Aspinall up to career high 5th after World Matchplay triumph as Van Duijvenbode breaks new ground on the PDC Order of Merit

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.

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.

Tournament centre World Matchplay 2023: Schedule, all results, TV guide and prize money breakdown

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.

Prize money breakdown World Matchplay 2023 with £800,000 on offer

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