New career high for De Decker, no changes within top 32 in updated PDC Order of Merit
PDCMonday, 22 May 2023 at 12:00
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.
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 |
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