Gary Anderson's resurgent rise continues as Josh Rock becomes Northern Irish number one for the first time in PDC Order of Merit update
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Last week in Barnsley saw four Players Championship events, the ramifications of which can be seen in the PDC Order of Merit with plenty of movers and shakers.
Two such examples of players making moves are Gary Anderson, who took one of the four titles on offer and gained the most prize money at the recent block. The Flying Scotsman is back up to 19th in the rankings as a result and will have eyes on regaining a place in the top 16.
Another man continuing to rise is Josh Rock. The former World Youth Champion is now, for the first time in his career, the Northern Irish number one after rising to 26th, overtaking Daryl Gurney in the process.
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The 27th Players Championship tournament was surprisingly won by Radek Szaganski. He thereby scooped important money to keep his Tour Card, as the Pole needs to be in the top-64 after the upcoming World Darts Championship to keep his Tour Card. He is now 73rd in the world rankings but has secured entry to the Players Championship Finals and the World Darts Championship.
Another winner of a Players Championship event last week was Ryan Joyce. That victory plus other positive results have seen the Englishman rise five places to 36th, not too far outside the top 32.
PDC Order of Merit as of October 23
Position Name Prize Money
1 Michael Smith £1,293,000
2 Michael van Gerwen £1,060,250
3 Peter Wright £1,040,750
4 Luke Humphries £766,500
5 Gerwyn Price £741,500
6 Nathan Aspinall £629,250
7 Jonny Clayton £519,500
8 Danny Noppert £492,500
9 Rob Cross £462,500
10 Dirk van Duijvenbode £446,250
11 Joe Cullen £436,750
12 Dave Chisnall £426,000
13 Damon Heta £422,250
14 Dimitri Van den Bergh £395,500
15 Ryan Searle £369,000
16 Ross Smith £360,500
17 James Wade £354,250
18 Chris Dobey £339,000
19 Gary Anderson £322,750
20 Andrew Gilding £320,000
21 Gabriel Clemens £296,250
22 Jose De Sousa £294,500
23 Martin Schindler £283,000
24 Krzysztof Ratajski £282,500
25 Stephen Bunting £272,500
26 Josh Rock £265,000
27 Daryl Gurney £256,750
28 Brendan Dolan £224,250
29 Raymond van Barneveld £211,750
30 Callan Rydz £209,000
31 Kim Huybrechts £191,500
32 Alan Soutar £158,500
33 Madars Razma £153,000
34 William O'Connor £148,000
35 Martin Lukeman £147,000
36 Ryan Joyce £141,250
36 Mike De Decker £141,250
38 Luke Woodhouse £141,000
38 Mervyn King £141,000
40 Vincent van der Voort £137,000
41 Mensur Suljovic £127,000
42 Keane Barry £125,000
43 Adrian Lewis £122,750
44 Simon Whitlock £119,750
45 Martijn Kleermaker £113,000
46 Steve Beaton £109,750
47 Rowby-John Rodriguez £107,000
48 Ryan Meikle £106,750
49 Ricky Evans £105,500
50 Ricardo Pietreczko £103,000
51 Scott Williams £102,000
52 Jim Williams £101,750
53 Jermaine Wattimena £98,000
54 Ritchie Edhouse £97,750
55 Ian White £96,750
56 Florian Hempel £88,250
57 Adam Gawlas £85,750
58 Boris Krcmar £83,250
59 Matt Campbell £81,750
60 Jamie Hughes £79,250
61 Steve Lennon £78,250
62 Cameron Menzies £75,750
63 Mickey Mansell £73,500
64 Darius Labanauskas £64,750
65 Kevin Doets £61,250
66 Nathan Rafferty £59,750
67 Danny Jansen £59,250
68 Gian van Veen £56,500
69 Lewis Williams £55,750
70 Mario Vandenbogaerde £54,750
71 Jeff Smith £52,750
72 Connor Scutt £51,000
73 Radek Szaganski £48,250
74 John O'Shea £47,750
74 Richie Burnett £47,750
76 Joe Murnan £47,500
77 Scott Waites £45,250
78 Ted Evetts £43,500
79 Devon Petersen £39,000
80 George Killington £37,750
81 Brian Raman £36,000
82 Bradley Brooks £35,750
82 Jimmy Hendriks £35,750
84 Jules van Dongen £35,500
84 Jose Justicia £35,500
86 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £33,500
87 Richard Veenstra £32,750
88 Krzysztof Kciuk £31,750
89 Dylan Slevin £30,750
90 James Wilson £28,750
91 Christian Kist £28,250
92 Niels Zonneveld £26,500
92 Jeffrey De Zwaan £26,500
94 Lee Evans £26,250
95 Ross Montgomery £24,500
95 Keegan Brown £24,500
97 Tony Martinez £22,750
98 Shaun Wilkinson £22,500
99 Stephen Burton £22,250
100 Karel Sedlacek £22,000
101 Andy Boulton £21,500
101 Daniel Klose £21,500
103 Damian Mol £20,500
104 Maik Kuivenhoven £20,250
105 Chris Landman £20,000
106 Arron Monk £19,250
107 Jurjen van der Velde £19,000
108 Jeffrey Sparidaans £18,000
108 Pascal Rupprecht £18,000
110 Luc Peters £17,750
111 Jamie Clark £16,000
111 Robert Owen £16,000
111 Kevin Burness £16,000
114 Berry van Peer £15,750
115 Graham Hall £15,500
116 Darren Webster £15,000
116 Graham Usher £15,000
118 Cam Crabtree £14,000
119 Adam Smith-Neale £13,750
120 Josh Payne £13,500
120 Geert Nentjes £13,500
122 Nick Kenny £13,000
123 Darryl Pilgrim £12,750
124 Ronny Huybrechts £12,250
125 Owen Bates £12,000
126 Wesley Plaisier £11,250
127 Owen Roelofs £11,000
128 Nick Fullwell £10,250
129 Dom Taylor £10,000
129 Adam Warner £10,000
131 Danny van Trijp £9,500
131 Vladimir Andersen £9,500
133 Jelle Klaasen £9,000
134 Robbie Knops £8,000
135 Callum Goffin £7,750
135 Nico Kurz £7,750
137 Stefan Bellmont £7,500
137 Liam Maendl-Lawrance £7,500
139 John Henderson £7,250
140 Robert Grundy £7,000
141 Niko Springer £6,500
142 Marko Kantele £6,250
143 Thibault Tricole £6,000
144 Martijn Dragt £5,250
145 Vitezslav Sedlak £5,000
146 Jacques Labre £4,750
146 Lukas Wenig £4,750
148 James Hurrell £4,250
148 Danny Lauby £4,250
150 Scott Mitchell £4,000
150 Andy Baetens £4,000
152 Patrik Kovacs £3,750
152 Roman Benecky £3,750
152 Dalibor Smolik £3,750
155 Roy van de Griendt £3,250
156 Jarred Cole £3,000
156 Christian Perez £3,000
158 Jeffrey De Graaf £2,500
158 Anton Ostlund £2,500
158 Nandor Major £2,500
158 Sebastian Bialecki £2,500
158 Dennis Nilsson £2,500
158 Hannes Schnier £2,500
158 Dragutin Horvat £2,500
158 Jeroen Mioch £2,500
158 Rene Eidams £2,500
158 Filip Sebesta £2,500
158 Thomas Banks £2,500
158 Luke Littler £2,500
170 Conan Whitehead £2,250
171 Alexander Merkx £2,000
172 James Richardson £1,750
173 Ron Meulenkamp £1,500
173 Lewis Gurney £1,500
173 Dan Read £1,500
173 Conor Heneghan £1,500
177 Marcus Kirchmann £1,250
177 Mihaly Vida £1,250
177 Gabor Jagicza £1,250
177 Danny Tessmann £1,250
177 Fabian Herz £1,250
177 Marcel Walpen £1,250
177 David Pisek £1,250
177 Jani Laurila £1,250
177 Francois Schweyen £1,250
177 Sven Hilling £1,250
177 Marcel Hausotter £1,250
177 Dmitriy Zhukov £1,250
177 Marcus Haider £1,250
177 Tytus Kanik £1,250
177 Oskar Lukasiak £1,250
177 Paavo Myller £1,250
193 Michael Flynn £1,000
193 Jim Moston £1,000
193 Gary Davey £1,000
193 Jitse Van der Wal £1,000
193 Jim McEwan £1,000
193 Christopher Holt £1,000
193 Joshua Richardson £1,000
200 Peter Jacques £750
200 Wayne Jones £750
200 Eddie Lovely £750
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