PDC Order of Merit: Dave Chisnall and Peter Wright move up in top-10 of world rankings; Gian van Veen breaks into top 32
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Dave Chisnall has moved up the world rankings after winning the European Darts Open. 'Chizzy' earned £30,000 with his European Tour title in Leverkusen and passed Dimitri van den Bergh on the PDC Order of Merit.
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Peter Wright also moved up one place. 'Snakebite' was knocked out by Michael Smith in the third round, but did take over ninth spot from Jonny Clayton. The Welshman had pulled out of the European Darts Open last week.
Ross Smith was the losing finalist in Leverkusen. Despite missing out on the title, Smith did move up two spots in the world rankings. He passed Chris Dobey and Joe Cullen and can now call himself the world number 13.
There was also a special milestone for Gian van Veen, who entered the top-32 of the world rankings for the first time in his career. He took over the 32nd spot from Ricardo Pietreczko after reaching the quarter-finals last weekend.
PDC Order of Merit
| Position | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Luke Humphries | £1,492,250 |
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen | £1,064,500 |
| 3 | Michael Smith | £1,031,500 |
| 4 | Gerwyn Price | £617,250 |
| 5 | Nathan Aspinall | £606,500 |
| 6 | Rob Cross | £595,500 |
| 7 | Dave Chisnall | £527,000 |
| 8 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £499,750 |
| 9 | Peter Wright | £493,000 |
| 10 | Jonny Clayton | £490,000 |
| 11 | Damon Heta | £483,250 |
| 12 | Danny Noppert | £458,250 |
| 13 | Ross Smith | £426,000 |
| 14 | Chris Dobey | £424,750 |
| 15 | Joe Cullen | £414,250 |
| 16 | Stephen Bunting | £410,000 |
| 17 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £399,750 |
| 18 | Josh Rock | £372,750 |
| 19 | Andrew Gilding | £354,000 |
| 20 | Ryan Searle | £351,500 |
| 21 | Gary Anderson | £334,250 |
| 22 | James Wade | £330,250 |
| 23 | Martin Schindler | £330,000 |
| 24 | Gabriel Clemens | £314,500 |
| 25 | Luke Littler | £303,500 |
| 26 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £289,500 |
| 27 | Daryl Gurney | £285,500 |
| 28 | Brendan Dolan | £277,750 |
| 29 | Raymond van Barneveld | £262,250 |
| 30 | Jose De Sousa | £245,500 |
| 31 | Scott Williams | £199,500 |
| 32 | Gian van Veen | £184,000 |
| 33 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £183,250 |
| 34 | Luke Woodhouse | £178,250 |
| 35 | Madars Razma | £171,000 |
| 36 | Kim Huybrechts | £165,000 |
| 37 | Ryan Joyce | £161,500 |
| 38 | Callan Rydz | £158,750 |
| 39 | Martin Lukeman | £156,500 |
| 40 | Mike De Decker | £155,750 |
| 41 | Alan Soutar | £133,250 |
| 42 | Jermaine Wattimena | £129,750 |
| 43 | Ricky Evans | £121,750 |
| 44 | Jim Williams | £120,750 |
| 45 | William O'Connor | £113,000 |
| 46 | Ritchie Edhouse | £111,750 |
| 47 | Matt Campbell | £107,500 |
| 48 | Steve Beaton | £107,000 |
| 49 | Simon Whitlock | £106,500 |
| 50 | Cameron Menzies | £105,500 |
| 51 | Keane Barry | £102,500 |
| 52 | Kevin Doets | £101,000 |
| 53 | Richard Veenstra | £95,000 |
| 53 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £95,000 |
| 55 | Mickey Mansell | £93,250 |
| 56 | Mensur Suljovic | £88,750 |
| 57 | Boris Krcmar | £87,250 |
| 58 | Jamie Hughes | £84,250 |
| 59 | Florian Hempel | £83,750 |
| 60 | Ryan Meikle | £83,500 |
| 61 | Ian White | £82,500 |
| 62 | Vincent van der Voort | £81,500 |
| 63 | Mervyn King | £77,250 |
| 64 | Adrian Lewis | £75,500 |
| 65 | Niels Zonneveld | £75,250 |
| 66 | Adam Gawlas | £71,500 |
| 67 | Lee Evans | £57,750 |
| 68 | Dylan Slevin | £55,500 |
| 69 | Stephen Burton | £42,000 |
| 70 | Karel Sedlacek | £41,250 |
| 70 | Daniel Klose | £41,250 |
| 70 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £41,250 |
| 73 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £40,500 |
| 74 | Keegan Brown | £36,750 |
| 75 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £30,500 |
| 76 | Arron Monk | £29,750 |
| 77 | Graham Hall | £28,750 |
| 78 | Robert Owen | £26,000 |
| 79 | Nick Kenny | £25,250 |
| 80 | Jurjen van der Velde | £24,250 |
| 81 | Pascal Rupprecht | £24,000 |
| 82 | Graham Usher | £23,250 |
| 83 | Dom Taylor | £21,000 |
| 84 | Jeffrey De Graaf | £20,000 |
| 85 | Josh Payne | £19,000 |
| 86 | Adam Smith-Neale | £18,750 |
| 87 | Geert Nentjes | £18,000 |
| 88 | Ronny Huybrechts | £17,750 |
| 89 | Andy Baetens | £17,500 |
| 90 | Wessel Nijman | £16,500 |
| 91 | Owen Roelofs | £15,500 |
| 92 | James Hurrell | £15,250 |
| 93 | Thibault Tricole | £14,750 |
| 94 | Berry van Peer | £14,500 |
| 95 | Robbie Knops | £14,250 |
| 96 | Danny van Trijp | £14,000 |
| 97 | Christian Perez | £13,500 |
| 98 | Adam Warner | £12,000 |
| 99 | Lukas Wenig | £11,750 |
| 99 | Chris Landman | £11,750 |
| 101 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £11,500 |
| 102 | Danny Lauby | £11,000 |
| 102 | Steve Lennon | £11,000 |
| 104 | Callum Goffin | £10,750 |
| 105 | Franz Roetzsch | £10,500 |
| 105 | Leighton Bennett | £10,500 |
| 107 | Danny Jansen | £10,000 |
| 107 | Patrick Geeraets | £10,000 |
| 109 | Owen Bates | £9,500 |
| 110 | Radek Szaganski | £8,750 |
| 111 | Haupai Puha | £8,500 |
| 112 | George Killington | £8,000 |
| 112 | Matthew Dennant | £8,000 |
| 112 | Benjamin Reus | £8,000 |
| 112 | Brett Claydon | £8,000 |
| 116 | Robert Grundy | £7,500 |
| 117 | Jelle Klaasen | £7,000 |
| 118 | Jacques Labre | £6,250 |
| 119 | Nathan Rafferty | £5,750 |
| 120 | Rhys Griffin | £5,500 |
| 120 | Connor Scutt | £5,500 |
| 120 | Paul Krohne | £5,500 |
| 120 | Darren Beveridge | £5,500 |
| 120 | Stefan Bellmont | £5,500 |
| 120 | Joshua Richardson | £5,500 |
| 126 | Wesley Plaisier | £5,000 |
| 127 | Kai Gotthardt | £4,750 |
| 127 | Jitse Van der Wal | £4,750 |
| 127 | Romeo Grbavac | £4,750 |
| 130 | Tim Wolters | £4,500 |
| 130 | Adam Hunt | £4,500 |
| 130 | Oskar Lukasiak | £4,500 |
| 133 | William Borland | £4,000 |
| 133 | Michele Turetta | £4,000 |
| 133 | John Henderson | £4,000 |
| 136 | Kevin Troppmann | £3,750 |
| 136 | Michael Unterbuchner | £3,750 |
| 138 | Richie Burnett | £3,500 |
| 139 | Jules van Dongen | £3,000 |
| 140 | Cam Crabtree | £2,500 |
| 140 | Moreno Blom | £2,500 |
| 140 | Marvin van Velzen | £2,500 |
| 140 | Jan Dueckers | £2,500 |
| 140 | Lee Cocks | £2,500 |
| 140 | Moritz Hilger | £2,500 |
| 140 | Sebastian Bialecki | £2,500 |
| 140 | Darius Labanauskas | £2,500 |
| 140 | Johan Engstrom | £2,500 |
| 140 | Andreas Harrysson | £2,500 |
| 140 | Scott Mitchell | £2,500 |
| 140 | Leonard Gates | £2,500 |
| 152 | Thomas Lovely | £2,000 |
| 153 | Andy Boulton | £1,500 |
| 153 | Martijn Dragt | £1,500 |
| 153 | Jarred Cole | £1,500 |
| 153 | Joe Croft | £1,500 |
| 153 | Michael Taylor | £1,500 |
| 158 | Nico Blum | £1,250 |
| 158 | Benjamin Pratnemer | £1,250 |
| 158 | Marko Kantele | £1,250 |
| 158 | Christian Kist | £1,250 |
| 158 | Jiri Brejcha | £1,250 |
| 158 | Damian Mol | £1,250 |
| 158 | Teemu Harju | £1,250 |
| 158 | Christopher Toonders | £1,250 |
| 158 | Daniel Larsson | £1,250 |
| 158 | Hannes Schnier | £1,250 |
| 158 | Christian Goedl | £1,250 |
| 158 | Dominik Haberl | £1,250 |
| 158 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £1,250 |
| 158 | Rene Eidams | £1,250 |
| 158 | Niko Springer | £1,250 |
| 158 | Arno Merk | £1,250 |
| 158 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
| 158 | Cor Dekker | £1,250 |
| 158 | Alexander Masek | £1,250 |
| 158 | Viktor Tingstrom | £1,250 |
| 158 | Matthias Ehlers | £1,250 |
| 158 | Oliver Mueller (FfO) | £1,250 |
| 158 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £1,250 |
| 158 | Jeroen Caron | £1,250 |
| 158 | Geert De Vos | £1,250 |
| 158 | Steven Strobbe | £1,250 |
| 158 | Born Van Put | £1,250 |
| 185 | Jamie Atkins | £1,000 |
| 185 | Shane McGuirk | £1,000 |
| 185 | Darryl Pilgrim | £1,000 |
| 185 | Aden Kirk | £1,000 |
| 185 | Bradley Brooks | £1,000 |
| 185 | Tom Lonsdale | £1,000 |
| 185 | Jenson Walker | £1,000 |
| 185 | Harry Lane | £1,000 |
| 185 | Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000 |
| 185 | Jack Male | £1,000 |
| 185 | John Haines | £1,000 |
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I stumbled into the world of darts quite by accident back in 2013. For a Journalism School assignment, I had to produce a live sports report and as it happened, the European Tour event in Veldhoven was the only available option. That weekend, I caught the darts bug. The post-match interviews especially appealed to me, as darts players tend to be much more open and approachable than what you usually see with footballers on television.
After a few detours, I joined Dartsnieuws.com in 2017 as editor-in-chief. I don’t have much competitive experience myself, although I once entered a PDC Development Tour weekend just to experience what it’s like from a player’s perspective. I even managed to win a leg against a Tour Card holder and, quite by accident, earned £50 in prize money.
In 2022, I was also involved in the founding of the TOTO Dart Kings, a commercial darts team, where I worked as media manager for three years. Unfortunately, due to new legislation in the Netherlands, that project came to an end in 2025.
Through my work in darts, I’ve been fortunate to travel to some incredible events, from Premier League nights at Ahoy Rotterdam, to several World Championships, and even the US Darts Masters at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Beyond darts, I’m a passionate sports fan in general. You can always wake me up for a game of tennis or padel, and I love following football, tennis, padel, cycling, Formula 1, and ice skating.
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- She's technically not a professional though as she doesn't hold a pro tour card.mr-pablo04-11-2026
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