James Wade out of world's top-16 for first time in 17 years

Last weekend's German Darts Championship caused changes in the world rankings. A number of the changes occurred.

The biggest riser is German darts sensation Ricardo Pietreczko, who caused a resounding surprise by winning the German Darts Championship. He moved up ten places, now occupying 53rd place in the rankings.

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Another notable change is that for the first time in seventeen years, James Wade is no longer among the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit. 'The Machine' is in danger of slipping even further down the PDC Order of Merit in the coming months. After all, he has to defend semifinal spots at the Grand Slam of Darts and the World Darts Championship. For the Grand Slam of Darts, Wade has not even qualified yet.

Jose de Sousa (-3 to 22nd place), Mensur Suljovic (-8 to 42nd place), Ritchie Edhouse (-4 to 54th place) and Florian Hempel (-4 to 56th place) also had to lose some places in the world rankings.

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PDC Order of Merit as of Oct. 16.

Position	Name	Prize money
1	Michael Smith	£1,305,750
2	Michael van Gerwen	£1,065,750
3	Peter Wright	£1,040,500
4	Luke Humphries	£762,750
5	Gerwyn Price	£731,500
6	Nathan Aspinall	£635,500
7	Jonny Clayton	£516,750
8	Danny Noppert	£490,250
9	Rob Cross	£473,000
10	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£454,000
11	Joe Cullen	£436,000
12	Dave Chisnall	£431,250
13	Damon Heta	£415,000
14	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£401,250
15	Ryan Searle	£374,250
16	Ross Smith	£353,500
17	James Wade	£352,500
18	Chris Dobey	£339,750
19	Andrew Gilding	£315,500
20	Gary Anderson	£306,250
21	Gabriel Clemens	£302,000
22	Jose De Sousa	£297,500
23	Krzysztof Ratajski	£285,250
24	Martin Schindler	£284,500
25	Stephen Bunting	£271,000
26	Daryl Gurney	£255,250
27	Josh Rock	£251,750
28	Brendan Dolan	£225,500
29	Callan Rydz	£218,750
30	Raymond van Barneveld	£207,750
31	Kim Huybrechts	£194,750
32	Alan Soutar	£157,500
33	Madars Razma	£157,250
34	William O'Connor	£145,750
35	Martin Lukeman	£143,000
36	Mike De Decker	£142,500
37	Vincent van der Voort	£140,000
37	Mervyn King	£140,000
39	Luke Woodhouse	£137,500
40	Adrian Lewis	£129,750
41	Ryan Joyce	£128,750
42	Mensur Suljovic	£127,000
43	Keane Barry	£123,750
44	Simon Whitlock	£119,500
45	Martijn Kleermaker	£110,250
46	Ryan Meikle	£109,250
47	Steve Beaton	£107,750
48	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£104,250
49	Ricky Evans	£103,500
50	Scott Williams	£100,000
51	Jermaine Wattimena	£97,500
52	Ian White	£96,250
53	Ricardo Pietreczko	£96,000
54	Ritchie Edhouse	£95,750
55	Jim Williams	£95,250
56	Florian Hempel	£88,750
57	Adam Gawlas	£85,750
58	Boris Krcmar	£83,500
59	Jamie Hughes	£78,250
60	Matt Campbell	£77,750
61	Steve Lennon	£76,250
62	Cameron Menzies	£72,500
63	Mickey Mansell	£68,750
64	Darius Labanauskas	£63,250
65	Kevin Doets	£59,250
66	Nathan Rafferty	£58,250
67	Danny Jansen	£57,250
68	Lewis Williams	£56,250
69	Jeff Smith	£54,750
70	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£52,750
71	Gian van Veen	£50,250
72	Joe Murnan	£48,500
73	Richie Burnett	£47,000
74	John O'Shea	£46,250
75	Ted Evetts	£43,500
76	Scott Waites	£43,250
77	Connor Scutt	£41,500
78	Devon Petersen	£38,750
79	Bradley Brooks	£35,750
79	Jimmy Hendriks	£35,750
81	Brian Raman	£35,250
82	George Killington	£35,000
83	Jose Justicia	£34,750
84	Radek Szaganski	£33,500
85	Richard Veenstra	£32,750
86	Jules van Dongen	£32,000
87	Krzysztof Kciuk	£31,750
88	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£31,500
89	Dylan Slevin	£29,250
90	Christian Kist	£27,500
91	James Wilson	£27,250
92	Jeffrey De Zwaan	£25,750
93	Keegan Brown	£23,750
94	Ross Montgomery	£23,000
95	Shaun Wilkinson	£22,500
96	Tony Martinez	£22,000
97	Lee Evans	£21,500
98	Niels Zonneveld	£20,750
99	Karel Sedlacek	£20,500
100	Damian Mol	£19,750
101	Stephen Burton	£19,000
102	Andy Boulton	£18,250
102	Daniel Klose	£18,250
104	Arron Monk	£17,750
104	Luc Peters	£17,750
106	Pascal Rupprecht	£17,250
107	Jurjen van der Velde	£17,000
108	Chris Landman	£16,750
109	Graham Hall	£15,500
110	Kevin Burness	£15,250
110	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£15,250
112	Maik Kuivenhoven	£15,000
112	Berry van Peer	£15,000
114	Graham Usher	£14,250
115	Robert Owen	£14,000
116	Geert Nentjes	£13,500
116	Jamie Clark	£13,500
118	Darren Webster	£13,000
119	Josh Payne	£12,750
120	Adam Smith-Neale	£11,750
121	Owen Roelofs	£11,000
121	Cam Crabtree	£11,000
123	Owen Bates	£10,750
123	Ronny Huybrechts	£10,750
125	Nick Kenny	£10,250
126	Darryl Pilgrim	£10,000
127	Wesley Plaisier	£9,750
128	Adam Warner	£9,250
129	Jelle Klaasen	£9,000
130	Vladimir Andersen	£8,750
130	Danny van Trijp	£8,750
130	Nick Fullwell	£8,750
133	Nico Kurz	£7,750
134	Stefan Bellmont	£7,500
134	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	£7,500
136	John Henderson	£7,250
137	Callum Goffin	£7,000
138	Robbie Knops	£6,500
138	Niko Springer	£6,500
140	Marko Kantele	£6,250
141	Dom Taylor	£6,000
141	Thibault Tricole	£6,000
143	Martijn Dragt	£5,250
144	Vitezslav Sedlak	£5,000
145	Lukas Wenig	£4,750
146	Danny Lauby	£4,250
147	Scott Mitchell	£4,000
147	Jacques Labre	£4,000
147	Andy Baetens	£4,000
150	Robert Grundy	£3,750
150	Patrik Kovacs	£3,750
150	Roman Benecky	£3,750
150	Dalibor Smolik	£3,750
154	Roy van de Griendt	£3,250
155	Christian Perez	£3,000
156	Jeffrey De Graaf	£2,500
156	Sebastian Bialecki	£2,500
156	Nandor Major	£2,500
156	Anton Ostlund	£2,500
156	Dennis Nilsson	£2,500
156	Hannes Schnier	£2,500
156	Dragutin Horvat	£2,500
156	Jeroen Mioch	£2,500
156	Rene Eidams	£2,500
156	Filip Sebesta	£2,500
156	Luke Littler	£2,500
156	Thomas Banks	£2,500
168	Conan Whitehead	£2,250
168	Jarred Cole	£2,250
168	James Hurrell	£2,250
171	Alexander Merkx	£2,000
172	James Richardson	£1,750
173	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,500
173	Conor Heneghan	£1,500
173	Lewis Gurney	£1,500
173	Dan Read	£1,500
177	Marcus Kirchmann	£1,250
177	Gabor Jagicza	£1,250
177	Mihaly Vida	£1,250
177	Danny Tessmann	£1,250
177	Fabian Herz	£1,250
177	Marcel Walpen	£1,250
177	Jani Laurila	£1,250
177	David Pisek	£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	Jim Moston	£1,000
193	Christopher Holt	£1,000
193	Jitse Van der Wal	£1,000
193	Joshua Richardson	£1,000
193	Gary Davey	£1,000
193	Michael Flynn	£1,000
193	Jim McEwan	£1,000
200	Peter Jacques	£750
200	Wayne Jones	£750
200	Eddie Lovely	£750