PDC Order of Merit after World Matchplay: Wright strengthens lead on Van Gerwen, Van den Bergh storms into top 5

The PDC Order of Merit has been updated after the 2021 World Matchplay with Peter Wright the victor strengthening his lead on Michael van Gerwen further inside the top three.

The winner of the World Matchplay in the case of Wright receives £150,000 meaning now 'Snakebite' has headed further over the £1m mark at £1,112,250 compared to £982,750 for Van Gerwen.

A push towards World Number One could be on the cards for Wright with £1,294,000 currently for Price but with the Scot defending his World title from two years ago this time around, he will likely have to win the title to stay in the top two.

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Further down, Dimitri van den Bergh as a result moved further up the rankings into a career high fifth after reaching the final in Blackpool with James Wade next in his sights with just under £10,000 needed to be made up for the Belgian to reach his next milestone.

Further down, Dave Chisnall and Jose de Sousa have took advantage of Michael Smith not defending his money moving into 7th and 8th both up two places.

While Nathan Aspinall and Krzysztof Ratajski (#10 and #11) have also moved up further with Rob Cross down seven places to 12th after failing to defend his title and going out early on.

Other fallers include Glen Durrant (15th) down three and Daryl Gurney (joint 16th) down two.

Dirk van Duijvenbode has moved further towards the top 20 into 21st while Luke Humphries is up into 27th (up four places) and Brendan Dolan (up two) to 28th.

PDC Order of Merit after World Matchplay

1 Gerwyn Price £1,294,000

2 Peter Wright £1,112,250

3 Michael van Gerwen £982,750

4 James Wade £464,750

5 Dimitri Van den Bergh £455,750

6 Gary Anderson £429,750

7 Dave Chisnall £386,750

8 José de Sousa £365,500

9 Michael Smith £358,750

10 Nathan Aspinall £342,000

11 Krzysztof Ratajski £336,750

12 Rob Cross £320,500

13 Joe Cullen £296,500

14 Jonny Clayton £273,250

15 Glen Durrant £269,000

16 Ian White £261,500

16 Daryl Gurney £261,500

18 Stephen Bunting £245,250

19 Simon Whitlock £227,750

20 Mervyn King £226,500

21 Dirk van Duijvenbode £217,000

22 Mensur Suljovic £215,500

23 Danny Noppert £207,500

24 Chris Dobey £196,500

25 Gabriel Clemens £193,500

26 Devon Petersen £191,500

27 Luke Humphries £184,750

28 Brendan Dolan £181,750

29 Vincent van der Voort £178,000

30 Jermaine Wattimena £167,750

31 Adrian Lewis £164,750

32 Jeffrey De Zwaan £164,250

33 Ricky Evans £149,500

34 Ryan Searle £147,500

35 Jamie Hughes £141,750

36 Kim Huybrechts £124,750

37 William O'Connor £122,750

38 Ross Smith £120,000

39 Darius Labanauskas £115,000

40 Steve Beaton £109,750

41 Damon Heta £105,500

42 Ryan Joyce £104,000

43 Keegan Brown £95,500

44 John Henderson £90,000

45 Max Hopp £88,750

46 Callan Rydz £87,500

47 Steve West £83,500

48 Luke Woodhouse £81,250

49 Steve Lennon £77,000

50 Ron Meulenkamp £72,250

51 Andy Boulton £66,750

52 Darren Webster £66,000

53 Madars Razma £65,750

54 Jason Lowe £61,000

54 Adam Hunt £61,000

56 Justin Pipe £59,000

57 Mickey Mansell £56,500

58 Martijn Kleermaker £56,000

59 Jelle Klaasen £52,250

60 Maik Kuivenhoven £51,500

61 Matthew Edgar £47,500

62 Jeff Smith £45,000

63 Scott Waites £42,500

64 Josh Payne £42,000

65 James Wilson £36,750

66 Ryan Murray £36,250

67 Ted Evetts £35,750

68 Karel Sedlacek £35,000

69 Wayne Jones £32,000

70 Mark McGeeney £31,000

71 Andy Hamilton £30,000

72 Ryan Meikle £29,000

72 Derk Telnekes £29,000

74 Nick Kenny £28,500

74 Mike De Decker £28,500

76 Boris Krcmar £27,500

76 Cristo Reyes £27,500

78 William Borland £22,500

79 Lisa Ashton £22,000

80 Alan Soutar £21,250

81 Bradley Brooks £21,000

82 Raymond van Barneveld £20,500

83 Scott Mitchell £20,000

84 Alan Tabern £19,250

85 Ciaran Teehan £18,500

86 Krzysztof Kciuk £18,250

87 Kai Fan Leung £18,000

87 Peter Jacques £18,000

89 Jesus Noguera £15,250

90 Rowby-John Rodriguez £15,000

91 Martin Schindler £14,500

92 Chas Barstow £13,500

92 Steve Brown £13,500

94 Martin Atkins £13,000

95 Daniel Larsson £12,000

96 Ritchie Edhouse £11,500

97 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £10,000

97 Aaron Beeney £10,000

99 Eddie Lovely £9,000

99 Jason Heaver £9,000

101 Gary Blades £8,500

101 Gordon Mathers £8,500

103 Niels Zonneveld £8,250

104 Robert Thornton £8,000

104 John Brown £8,000

106 Kevin Doets £7,500

106 Keane Barry £7,500

106 Lewis Williams £7,500

109 Luc Peters £7,000

110 Geert De Vos £6,500

111 Joe Murnan £6,000

112 Zoran Lerchbacher £5,500

112 Steffen Siepmann £5,500

114 Jack Main £5,000

114 Boris Koltsov £5,000

114 Jon Worsley £5,000

114 Berry van Peer £5,000

118 Kirk Shepherd £4,500

119 John Michael £4,250

120 David Evans £4,000

120 Geert Nentjes £4,000

120 Peter Hudson £4,000

120 Martin Thomas £4,000

120 Andrew Gilding £4,000

120 Gino Vos £4,000

120 Harald Leitinger £4,000

120 Darren Penhall £4,000

120 Wesley Harms £4,000

129 Florian Hempel £3,500

129 Danny Baggish £3,500

129 Martin Lukeman £3,500

129 Michael Rasztovits £3,500

133 José Justicia £3,000

133 Christian Kist £3,000

135 Jake Jones £2,500

135 Sebastian Bialecki £2,500

137 Adam Gawlas £2,000

137 Ryan De Vreede £2,000

137 Kevin McDine £2,000

137 Benito van de Pas £2,000

137 Vincent Van der Meer £2,000

142 Jim McEwan £1,500

142 Lukas Wenig £1,500

144 Sean Fisher £1,000

144 Lorenzo Pronk £1,000

144 Pero Ljubic £1,000

144 Robert Marijanovic £1,000

144 Mike Warburton £1,000

144 Gavin Carlin £1,000

144 Brett Claydon £1,000

144 Rhys Griffin £1,000

144 Scott Taylor £1,000

144 Jim Williams £1,000

144 Michael Unterbuchner £1,000

155 Davy Proosten £500

155 Patrick van den Boogaard £500

155 Michal Smejda £500

155 Scott Williams £500