PDC Order of Merit ahead of World Darts Championship as Luke Humphries on course to break ranking barrier in darting first
PDCLuke Humphries cemented his position at the top of the PDC Order of Merit by taking the title at the Players Championship Finals. 'Cool Hand Luke' won 11-7 over Luke Littler in the final to earn the top prize of 120,000 pounds.
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At 1,804,250 pounds, Humphries is at the top of the world rankings by some distance. If he takes the world title in January, he will become the first player ever to have more than two million pounds on his Order of Merit. If Humphries loses the World Championship final, he will finish at 1,984,250 pounds. The reigning world champion can then try to still break the magic barrier in the new season.
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Behind Humphries, Michael Smith regained the second spot from Michael van Gerwen. Losing finalist Littler moved up to the fourth spot. So only the three players above Littler earned more ranking prize money in two years than 'The Nuke' earned in one year.
Damon Heta has returned to the top-10 of the world rankings. He climbed from spot eleven to the ninth position. Dimitri van den Bergh went the opposite way. Nathan Aspinall also progressed two spots, at the expense of Danny Noppert and Gary Anderson.
Ross Smith moved up to nineteenth place after his semifinal finish in Minehead. Martin Schindler (+1) and Brendan Dolan (+1) are the other players in the top-32 of the PDC Order of Merit who moved up one spot.
PDC Order of Merit
| Rank | Name | Prize money (in units of £1000) |
| 1 | Luke Humphries | 1804.25 |
| 2 | Michael Smith | 890 |
| 3 | Michael van Gerwen | 815.5 |
| 4 | Luke Littler | 618.5 |
| 5 | Rob Cross | 571.75 |
| 6 | Dave Chisnall | 538.5 |
| 7 | Jonny Clayton | 509 |
| 8 | Stephen Bunting | 486 |
| 9 | Damon Heta | 484 |
| 10 | Gerwyn Price | 480.5 |
| 11 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 474.25 |
| 12 | Nathan Aspinall | 445.5 |
| 13 | Danny Noppert | 441.75 |
| 14 | Gary Anderson | 440.5 |
| 15 | Chris Dobey | 430.25 |
| 16 | James Wade | 426.75 |
| 17 | Peter Wright | 417.5 |
| 18 | Josh Rock | 415 |
| 19 | Ross Smith | 405 |
| 20 | Ryan Searle | 398.25 |
| 21 | Andrew Gilding | 385.5 |
| 22 | Martin Schindler | 375 |
| 23 | Joe Cullen | 367.25 |
| 24 | Mike De Decker | 356 |
| 25 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 345.75 |
| 26 | Daryl Gurney | 324.25 |
| 27 | Gabriel Clemens | 304.75 |
| 28 | Gian van Veen | 284 |
| 29 | Ritchie Edhouse | 281.75 |
| 30 | Brendan Dolan | 271.5 |
| 31 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 267.75 |
| 32 | Raymond van Barneveld | 262.75 |
| 33 | Ryan Joyce | 254.5 |
| 34 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 245.75 |
| 35 | Luke Woodhouse | 242.75 |
| 36 | Jermaine Wattimena | 222.75 |
| 37 | Scott Williams | 210.75 |
| 38 | Martin Lukeman | 202.5 |
| 39 | Cameron Menzies | 185.5 |
| 40 | Jose de Sousa | 174 |
| 41 | Kim Huybrechts | 163.5 |
| 42 | Mickey Mansell | 143.25 |
| 43 | Callan Rydz | 142 |
| 44 | Madars Razma | 134.75 |
| 45 | Ricky Evans | 132.25 |
| 46 | Jim Williams | 128.75 |
| 47 | Richard Veenstra | 115.25 |
| 48 | William O'Connor | 114.5 |
| 49 | Niels Zonneveld | 113.75 |
| 50 | Alan Soutar | 113 |
| 51 | Kevin Doets | 111.5 |
| 52 | Keane Barry | 107.75 |
| 53 | Florian Hempel | 103 |
| 54 | Steve Beaton | 96.5 |
| 55 | Matt Campbell | 95.5 |
| 56 | Mensur Suljovic | 92.75 |
| 57 | Ian White | 91.25 |
| 58 | Wessel Nijman | 85 |
| 58 | Boris Krcmar | 85 |
| 60 | Simon Whitlock | 84.25 |
| 61 | Mervyn King | 82.5 |
| 62 | Ryan Meikle | 78.5 |
| 63 | Jamie Hughes | 72.75 |
| 64 | Stephen Burton | 70.5 |
| 65 | Adam Gawlas | 68.75 |
| 66 | Lee Evans | 66.75 |
| 67 | Dylan Slevin | 65.5 |
| 68 | Karel Sedlacek | 63.75 |
| 69 | Vincent van der Voort | 63.5 |
| 70 | Connor Scutt | 62 |
| 71 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | 58.75 |
| 72 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 56.5 |
| 73 | Wesley Plaisier | 54.5 |
| 74 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | 51 |
| 75 | Daniel Klose | 47.25 |
| 76 | Nick Kenny | 46.75 |
| 77 | Robert Owen | 45.25 |
| 78 | Keegan Brown | 42.75 |
| 79 | Thibault Tricole | 42.25 |
| 80 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 41.5 |
| 81 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 40 |
| 82 | Graham Hall | 39.5 |
| 82 | Dom Taylor | 39.5 |
| 84 | Arron Monk | 37.75 |
| 85 | Graham Usher | 32.25 |
| 85 | Jurjen van der Velde | 32.25 |
| 87 | Chris Landman | 31.75 |
| 88 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 31 |
| 89 | James Hurrell | 30.75 |
| 90 | Pascal Rupprecht | 26.5 |
| 91 | Andy Baetens | 24.5 |
| 92 | Josh Payne | 23.5 |
| 92 | Berry van Peer | 23.5 |
| 94 | Adrian Lewis | 22.5 |
| 95 | Nathan Rafferty | 22.25 |
| 96 | Steve Lennon | 22 |
| 97 | Radek Szaganski | 21.75 |
| 98 | Lukas Wenig | 21.5 |
| 99 | Owen Roelofs | 21 |
| 100 | Danny van Trijp | 20.5 |
| 101 | Callum Goffin | 20.25 |
| 102 | Christian Kist | 19.75 |
| 103 | Adam Warner | 19.5 |
| 104 | Patrick Geeraets | 19 |
| 104 | Matthew Dennant | 19 |
| 104 | Geert Nentjes | 19 |
| 107 | Darren Beveridge | 18.75 |
| 107 | Adam Smith-Neale | 18.75 |
| 109 | Jitse Van der Wal | 18.25 |
| 110 | Benjamin Reus | 18 |
| 111 | Ronny Huybrechts | 17.75 |
| 112 | Andy Boulton | 17 |
| 112 | Danny Lauby | 17 |
| 114 | Robert Grundy | 16.5 |
| 115 | Robbie Knops | 16.25 |
| 116 | Christian Perez | 15.5 |
| 117 | George Killington | 14.5 |
| 118 | Owen Bates | 14 |
| 119 | Brett Claydon | 13.75 |
| 120 | Martijn Dragt | 13.5 |
| 120 | Adam Hunt | 13.5 |
| 122 | Darryl Pilgrim | 13 |
| 122 | Rhys Griffin | 13 |
| 124 | Stefan Bellmont | 12.5 |
| 124 | Danny Jansen | 12.5 |
| 124 | Haupai Puha | 12.5 |
| 127 | Jelle Klaasen | 11.75 |
| 128 | William Borland | 11.5 |
| 128 | Leighton Bennett | 11.5 |
| 130 | Leonard Gates | 10.5 |
| 130 | Franz Roetzsch | 10.5 |
| 132 | Lee Cocks | 10 |
| 132 | Cam Crabtree | 10 |
| 134 | John Henderson | 8.5 |
| 135 | Jacques Labre | 8.25 |
| 135 | Kai Gotthardt | 8.25 |
| 137 | Richie Burnett | 7.5 |
| 137 | Paul Krohne | 7.5 |
| 137 | Tim Wolters | 7.5 |
| 137 | Joshua Richardson | 7.5 |
| 141 | Justin Hood | 7 |
| 142 | Michele Turetta | 6 |
| 143 | Jamie Atkins | 5.5 |
| 144 | Beau Greaves | 5 |
| 144 | Lourence Ilagan | 5 |
| 144 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven | 5 |
| 144 | Jimmy van Schie | 5 |
| 144 | Sebastian Bialecki | 5 |
| 149 | Romeo Grbavac | 4.75 |
| 150 | Ted Evetts | 4.5 |
| 150 | Oskar Lukasiak | 4.5 |
| 152 | Pavel Drtil | 4 |
| 152 | Jules van Dongen | 4 |
| 154 | Marko Kantele | 3.75 |
| 154 | Cor Dekker | 3.75 |
| 154 | Johan Engstrom | 3.75 |
| 154 | Kevin Troppmann | 3.75 |
| 154 | Michael Unterbuchner | 3.75 |
| 159 | Jiri Brejcha | 2.5 |
| 159 | Anton Ostlund | 2.5 |
| 159 | Bruno Stoeckli | 2.5 |
| 159 | Roger Hertig | 2.5 |
| 159 | Shane McGuirk | 2.5 |
| 159 | Alberto Bezjian | 2.5 |
| 159 | Max Hopp | 2.5 |
| 159 | Niko Springer | 2.5 |
| 159 | Matthias Ehlers | 2.5 |
| 159 | Jan Dueckers | 2.5 |
| 159 | Marvin van Velzen | 2.5 |
| 159 | Moreno Blom | 2.5 |
| 159 | Moritz Hilger | 2.5 |
| 159 | Darius Labanauskas | 2.5 |
| 159 | Andreas Harrysson | 2.5 |
| 159 | Scott Mitchell | 2.5 |
| 175 | Dragutin Horvat | 2.25 |
| 175 | Rene Eidams | 2.25 |
| 177 | Aden Kirk | 2 |
| 177 | Thomas Lovely | 2 |
| 179 | Jarred Cole | 1.5 |
| 179 | Joe Croft | 1.5 |
| 179 | Michael Taylor | 1.5 |
| 182 | Daniel Markovsky | 1.25 |
| 182 | Michal Smejda | 1.25 |
| 182 | Patrik Kovacs | 1.25 |
| 182 | Alex Fehlmann | 1.25 |
| 182 | Marcel Walpen | 1.25 |
| 182 | Nandor Pres | 1.25 |
| 182 | Andras Csoka | 1.25 |
| 182 | Gyorgy Jehirszki | 1.25 |
| 182 | Janos Vegso | 1.25 |
| 182 | Brian Raman | 1.25 |
| 182 | Francois Schweyen | 1.25 |
| 182 | Jody Tobback | 1.25 |
| 182 | Luc Bogaert | 1.25 |
| 182 | Krzysztof Kciuk | 1.25 |
| 182 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 1.25 |
| 182 | Nico Blum | 1.25 |
| 182 | Damian Mol | 1.25 |
| 182 | Teemu Harju | 1.25 |
| 182 | Christopher Toonders | 1.25 |
| 182 | Daniel Larsson | 1.25 |
| 182 | Christian Goedl | 1.25 |
| 182 | Dominik Haberl | 1.25 |
| 182 | Hannes Schnier | 1.25 |
| 182 | Zoran Lerchbacher | 1.25 |
| 182 | Arno Brand | 1.25 |
| 182 | Alexander Masek | 1.25 |
| 182 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | 1.25 |
| 182 | Oliver Mueller | 1.25 |
| 182 | Viktor Tingstrom | 1.25 |
| 182 | Vitezslav Sedlak | 1.25 |
| 182 | Born of Put | 1.25 |
| 182 | Geert De Vos | 1.25 |
| 182 | Jeroen Caron | 1.25 |
| 182 | Steven Strobbe | 1.25 |
| 216 | Dominik Gruellich | 1 |
| 216 | Alexander Merkx | 1 |
| 216 | Stefaan Henderyck | 1 |
| 216 | Reece Colley | 1 |
| 216 | Bradley Brooks | 1 |
| 216 | Harry Lane | 1 |
| 216 | Jack Male | 1 |
| 216 | Jenson Walker | 1 |
| 216 | John Haines | 1 |
| 216 | Ron Meulenkamp | 1 |
| 216 | Tom Lonsdale | 1 |
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