PDC Order of Merit: Humphries separates further from Littler and Van Gerwen and approaches magical two million pound mark

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Monday, 03 February 2025 at 20:42
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By winning the Winmau World Masters, Luke Humphries further cemented his position as the world's number one. Winning the title in Milton Keynes earned him the top prize of 100,000 pounds, an amount he could add to his total on the PDC Order of Merit.

In a nerve-wracking final, Humphries settled with Jonny Clayton (6-5) after a decisive leg, having previously defeated Joe Cullen (3-1), Josh Rock (4-0), Damon Heta (4-1) and Danny Noppert (5-2).

Humphries' lead over close pursuer Luke Littler has now risen to nearly eight thousand, although Littler still enjoys the advantage of not having to defend any prize money in the world rankings until the PDC World Darts Championship in December. In turn, Littler is almost three thousnand ahead of Michael van Gerwen. Another unique feat may soon await Humphries, as he could become the first player ever to have more than two million pounds on his ranking. The first chance for "Cool Hand Luke" to reach this milestone is at the UK Open, which takes place from Feb. 28 to March 2.

Losing finalist Clayton, who was responsible for eliminating Littler in the quarterfinals, also made progress on the PDC Order of Merit. 'The Ferret' swapped places with Dave Chisnall and is now ranked No. 6 in the world. Nathan Aspinall returns to the top-10 of the world rankings, at the expense of Chris Dobey.

Danny Noppert passed Peter Wright and is now 12th, while James Wade moved up to 14th at the expense of Gary Anderson. Dimitri van den Bergh reached the semifinals in Milton Keynes, returning to the global top-16. He overtook Josh Rock and Michael Smith, who has now dropped to eighteenth place in the world rankings.

The Winmau World Masters was the first ranking tournament of the new season. Through the preliminary round, the new Tour Card holders also got to make their first minutes. The best newcomer was Bradley Brooks, who qualified for the main tournament via the preliminary round. In doing so, he earned 5,000 pounds, entering the PDC Order of Merit in 95th place.

PDC Order of Merit as of Feb. 3

PositionNamePrize money
1Luke Humphries£1,904,250
2Luke Littler£1,136,000
3Michael van Gerwen£825,500
4Rob Cross£556,750
5Stephen Bunting£553,500
6Jonny Clayton£544,000
7Dave Chisnall£533,500
8Damon Heta£501,500
9Gerwyn Price£490,500
10Nathan Aspinall£488,000
11Chris Dobey£485,250
12Danny Noppert£461,750
13Peter Wright£452,500
14James Wade£436,750
15Gary Anderson£435,500
16Dimitri Van den Bergh£429,250
17Josh Rock£415,000
18Michael Smith£410,000
19Ryan Searle£408,250
20Andrew Gilding£400,500
21Ross Smith£400,000
22Martin Schindler£370,000
23Joe Cullen£362,250
24Mike De Decker£361,000
25Daryl Gurney£335,250
26Dirk van Duijvenbode£326,500
27Gian van Veen£301,500
28Ritchie Edhouse£290,000
29Ryan Joyce£283,000
30Ricardo Pietreczko£281,500
31Brendan Dolan£272,250
32Krzysztof Ratajski£270,250
33Luke Woodhouse£263,500
34Raymond van Barneveld£252,750
35Jermaine Wattimena£245,250
36Gabriel Clemens£222,250
37Scott Williams£221,500
38Martin Lukeman£203,500
39Cameron Menzies£188,000
40Callan Rydz£177,750
41Kevin Doets£151,500
42Mickey Mansell£145,750
43Madars Razma£145,500
44Ricky Evans£143,250
45Jose De Sousa£139,750
46Kim Huybrechts£137,000
47Richard Veenstra£125,250
48Niels Zonneveld£122,250
49Ian White£117,000
49William O'Connor£117,000
51Keane Barry£116,250
52Jim Williams£112,250
53Florian Hempel£108,000
54Matt Campbell£104,000
55Wessel Nijman£101,000
56Alan Soutar£86,500
57Dylan Slevin£83,000
58Rob Owen£80,250
59Ryan Meikle£79,500
60Stephen Burton£78,000
61Connor Scutt£77,000
62Jeffrey De Graaf£76,000
62Mensur Suljovic£76,000
64Nick Kenny£74,250
65Thibault Tricole£58,000
66James Hurrell£45,750
67Dom Taylor£39,500
68Chris Landman£39,250
69Mario Vandenbogaerde£31,000
70Andy Baetens£29,500
71Rhys Griffin£28,000
72Berry van Peer£24,250
73Radek Szaganski£22,750
74Nathan Rafferty£22,250
75Steve Lennon£22,000
76Lukas Wenig£21,500
77Jitse Van der Wal£19,000
77Patrick Geeraets£19,000
77Matthew Dennant£19,000
80Darren Beveridge£18,750
81Benjamin Reus£18,000
82Danny Lauby£17,750
83William Borland£16,500
83Robert Grundy£16,500
85Owen Bates£14,750
86Brett Claydon£14,500
86George Killington£14,500
88Adam Hunt£14,250
89Martijn Dragt£13,500
90Haupai Puha£12,500
91Jelle Klaasen£11,750
92Joshua Richardson£8,250
93Tim Wolters£7,500
94Michele Turetta£6,000
95Bradley Brooks£5,000
96Jules van Dongen£4,000
97Darius Labanauskas£2,500
98Jimmy van Schie£1,000
98Cam Crabtree£1,000
100Henry Coates£750
100Marvin van Velzen£750
100Andy Boulton£750
100Ryan Branley£750
100Thomas Lovely£750
100Karel Sedlacek£750
100Nathan Girvan£750
100Tom Bissell£750
100Adam Lipscombe£750
100Pero Ljubic£750
100Andreas Harrysson£750
100Oskar Lukasiak£750
100Aden Kirk£750
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