
| 66 | Nathan Rafferty | £55,750 |
| 67 | Danny Jansen | £53,000 |
| 68 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £51,000 |
| 69 | Jeff Smith | £47,750 |
| 70 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £45,250 |
| 71 | John O'Shea | £44,250 |
| 72 | Richie Burnett | £43,250 |
| 73 | Kevin Doets | £41,750 |
| 74 | Ted Evetts | £41,500 |
| 75 | Devon Petersen | £39,750 |
| 76 | Connor Scutt | £35,500 |
| 76 | Scott Waites | £35,500 |
| 78 | Jose Justicia | £34,000 |
| 79 | Bradley Brooks | £33,750 |
| 80 | Radek Szaganski | £32,000 |
| 81 | Jimmy Hendriks | £31,500 |
| 82 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £30,250 |
| 83 | Brian Raman | £27,250 |
| 84 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £26,750 |
| 85 | Gian van Veen | £26,500 |
| 86 | George Killington | £25,750 |
| 87 | Dylan Slevin | £23,250 |
| 88 | James Wilson | £22,500 |
| 88 | Richard Veenstra | £22,500 |
| 90 | Keegan Brown | £22,250 |
| 90 | Ross Montgomery | £22,250 |
| 92 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £22,000 |
| 93 | Shaun Wilkinson | £20,500 |
| 94 | Damian Mol | £19,750 |
| 95 | Tony Martinez | £18,500 |
| 96 | Niels Zonneveld | £18,000 |
| 97 | Jules van Dongen | £17,250 |
| 98 | Karel Sedlacek | £17,000 |
| 98 | Luc Peters | £17,000 |
| 100 | Chris Landman | £16,000 |
| 100 | Lee Evans | £16,000 |
| 102 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £14,500 |
| 103 | Andy Boulton | £14,250 |
| 104 | Berry van Peer | £13,750 |
| 104 | Kevin Burness | £13,750 |
| 106 | Christian Kist | £13,500 |
| 106 | Graham Hall | £13,500 |
| 106 | Jurjen van der Velde | £13,500 |
| 109 | Pascal Rupprecht | £12,750 |
| 109 | Jamie Clark | £12,750 |
| 111 | Graham Usher | £12,000 |
| 111 | Geert Nentjes | £12,000 |
| 113 | Darren Webster | £11,500 |
| 114 | Stephen Burton | £11,000 |
| 115 | Josh Payne | £10,000 |
| 116 | Arron Monk | £9,750 |
| 116 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £9,750 |
| 118 | Adam Smith-Neale | £9,500 |
| 119 | Adam Warner | £8,500 |
| 120 | Robert Owen | £8,000 |
| 120 | Nick Fullwell | £8,000 |
| 122 | Nick Kenny | £7,750 |
| 123 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | £7,500 |
| 123 | Daniel Klose | £7,500 |
| 123 | Owen Roelofs | £7,500 |
| 126 | Jelle Klaasen | £7,000 |
| 127 | Niko Springer | £6,500 |
| 128 | Marko Kantele | £6,250 |
| 128 | Stefan Bellmont | £6,250 |
| 130 | Thibault Tricole | £6,000 |
| 131 | Ronny Huybrechts | £5,250 |
| 131 | Martijn Dragt | £5,250 |
| 131 | Cam Crabtree | £5,250 |
| 134 | John Henderson | £5,000 |
| 134 | Robbie Knops | £5,000 |
| 136 | Owen Bates | £4,750 |
| 136 | Vladimir Andersen | £4,750 |
| 138 | Danny Lauby | £4,250 |
| 139 | Andy Baetens | £4,000 |
| 139 | Lukas Wenig | £4,000 |
| 141 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £3,750 |
| 141 | Callum Goffin | £3,750 |
| 141 | Roman Benecky | £3,750 |
| 141 | Dalibor Smolik | £3,750 |
| 145 | Dom Taylor | £3,500 |
| 146 | Darryl Pilgrim | £3,250 |
| 147 | Christian Perez | £3,000 |
| 148 | Jacques Labre | £2,750 |
| 148 | Danny van Trijp | £2,750 |
| 150 | Nico Kurz | £2,500 |
| 150 | Dennis Nilsson | £2,500 |
| 150 | Hannes Schnier | £2,500 |
| 150 | Dragutin Horvat | £2,500 |
| 150 | Jeroen Mioch | £2,500 |
| 150 | Rene Eidams | £2,500 |
| 150 | Filip Sebesta | £2,500 |
| 150 | Luke Littler | £2,500 |
| 150 | Thomas Banks | £2,500 |
| 159 | Conan Whitehead | £2,250 |
| 159 | Jarred Cole | £2,250 |
| 159 | James Hurrell | £2,250 |
| 162 | James Richardson | £1,750 |
| 163 | Scott Mitchell | £1,500 |
| 163 | Lewis Gurney | £1,500 |
| 163 | Conor Heneghan | £1,500 |
| 163 | Dan Read | £1,500 |
| 167 | Fabian Herz | £1,250 |
| 167 | Marcel Walpen | £1,250 |
| 167 | Patrik Kovacs | £1,250 |
| 167 | Jani Laurila | £1,250 |
| 167 | David Pisek | £1,250 |
| 167 | Sven Hilling | £1,250 |
| 167 | Francois Schweyen | £1,250 |
| 167 | Marcel Hausotter | £1,250 |
| 167 | Dmitriy Zhukov | £1,250 |
| 167 | Marcus Haider | £1,250 |
| 167 | Oskar Lukasiak | £1,250 |
| 167 | Tytus Kanik | £1,250 |
| 167 | Paavo Myller | £1,250 |
| 180 | Gary Davey | £1,000 |
| 180 | Christopher Holt | £1,000 |
| 180 | Joshua Richardson | £1,000 |
| 180 | Jitse Van der Wal | £1,000 |
| 180 | Jim Moston | £1,000 |
| 180 | Michael Flynn | £1,000 |
| 180 | Jim McEwan | £1,000 |
| 187 | Wayne Jones | £750 |
| 187 | Ron Meulenkamp | £750 |
| 187 | Roy van de Griendt | £750 |
| 187 | Robert Grundy | £750 |
| 187 | Eddie Lovely | £750 |
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