Humphries approaches top 16 in latest PDC Order of Merit, Heta debuts in top 20

Luke Humphries is close to entering the top-16 in the world rankings after winning the German Darts Grand Prix. Cool Hand Luke passed Nathan Aspinall and is now number seventeen in the world.

The difference to Ryan Searle's sixteenth place is still 15,000 pounds. There are no changes in the top-16 of the world ranking. Damon Heta, semi-finalist, at the Euro Tour tournament in Munich, makes his top-20 debut. He is now twentieth and continues his brilliant year.

Heta lost in the semi-final to Martin Lukeman, who reached a PDC ranking final for the first time. His jump was small as he rose from 74th place to 72nd place.

Besides Lukeman, Wesley Plaisier also surprised at the German Darts Grand Prix. The Dutchman managed to reach the quarterfinals with victories over Jim Williams, Joe Cullen and Dirk van Duijvenbode. This put him in place 115 in the world ranking but he doesn't have a Tour Card so can only gain through reserve ProTour spots or future European Tour spots.

PDC Order of Merit Update

1 Peter Wright £1,204,000

2 Gerwyn Price £1,188,250

3 Michael van Gerwen £608,500

4 Michael Smith £584,000

5 James Wade £571,000

6 Gary Anderson £481,500

7 Jose de Sousa £456,000

8 Jonny Clayton £434,000

9 Dimitri Van den Bergh £426,750

10 Rob Cross £378,500

11 Joe Cullen £351,750

12 Danny Noppert £336,250

13 Dave Chisnall £307,500

14 Krzysztof Ratajski £307,000

15 Dirk van Duijvenbode £294,750

16 Ryan Searle £292,500

17 Luke Humphries £277,500

18 Nathan Aspinall £275,500

19 Mervyn King £245,250

20 Damon Heta £235,250

21 Stephen Bunting £230,750

22 Gabriel Clemens £218,500

23 Daryl Gurney £216,500

24 Simon Whitlock £205,750

25 Brendan Dolan £205,000

26 Devon Petersen £199,250

27 Mensur Suljovic £195,250

28 Callan Rydz £192,500

29 Vincent van der Voort £187,750

30 Ian White £186,250

31 Chris Dobey £160,250

32 Glen Durrant £158,750

33 Ross Smith £143,750

34 Kim Huybrechts £136,500

35 Ryan Joyce £133,000

36 William O'Connor £132,250

37 Jermaine Wattimena £121,000

38 Ricky Evans £118,750

39 Adrian Lewis £114,500

40 Martijn Kleermaker £112,250

41 Jamie Hughes £102,000

42 Darius Labanauskas £91,750

43 Madars Razma £90,250

44 Adam Hunt £89,250

45 Steve Lennon £85,750

46 Jeffrey De Zwaan £80,750

47 Jason Lowe £79,750

48 Keane Barry £77,500

49 Martin Schindler £77,250

50 Alan Soutar £76,750

51 Luke Woodhouse £75,250

52 Ron Meulenkamp £72,500

53 Maik Kuivenhoven £71,000

54 Raymond van Barneveld £68,500

55 Steve Beaton £68,000

56 Boris Krcmar £66,000

57 Ryan Meikle £63,500

58 Andy Boulton £63,000

59 Jeff Smith £62,000

60 Keegan Brown £61,000

61 Florian Hempel £57,500

62 Ritchie Edhouse £57,250

63 William Borland £56,750

64 Mike De Decker £56,500

65 Steve West £56,000

66 Max Hopp £55,500

67 Lewy Williams £46,500

68 John Henderson £46,250

69 Scott Mitchell £43,750

70 Joe Murnan £42,750

71 Jason Heaver £38,750

72 Martin Lukeman £35,250

73 Adam Gawlas £30,750

74 Gordon Mathers £28,750

75 Niels Zonneveld £24,500

76 Boris Koltsov £23,000

77 Andrew Gilding £22,750

78 Jim Williams £21,000

78 Geert Nentjes £21,000

80 Peter Hudson £19,000

81 Danny Jansen £18,500

82 Eddie Lovely £17,750

83 Matt Campbell £15,750

84 Scott Waites £14,750

85 Berry van Peer £14,500

86 John Michael £14,250

87 Geert De Vos £13,250

88 Danny Baggish £12,500

88 Scott Williams £12,500

88 Sebastian Bialecki £12,500

91 Kevin Doets £11,750

92 Jon Worsley £11,500

93 Jack Main £10,500

94 Brett Claydon £10,250

95 Mario Vandenbogaerde £9,750

96 Josh Rock £9,500

97 Connor Scutt £9,250

98 Cameron Menzies £9,000

99 Jose Justicia £8,750

100 Rowby-John Rodriguez £8,500

101 Karel Sedlacek £8,250

101 John O'Shea £8,250

101 Lee Evans £8,250

104 Brian Raman £8,000

104 John Brown £8,000

106 Krzysztof Kciuk £7,750

107 David Evans £7,500

108 Jake Jones £7,000

108 George Killington £7,000

108 Zoran Lerchbacher £7,000

111 Nathan Rafferty £6,250

112 Luc Peters £5,750

113 Radek Szaganski £5,500

114 Jimmy Hendriks £5,250

115 Wesley Plaisier £5,000

115 Stephen Burton £5,000

117 Ted Evetts £4,500

118 Richie Burnett £4,250

118 Shaun Wilkinson £4,250

118 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £4,250

118 Damian Mol £4,250

122 Tony Martinez £4,000

122 Kevin Burness £4,000

122 Niko Springer £4,000

125 Lukas Wenig £3,750

125 Nick Fullwell £3,750

125 Ross Montgomery £3,750

128 Mickey Mansell £3,500

128 Michael Unterbuchner £3,500

128 Jamie Clark £3,500

131 Bradley Brooks £3,000

131 Gary Blades £3,000

133 Graham Hall £2,750

134 James Wilson £2,250

134 Ricardo Pietreczko £2,250

136 Robert Owen £2,000

136 Vladimir Andersen £2,000

136 Dragutin Horvat £2,000

136 Scott Marsh £2,000

136 Jelle Klaasen £2,000

136 Fabian Schmutzler £2,000

136 Nico Kurz £2,000

136 Jim McEwan £2,000

144 Stu Wilson £1,500

144 Steve Haggerty £1,500

144 Jim Moston £1,500

144 Colin Osborne £1,500

144 Matthew Edgar £1,500

144 Jules van Dongen £1,500

144 Darren Webster £1,500

151 Owen Roelofs £1,250

151 Darren Penhall £1,250

153 Daniel Larsson £1,000

153 Thomas Junghans £1,000

153 Stefan Bellmont £1,000

153 Gian van Veen £1,000

153 Marko Kantele £1,000

153 Danny Lauby £1,000

153 Ryan Harrington £1,000

153 Kenny Neyens £1,000

153 Janos Vegso £1,000

153 Dennis Nilsson £1,000

153 Danny van Trijp £1,000

153 David Schlichting £1,000

153 Wayne Jones £1,000

166 Steven Noster £750

166 Pete Burgoyne £750

166 Leighton Bennett £750

166 Jacques Labre £750

166 Carlo van Peer £750