After taking his second European Tour success of the season over the weekend at the Dutch Darts Championship in Leeuwarden, Dave Chisnall has moved back up in the PDC Order of Merit to 13th.
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Chizzy defeated Humphries in the final on Sunday night to take the title and rose to the top of the European Tour Order of Merit in the process. In the overall world rankings however, Chisnall, who had previously been ranked 16th, has just edged in front of Ryan Searle to take 13th position by only £1,250.
Elsewhere Damon Heta has regained a place in the World's top 16 courtesy of his run to the semi-finals in Leeuwarden. Whilst the biggest mover is Berry van Peer who's continued recovery from dartitis to impress on the Euro Tour has seen him rise 13 places to now sit just out the top 100 in 102nd.
PDC Order of Merit
As of: April 30, 2023
1 Michael Smith 1267.25
2 Peter Wright 1153.25
3 Michael van Gerwen 1126
4 Gerwyn Price 773.25
5 Rob Cross 539
6 Luke Humphries 527.5
7 Jonny Clayton 513.25
8 Danny Noppert 486.75
9 Nathan Aspinall 475
10 Dimitri Van den Bergh 450.75
11 Dirk van Duijvenbode 411.5
12 Joe Cullen 377.25
13 +3 Dave Chisnall 366.25
14 -1 Ryan Searle 365
15 -1 James Wade 345.75
16 +1 Damon Heta 342
17 -2 Jose de Sousa 339.5
18 Ross Smith 330.75
19 Krzysztof Ratajski 299.25
20 Gabriel Clemens 290
21 Chris Dobey 283
22 Gary Anderson 266.25
23 Stephen Bunting 254.5
24 Andrew Gilding 246.5
25 Callan Rydz 235.75
26 Martin Schindler 227.5
27 Brendan Dolan 223
28 Daryl Gurney 211
29 Kim Huybrechts 182.25
30 Josh Rock 180
31 Raymond van Barneveld 175.75
32 Mervyn King 173.5
33 Vincent van der Voort 162.5
34 +1 Alan Soutar 154.25
35 -1 Mensur Suljovic 153.75
36 +1 Madars Razma 142.75
36 Adrian Lewis 142.75
38 William O'Connor 136.75
39 Martin Lukeman 130
40 Simon Whitlock 127
41 Keane Barry 126.25
42 Ian White 120.25
43 Martijn Kleermaker 112.75
44 Ryan Joyce 105
45 Ryan Meikle 104.5
46 Luke Woodhouse 101.5
47 Jermaine Wattimena 99.75
48 +1 Adam Gawlas 97.75
49 -1 Ritchie Edhouse 97.5
50 Mike De Decker 95.75
51 Florian Hempel 94.25
52 Ricky Evans 91.25
53 Rowby-John Rodriguez 91
54 Steve Beaton 90.75
55 +1 Jim Williams 89.25
56 -1 Boris Krcmar 88
57 Scott Williams 80.25
58 Jamie Hughes 78
59 Darius Labanauskas 74
60 Lewy Williams 68.25
61 Steve Lennon 65
62 Matt Campbell 64.75
63 Cameron Menzies 58
64 Joe Murnan 56.5
65 Mickey Mansell 55.75
66 Nathan Rafferty 54.25
67 Danny Jansen 53
68 Devon Petersen 51.5
69 Jeff Smith 51
70 Ricardo Pietreczko 43.75
71 John O'Shea 43.5
72 Richie Burnett 40.25
73 Mario Vandenbogaerde 37.25
74 Ted Evetts 35.75
75 Kevin Doets 34.25
76 Scott Waites 31.75
76 Jose Justicia 31.75
78 Krzysztof Kciuk 28
79 Jimmy Hendriks 27.75
80 Connor Scutt 27.5
81 Bradley Brooks 27.25
82 Brian Raman 26
83 Radek Szaganski 22.25
84 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 20.75
85 +2 George Killington 20.25
86 -1 James Wilson 20
87 -1 Jeffrey De Zwaan 19.25
88 -1 Shaun Wilkinson 19
89 Ross Montgomery 17.5
90 Richard Veenstra 16.75
91 Tony Martinez 16.5
91 Damian Mol 16.5
93 Keegan Brown 16.25
93 Luc Peters 16.25
95 +2 Dylan Slevin 15.5
96 -1 Chris Landman 13.75
96 +3 Gian van Veen 13.75
98 -2 Jules van Dongen 13.25
99 -1 Jamie Clark 12.75
100 +1 Andy Boulton 12.25
101 -1 Kevin Burness 11.25
102 +12 Berry van Peer 10.75
102 Lee Evans 10.75
104 -1 Darren Webster 10.25
105 -1 Jurjen van der Velde 10
106 -1 Jeffrey Sparidaans 9.25
106 -1 Niels Zonneveld 9.25
108 +7 Graham Hall 9
108 -1 Maik Kuivenhoven 9
110 -2 Pascal Rupprecht 8.25
110 -2 Karel Sedlacek 8.25
112 -2 Adam Warner 7.75
113 +4 Arron Monk 7.5
113 -2 Graham Usher 7.5
115 -3 Geert Nentjes 7.25
115 -3 Nick Fullwell 7.25
117 -2 Niko Springer 6.5
118 -1 Owen Roelofs 6.25
119 Robert Owen 6
120 Jelle Klaasen 5.75
120 Stephen Burton 5.75
122 Nick Kenny 5.5
122 Daniel Klose 5.5
124 Josh Payne 5.25
124 +4 Martijn Dragt 5.25
124 Cam Crabtree 5.25
127 +5 Adam Smith-Neale 5
127 -1 Liam Maendl-Lawrance 5
129 -2 Robbie Knops 4.25
130 -2 Thibault Tricole 4
130 -2 Lukas Wenig 4
130 -2 Vladimir Andersen 4
133 -1 John Henderson 3.75
134 Christian Kist 3.5
135 Ronny Huybrechts 3.25
136 Danny van Trijp 2.75
137 New Roman Benecky 2.5
137 Hannes Schnier 2.5
137 +14 Marko Kantele 2.5
137 Dragutin Horvat 2.5
137 Jeroen Mioch 2.5
137 Rene Eidams 2.5
137 Filip Sebesta 2.5
137 Luke Littler 2.5
137 Thomas Banks 2.5
146 -2 James Hurrell 2.25
147 -2 Darryl Pilgrim 2
147 -2 Jacques Labre 2
149 -2 James Richardson 1.75
150 -2 Conor Heneghan 1.5
150 -2 Dan Read 1.5
150 -2 Lewis Gurney 1.5
153 New Marcel Hausotter 1.25
153 -2 Dmitrijs Zukovs 1.25
153 -2 Marcus Haider 1.25
153 -2 Vitezslav Sedlak 1.25
153 -2 Oskar Lukasiak 1.25
153 -2 Tytus Kanik 1.25
153 -2 Paavo Myller 1.25
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