New career high for De Decker, no changes within top 32 in updated PDC Order of Merit

Mike de Decker achieved a fine milestone at the Pro Tour double header in Leicester last weekend. At Players Championship 11, 'The Real Deal' reached his first-ever PDC ranking final.

Although De Decker lost that one to Rob Cross, the Belgian did earn £8,000 with his performance. On Sunday, he also reached the last 32, earning another £1250. As a result, De Decker moved up three places in the world rankings and is now the world number 45.

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Chances are that De Decker will make some jumps on the PDC Order of Merit this year, and he will almost certainly make his debut at the prestigious World Matchplay in July.

There was no change in the top-32 world rankings. Michael Smith still leads the PDC Order of Merit, with a huge lead over Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen. Gerwyn Price is the number four player in the rankings by a good distance.

Prize Money breakdown 2023 Players Championship circuit with £3,000,000 on offer

PDC Order of Merit after Players Championship 12

Position	Name	Prize money
1	Michael Smith	£1,273,250
2	Peter Wright	£1,183,250
3	Michael van Gerwen	£1,164,000
4	Gerwyn Price	£778,250
5	Rob Cross	£565,500
6	Luke Humphries	£548,000
7	Jonny Clayton	£537,250
8	Danny Noppert	£495,500
9	Nathan Aspinall	£487,000
10	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£460,500
11	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£424,750
12	Dave Chisnall	£387,250
13	Joe Cullen	£383,250
14	Ryan Searle	£369,750
15	Damon Heta	£359,750
16	James Wade	£350,250
17	Jose De Sousa	£345,750
18	Ross Smith	£334,500
19	Krzysztof Ratajski	£301,250
20	Gabriel Clemens	£296,000
21	Chris Dobey	£289,250
22	Gary Anderson	£273,500
23	Stephen Bunting	£258,500
24	Andrew Gilding	£255,250
25	Callan Rydz	£238,250
26	Martin Schindler	£233,000
27	Brendan Dolan	£228,000
28	Daryl Gurney	£216,000
29	Josh Rock	£201,750
30	Kim Huybrechts	£187,500
31	Raymond van Barneveld	£178,250
32	Mervyn King	£174,250
33	Vincent van der Voort	£166,250
34	Mensur Suljovic	£155,000
35	Alan Soutar	£154,250
36	Madars Razma	£146,000
37	Adrian Lewis	£142,750
38	William O'Connor	£138,750
39	Martin Lukeman	£133,250
40	Simon Whitlock	£129,750
41	Keane Barry	£128,750
42	Ian White	£122,750
43	Martijn Kleermaker	£118,500
44	Ryan Joyce	£107,750
45	Mike De Decker	£107,500
46	Ryan Meikle	£104,500
47	Jermaine Wattimena	£103,500
48	Luke Woodhouse	£102,750
49	Adam Gawlas	£98,500
50	Ritchie Edhouse	£98,250
51	Florian Hempel	£95,000
52	Steve Beaton	£94,500
52	Ricky Evans	£94,500
54	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£94,250
55	Boris Krcmar	£91,750
56	Jim Williams	£89,250
57	Scott Williams	£84,250
58	Jamie Hughes	£80,000
59	Darius Labanauskas	£75,250
60	Matt Campbell	£70,750
61	Lewis Williams	£68,250
62	Steve Lennon	£67,750
63	Joe Murnan	£59,500
64	Cameron Menzies	£58,750
65	Mickey Mansell	£55,750
66	Nathan Rafferty	£54,250
67	Danny Jansen	£53,000
68	Jeff Smith	£52,250
69	Devon Petersen	£51,500
70	Ricardo Pietreczko	£44,500
71	John O'Shea	£43,500
72	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£41,000
72	Richie Burnett	£41,000
74	Ted Evetts	£38,250
75	Kevin Doets	£37,000
76	Scott Waites	£33,000
77	Bradley Brooks	£31,750
77	Jose Justicia	£31,750
79	Jimmy Hendriks	£31,500
80	Krzysztof Kciuk	£29,500
81	Connor Scutt	£27,500
82	Radek Szaganski	£27,000
83	Brian Raman	£26,000
84	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£21,500
85	George Killington	£21,000
86	Richard Veenstra	£20,500
87	James Wilson	£20,000
88	Damian Mol	£19,750
89	Dylan Slevin	£19,250
89	Jeffrey De Zwaan	£19,250
91	Shaun Wilkinson	£19,000
92	Ross Montgomery	£18,250
93	Keegan Brown	£17,750
93	Tony Martinez	£17,750
95	Luc Peters	£17,000
96	Jules van Dongen	£14,750
97	Gian van Veen	£14,500
97	Chris Landman	£14,500
99	Niels Zonneveld	£13,250
100	Karel Sedlacek	£13,000
101	Jurjen van der Velde	£12,750
101	Lee Evans	£12,750
101	Jamie Clark	£12,750
104	Kevin Burness	£12,500
105	Andy Boulton	£12,250
106	Darren Webster	£11,500
107	Berry van Peer	£10,750
108	Geert Nentjes	£10,500
108	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£10,500
110	Pascal Rupprecht	£10,250
110	Graham Hall	£10,250
112	Graham Usher	£10,000
113	Maik Kuivenhoven	£9,750
114	Arron Monk	£8,250
115	Nick Fullwell	£8,000
116	Adam Warner	£7,750
117	Owen Roelofs	£7,500
118	Robert Owen	£7,250
119	Jelle Klaasen	£7,000
120	Josh Payne	£6,750
121	Niko Springer	£6,500
122	Stefan Bellmont	£6,250
122	Nick Kenny	£6,250
122	Daniel Klose	£6,250
125	Stephen Burton	£5,750
126	Martijn Dragt	£5,250
126	Cam Crabtree	£5,250
128	Adam Smith-Neale	£5,000
128	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	£5,000
130	Robbie Knops	£4,250
131	Andy Baetens	£4,000
131	Thibault Tricole	£4,000
131	Lukas Wenig	£4,000
131	Vladimir Andersen	£4,000
135	Dalibor Smolik	£3,750
135	John Henderson	£3,750
137	Christian Kist	£3,500
138	Ronny Huybrechts	£3,250
139	Danny van Trijp	£2,750
140	Dennis Nilsson	£2,500
140	Roman Benecky	£2,500
140	Marko Kantele	£2,500
140	Hannes Schnier	£2,500
140	Dragutin Horvat	£2,500
140	Jeroen Mioch	£2,500
140	Rene Eidams	£2,500
140	Filip Sebesta	£2,500
140	Thomas Banks	£2,500
140	Luke Littler	£2,500
150	Callum Goffin	£2,250
150	James Hurrell	£2,250
152	Owen Bates	£2,000
152	Darryl Pilgrim	£2,000
152	Jacques Labre	£2,000
155	James Richardson	£1,750
156	Jarred Cole	£1,500
156	Dom Taylor	£1,500
156	Conor Heneghan	£1,500
156	Lewis Gurney	£1,500
156	Dan Read	£1,500
161	David Pisek	£1,250
161	Patrik Kovacs	£1,250
161	Jani Laurila	£1,250
161	Francois Schweyen	£1,250
161	Sven Hilling	£1,250
161	Marcel Hausotter	£1,250
161	Vitezslav Sedlak	£1,250
161	Marcus Haider	£1,250
161	Dmitrijs Zukovs	£1,250
161	Oskar Lukasiak	£1,250
161	Tytus Kanik	£1,250
161	Paavo Myller	£1,250
161	Nico Kurz	£1,250
174	Gary Davey	£1,000
174	Michael Flynn	£1,000
174	Jim McEwan	£1,000
174	Jim Moston	£1,000
174	Joshua Richardson	£1,000
174	Christopher Holt	£1,000
174	Jitse Van der Wal	£1,000
181	Conan Whitehead	£750
181	Eddie Lovely	£750