Luke Humphries is the new number one in the world after the World Darts Championship. 'Cool Hand Luke' already secured the first position in the rankings by reaching the World final, after rival Michael van Gerwen lost in the quarter-finals.
By winning the world title, Humphries strengthened his lead over number two Michael van Gerwen considerably. 'Mighty Mike' seems to be able to forget about the first position on the PDC Order of Merit at least for the time being. Van Gerwen is already 363,250 pounds behind, and must defend a lot of prize money in the coming year. Humphries still has relatively much to win in 2024, as he will not defend a lot of prize money until 2025.
Michael Smith started the World Darts Championship as the world number one, but has fallen back to third place. His deficit to Van Gerwen is only 26,000 pounds. Nathan Aspinall is the new number four although he is only 250 pounds ahead of Gerwyn Price. Rob Cross has moved up two spots and is now sixth, while Peter Wright has lost four spots and dropped to eighth.
Dave Chisnall is back in the top-10 after reaching the quarter-finals. He has taken over the tenth spot from Damon Heta. Stephen Bunting has just returned to the top-16 after a fine fourth-round run in London. He has moved up two spots. So has Chris Dobey, who makes his debut in the top-16 of the world rankings with a leap to fifteenth place.
Scott Williams is the first player in the rankings to make a huge leap. 'Shaggy' surprisingly made it to the semi-finals at Alexandra Palace after wins over Danny Noppert and Michael van Gerwen, among others. He started the tournament as number 52 in the world, but is now ranked 30th. Behind Williams is the other great fairy-tale of the World Darts Championship. Luke Littler was only 164th on the PDC Order of Merit prior to the event, but after reaching the World Championship final, the 16-year-old is up to 31st in one fell swoop. 'The Nuke' can only go up, as Littler has virtually nothing to defend for the next two years.
Jim Williams (+7), Ricky Evans (+7), Matt Campbell (+9), Boris Krcmar (+10), Cameron Menzies (+9) and Mickey Mansell (+8) also did excellent business. The biggest loser in the rankings is Mervyn King, who was missing from the World Darts Championship. He dropped from 40th place to 63rd, narrowly keeping his PDC Tour Card. James Wade (-6), Gary Anderson (-6), Alan Soutar (-11) and Vincent van der Voort (-11) also had to give up many spots in the rankings.
PDC Order of Merit as of Jan. 4
| Position | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Luke Humphries | £1,495,500 |
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen | £1,132,250 |
| 3 | Michael Smith | £1,106,250 |
| 4 | Nathan Aspinall | £637,500 |
| 5 | Gerwyn Price | £637,250 |
| 6 | Rob Cross | £590,500 |
| 7 | Danny Noppert | £527,750 |
| 8 | Peter Wright | £511,250 |
| 9 | Jonny Clayton | £490,000 |
| 10 | Dave Chisnall | £489,500 |
| 11 | Damon Heta | £478,250 |
| 12 | Joe Cullen | £440,750 |
| 13 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £438,750 |
| 14 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £408,000 |
| 15 | Chris Dobey | £378,750 |
| 16 | Stephen Bunting | £371,250 |
| 17 | Ross Smith | £371,000 |
| 18 | Andrew Gilding | £358,000 |
| 19 | James Wade | £349,000 |
| 20 | Ryan Searle | £334,750 |
| 21 | Josh Rock | £324,500 |
| 22 | Gabriel Clemens | £321,000 |
| 23 | Martin Schindler | £300,250 |
| 24 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £298,500 |
| 25 | Jose De Sousa | £274,000 |
| 26 | Daryl Gurney | £269,250 |
| 27 | Gary Anderson | £267,250 |
| 28 | Brendan Dolan | £259,000 |
| 29 | Raymond van Barneveld | £230,500 |
| 30 | Scott Williams | £205,750 |
| 31 | Luke Littler | £202,500 |
| 32 | Kim Huybrechts | £186,750 |
| 33 | Madars Razma | £175,750 |
| 34 | Callan Rydz | £170,750 |
| 35 | Martin Lukeman | £163,500 |
| 36 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £157,250 |
| 37 | Ryan Joyce | £151,250 |
| 38 | Luke Woodhouse | £150,250 |
| 39 | Mike De Decker | £139,000 |
| 40 | Jim Williams | £137,750 |
| 41 | Keane Barry | £128,500 |
| 42 | William O'Connor | £128,250 |
| 43 | Gian van Veen | £122,500 |
| 44 | Simon Whitlock | £120,250 |
| 45 | Alan Soutar | £118,500 |
| 46 | Ricky Evans | £115,500 |
| 47 | Jermaine Wattimena | £113,500 |
| 48 | Matt Campbell | £113,250 |
| 49 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £111,500 |
| 50 | Steve Beaton | £111,250 |
| 51 | Boris Krcmar | £101,750 |
| 52 | Adrian Lewis | £101,250 |
| 53 | Vincent van der Voort | £97,000 |
| 54 | Cameron Menzies | £94,500 |
| 55 | Mensur Suljovic | £94,000 |
| 56 | Mickey Mansell | £93,500 |
| 57 | Jamie Hughes | £91,250 |
| 58 | Ritchie Edhouse | £89,500 |
| 59 | Ryan Meikle | £87,000 |
| 60 | Florian Hempel | £86,750 |
| 61 | Adam Gawlas | £86,500 |
| 62 | Kevin Doets | £83,500 |
| 63 | Mervyn King | £81,750 |
| 64 | Ian White | £80,750 |
| 65 | Martijn Kleermaker | £80,000 |
| 66 | Steve Lennon | £78,000 |
| 67 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £75,000 |
| 68 | Radek Szaganski | £74,000 |
| 69 | Connor Scutt | £70,250 |
| 70 | Nathan Rafferty | £69,250 |
| 71 | Richard Veenstra | £67,500 |
| 72 | Danny Jansen | £59,250 |
| 73 | Niels Zonneveld | £51,500 |
| 74 | Darius Labanauskas | £51,250 |
| 75 | Scott Waites | £49,500 |
| 76 | Richie Burnett | £48,500 |
| 77 | John O'Shea | £47,750 |
| 78 | Jules van Dongen | £46,000 |
| 79 | Berry van Peer | £45,750 |
| 80 | Lee Evans | £45,000 |
| 81 | Ted Evetts | £43,500 |
| 82 | Dylan Slevin | £42,750 |
| 82 | Jeff Smith | £42,750 |
| 84 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £41,750 |
| 85 | Lewis Williams | £40,250 |
| 86 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £40,000 |
| 87 | Christian Kist | £38,750 |
| 88 | George Killington | £38,500 |
| 89 | Brian Raman | £36,750 |
| 90 | Jimmy Hendriks | £36,500 |
| 91 | Stowe Buntz | £36,000 |
| 92 | Bradley Brooks | £35,750 |
| 93 | Jose Justicia | £35,500 |
| 94 | Keegan Brown | £32,750 |
| 95 | Joe Murnan | £32,000 |
| 96 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £29,750 |
| 97 | James Wilson | £28,750 |
| 98 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £28,500 |
| 99 | Jeffrey De Graaf | £27,500 |
| 100 | Stephen Burton | £27,250 |
| 101 | Daniel Klose | £26,000 |
| 102 | Ross Montgomery | £25,250 |
| 103 | Chris Landman | £24,250 |
| 104 | Tony Martinez | £23,500 |
| 105 | Darren Webster | £22,500 |
| 105 | Shaun Wilkinson | £22,500 |
| 107 | Andy Boulton | £22,250 |
| 108 | Karel Sedlacek | £22,000 |
| 109 | Owen Bates | £21,500 |
| 109 | Devon Petersen | £21,500 |
| 111 | Damian Mol | £21,250 |
| 112 | Thibault Tricole | £21,000 |
| 113 | Arron Monk | £20,000 |
| 114 | Jurjen van der Velde | £19,750 |
| 115 | Luc Peters | £18,500 |
| 116 | Robert Owen | £18,000 |
| 116 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £18,000 |
| 116 | Pascal Rupprecht | £18,000 |
| 119 | Cam Crabtree | £17,000 |
| 120 | Kevin Burness | £16,750 |
| 121 | Jamie Clark | £16,000 |
| 122 | Graham Usher | £15,750 |
| 123 | Fallon Sherrock | £15,500 |
| 123 | Josh Payne | £15,500 |
| 123 | Graham Hall | £15,500 |
| 126 | Man Lok Leung | £15,000 |
| 126 | Darren Penhall | £15,000 |
| 126 | Tomoya Goto | £15,000 |
| 129 | Marko Kantele | £13,750 |
| 129 | Nick Kenny | £13,750 |
| 129 | Adam Smith-Neale | £13,750 |
| 132 | Geert Nentjes | £13,500 |
| 133 | Wesley Plaisier | £13,250 |
| 134 | Darryl Pilgrim | £12,750 |
| 135 | Haruki Muramatsu | £12,500 |
| 136 | Ronny Huybrechts | £12,250 |
| 137 | Dom Taylor | £11,250 |
| 138 | Owen Roelofs | £11,000 |
| 139 | Nick Fullwell | £10,250 |
| 140 | Dragutin Horvat | £10,000 |
| 140 | Adam Warner | £10,000 |
| 142 | Danny van Trijp | £9,500 |
| 142 | Vladimir Andersen | £9,500 |
| 144 | Jelle Klaasen | £9,000 |
| 145 | Robbie Knops | £8,750 |
| 146 | Beau Greaves | £8,000 |
| 147 | Callum Goffin | £7,750 |
| 147 | Nico Kurz | £7,750 |
| 149 | Alex Spellman | £7,500 |
| 149 | Norman Madhoo | £7,500 |
| 149 | Lourence Ilagan | £7,500 |
| 149 | David Cameron | £7,500 |
| 149 | Haupai Puha | £7,500 |
| 149 | Mikuru Suzuki | £7,500 |
| 149 | Ben Robb | £7,500 |
| 149 | Xiaochen Zong | £7,500 |
| 149 | Paolo Nebrida | £7,500 |
| 149 | Wessel Nijman | £7,500 |
| 149 | Reynaldo Rivera | £7,500 |
| 149 | Bhav Patel | £7,500 |
| 149 | Simon Adams | £7,500 |
| 149 | Sandro Eric Sosing | £7,500 |
| 149 | Stefan Bellmont | £7,500 |
| 149 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | £7,500 |
| 165 | John Henderson | £7,250 |
| 166 | Robert Grundy | £7,000 |
| 167 | Niko Springer | £6,500 |
| 168 | Danny Lauby | £5,500 |
| 169 | Martijn Dragt | £5,250 |
| 170 | Nathan Girvan | £5,000 |
| 170 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £5,000 |
| 172 | Scott Mitchell | £4,750 |
| 172 | Jacques Labre | £4,750 |
| 172 | Lukas Wenig | £4,750 |
| 175 | James Hurrell | £4,250 |
| 176 | Andy Baetens | £4,000 |
| 177 | Patrik Kovacs | £3,750 |
| 177 | Roman Benecky | £3,750 |
| 177 | Dalibor Smolik | £3,750 |
| 180 | Roy van de Griendt | £3,250 |
| 181 | Jarred Cole | £3,000 |
| 181 | Christian Perez | £3,000 |
| 183 | Ron Meulenkamp | £2,750 |
| 184 | Nandor Major | £2,500 |
| 184 | Sebastian Bialecki | £2,500 |
| 184 | Anton Ostlund | £2,500 |
| 184 | Dennis Nilsson | £2,500 |
| 184 | Hannes Schnier | £2,500 |
| 184 | Jeroen Mioch | £2,500 |
| 184 | Rene Eidams | £2,500 |
| 184 | Filip Sebesta | £2,500 |
| 184 | Thomas Banks | £2,500 |
| 193 | Conan Whitehead | £2,250 |
| 194 | Alexander Merkx | £2,000 |
| 195 | James Richardson | £1,750 |
| 196 | Conor Heneghan | £1,500 |
| 196 | Dan Read | £1,500 |
| 196 | Lewis Gurney | £1,500 |
| 199 | Marcus Kirchmann | £1,250 |
| 199 | Mihaly Vida | £1,250 |
| 199 | Gabor Jagicza | £1,250 |
| 199 | Danny Tessmann | £1,250 |
| 199 | Fabian Herz | £1,250 |
| 199 | Marcel Walpen | £1,250 |
| 199 | Jani Laurila | £1,250 |
| 199 | David Pisek | £1,250 |
| 199 | Francois Schweyen | £1,250 |
| 199 | Sven Hilling | £1,250 |
| 199 | Marcel Hausotter | £1,250 |
| 199 | Marcus Haider | £1,250 |
| 199 | Dmitriy Zhukov | £1,250 |
| 199 | Tytus Kanik | £1,250 |
| 199 | Oskar Lukasiak | £1,250 |
| 199 | Paavo Myller | £1,250 |
| 215 | Jim McEwan | £1,000 |
| 215 | Jim Moston | £1,000 |
| 215 | Michael Flynn | £1,000 |
| 215 | Joshua Richardson | £1,000 |
| 215 | Jitse Van der Wal | £1,000 |
| 215 | Christopher Holt | £1,000 |
| 215 | Gary Davey | £1,000 |
| 222 | Peter Jacques | £750 |
| 222 | Wayne Jones | £750 |
| 222 | Eddie Lovely | £750 |
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