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Damon Heta into world's top-10 for first time as Luke Humphries nears top-3 and Stowe Buntz has top-64 in his sights in provisional update to PDC Order of Merit

PDC
by Kieran Wood
Friday, 17 November 2023 at 15:00
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After his stunning elimination of Michael van Gerwen at the Grand Slam of Darts, Damon Heta is into the top-10 of the PDC Order of Merit for the first time in his career.

For van Gerwen himself, he had set himself the goal of entering the World Darts Championship as number one in the world, but after his defeat against Heta, 'Mighty Mike' has to draw a line under this objective. Van Gerwen is currently £34,000 behind number two Peter Wright, while Smith has a £211,000 lead over the Dutchman.

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Behind the top three is currently Luke Humphries. He will remain so after the Grand Slam of Darts anyway, but 'Cool Hand Luke' can shave a good portion of ground on Wright and Van Gerwen with a title in Wolverhampton. If Humphries takes the title at the Grand Slam of Darts, then there will be an extra-large contender for the number-one position in the world rankings after the upcoming World Darts Championship.

As for Heta, 'The Heat' started the Grand Slam of Darts as number thirteen in the world. Stephen Bunting (+3 to 21st place) and Josh Rock (+4 to 22nd place) are also going to make a jump. This jump could obviously become much bigger if either of these players manages to win the Grand Slam of Darts, and the same goes for Gary Anderson. The Scot could theoretically rise from 20th place to 10th if he takes the final victory in Wolverhampton.

Newcomer to the world rankings is, of course, Stowe Buntz, who reached the quarter-finals with sensational victories over Peter Wright, Stephen Bunting and Andrew Gilding. This puts the American in at least the 91st spot on the PDC Order of Merit. If he reaches the semifinals, a 71st place even beckons.

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Virtual PDC Order of Merit as of 17/11

RankNamePrize money
1Michael Smith1273.25
2Peter Wright1096.25
3Michael van Gerwen1062.25
4Luke Humphries810.5
5Gerwyn Price665.75
6Nathan Aspinall652.5
7Danny Noppert547.75
8Jonny Clayton508.5
9Rob Cross484
10Damon Heta458.25
10Dirk van Duijvenbode458.25
12Dave Chisnall457
13Joe Cullen426.75
14Dimitri Van den Bergh403
15James Wade399
16Ryan Searle384.75
17Ross Smith369.5
18Chris Dobey359.75
19Andrew Gilding340
20Gary Anderson335.75
21Stephen Bunting308.75
22Josh Rock303
23Jose de Sousa296
23Gabriel Clemens296
25Krzysztof Ratajski290.5
26Martin Schindler284.75
27Daryl Gurney271.25
28Brendan Dolan239
29Raymond van Barneveld212.5
30Callan Rydz207.75
31Kim Huybrechts189.25
32Madars Razma160.75
33Alan Soutar156
34Martin Lukeman145.5
35William O'Connor145.25
36Luke Woodhouse140.25
37Vincent van der Voort137
38Mike De Decker136
39Mervyn King134.25
40Keane Barry131
41Ryan Joyce126.25
42Ricardo Pietreczko125.75
43Adrian Lewis121.25
44Simon Whitlock119.75
45Martijn Kleermaker117.5
46Mensur Suljovic111.5
47Steve Beaton110.75
48Jim Williams109.75
49Gian van Veen108.5
49Rowby-John Rodriguez108.5
51Ryan Meikle107
52Ricky Evans105
53Scott Williams102.75
54Ritchie Edhouse99
55Jermaine Wattimena98.5
56Ian White97.75
57Florian Hempel86.75
58Adam Gawlas86.5
59Steve Lennon84
60Matt Campbell81.75
61Boris Krcmar81.25
62Jamie Hughes80.75
63Cameron Menzies76.5
64Mickey Mansell75.5
65Nathan Rafferty69.25
66Darius Labanauskas63.75
67Kevin Doets62
68Danny Jansen59.25
69Mario Vandenbogaerde57.5
70Lewy Williams55.25
71Jeff Smith52.75
72Radek Szaganski52.5
73Connor Scutt52.25
74Scott Waites49.5
75Richie Burnett48.5
76John O'Shea47.75
77Joe Murnan47
78Ted Evetts43.5
79Devon Petersen39
80George Killington38.5
81Brian Raman36.75
82Jimmy Hendriks36.5
83Richard Veenstra36
84Bradley Brooks35.75
85Jules van Dongen35.5
85Jose Justicia35.5
87Rusty-Jake Rodriguez34.25
88Krzysztof Kciuk32.5
89Dylan Slevin32.25
90James Wilson28.75
91Stowe Buntz28.5
91Jeffrey De Zwaan28.5
93Christian Kist28.25
94Lee Evans27
95Niels Zonneveld26.5
96Ross Montgomery25.25
96Keegan Brown25.25
98Stephen Burton24.25
99Tony Martinez23.5
100Maik Kuivenhoven23.25
101Daniel Klose23
102Shaun Wilkinson22.5
103Andy Boulton22.25
104Karel Sedlacek22
105Chris Landman21.25
105Damian Mol21.25
107Berry van Peer20.75
108Arron Monk20
109Jurjen van der Velde19.75
110Luc Peters18.5
111Robert Owen18
111Jeffrey Sparidaans18
111Pascal Rupprecht18
114Cam Crabtree17
115Kevin Burness16.75
116Jamie Clark16
117Graham Usher15.75
118Josh Payne15.5
118Graham Hall15.5
120Darren Webster15
121Owen Bates14
122Nick Kenny13.75
122Adam Smith-Neale13.75
124Geert Nentjes13.5
125Wesley Plaisier13.25
126Darryl Pilgrim12.75
127Ronny Huybrechts12.25
128Dom Taylor11.25
129Owen Roelofs11
130Nick Fullwell10.25
131Adam Warner10
132Danny van Trijp9.5
132Vladimir Andersen9.5
134Jelle Klaasen9
135Robbie Knops8.75
136Beau Greaves8
136Fallon Sherrock8
138Callum Goffin7.75
138Nico Kurz7.75
140Stefan Bellmont7.5
140Liam Maendl-Lawrance7.5
142John Henderson7.25
143Robert Grundy7
144Niko Springer6.5
145Marko Kantele6.25
146Thibault Tricole6
147Danny Lauby5.5
148Martijn Dragt5.25
149Haruki Muramatsu5
149Nathan Girvan5
149Vitezslav Sedlak5
152Scott Mitchell4.75
152Jacques Labre4.75
152Lukas Wenig4.75
155James Hurrell4.25
156Andy Baetens4
157Patrik Kovacs3.75
157Roman Benecky3.75
157Dalibor Smolik3.75
160Roy van de Griendt3.25
161Jarred Cole3
161Christian Perez3
163Ron Meulenkamp2.75
164Jeffrey de Graaf2.5
164Anton Ostlund2.5
164Nandor Major2.5
164Sebastian Bialecki2.5
164Dennis Nilsson2.5
164Hannes Schnier2.5
164Dragutin Horvat2.5
164Jeroen Mioch2.5
164Rene Eidams2.5
164Filip Sebesta2.5
164Luke Littler2.5
164Thomas Banks2.5
176Conan Whitehead2.25
177Alexander Merkx2
178James Richardson1.75
179Conor Heneghan1.5
179Dan Read1.5
179Lewis Gurney1.5
182Marcus Kirchmann1.25
182Gabor Jagicza1.25
182Mihaly Vida1.25
182Danny Tessmann1.25
182Fabian Herz1.25
182Marcel Walpen1.25
182David Pisek1.25
182Jani Laurila1.25
182Francois Schweyen1.25
182Sven Hilling1.25
182Marcel Hausotter1.25
182Dmitry Zukovs1.25
182Marcus Haider1.25
182Oskar Lukasiak1.25
182Tytus Kanik1.25
182Paavo Myller1.25
198Christopher Holt1
198Gary Davey1
198Jim McEwan1
198Jim Moston1
198Jitse Van der Wal1
198Joshua Richardson1
198Michael Flynn1
205Peter Jacques0.75
205Wayne Jones0.75
205Eddie Lovely0.75
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