PDC Order of Merit: Luke Littler rises above Gary Anderson, Peter Wright returns to top-10

Peter Wright has returned to the top-10 of the world rankings after his final victory at the 2024 German Darts Championship. 'Snakebite' moved up two places, forcing Ross Smith and Dimitri van den Bergh down one spot.

Wright won the European Tour tournament in Hildesheim by beating Michael van Gerwen (6-4), Dave Chisnall (7-5) and Luke Littler (8-5), among others. It earned him the top prize of 25,000 pounds. After the World Matchplay in July, the Scot had fallen out of the top-10 in the world rankings for the first time since 2014, but barely a month later, Wright has thus regained that position.

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Stephen Bunting and Danny Noppert both managed to move up one spot, which means they are now fourteenth and fifteenth, respectively, on the PDC Order of Merit. That came at the expense of Joe Cullen, who had to drop two places.

Luke Littler has moved up to 22nd place after his final place finish at the German Darts Championship. 'The Nuke' passed darts legend Gary Anderson. Littler already earned 343,000 pounds in ranking prize money this year, while it took Gary Anderson 24 months to rack up 338,500 pounds. So for the next 15 months, Littler has nothing to defend either, which means a the 17-year-old Englishman can really only go up.

Callan Rydz swapped places with Madars Razma and is now ranked No. 38 in the world. Ritchie Edhouse gained three places and now occupies 43rd place. Nick Kenny also did good business with his quarterfinal finish at the German Darts Championship. It earned him a four-place gain, which now puts him 75th in the world rankings.

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PDC Order of Merit

Position	Name	Prize money
1	Luke Humphries	£1,647,250
2	Michael Smith	£1,057,750
3	Michael van Gerwen	£975,500
4	Rob Cross	£591,500
5	Nathan Aspinall	£551,750
6	Gerwyn Price	£533,000
7	Dave Chisnall	£520,250
8	Jonny Clayton	£509,500
9	Damon Heta	£502,750
10	Peter Wright	£496,000
11	Ross Smith	£481,750
12	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£471,250
13	Chris Dobey	£441,750
14	Stephen Bunting	£414,000
15	Danny Noppert	£412,250
16	Joe Cullen	£402,250
17	Josh Rock	£395,500
18	James Wade	£375,750
19	Andrew Gilding	£369,000
20	Ryan Searle	£368,000
21	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£357,750
22	Luke Littler	£343,000
23	Gary Anderson	£338,500
24	Martin Schindler	£334,250
25	Gabriel Clemens	£300,500
26	Krzysztof Ratajski	£289,000
27	Daryl Gurney	£287,250
28	Raymond van Barneveld	£273,750
29	Brendan Dolan	£269,250
30	Jose De Sousa	£209,000
31	Gian van Veen	£204,000
32	Scott Williams	£200,000
33	Ricardo Pietreczko	£191,500
34	Luke Woodhouse	£187,250
35	Ryan Joyce	£179,750
36	Mike De Decker	£174,250
37	Kim Huybrechts	£156,000
38	Callan Rydz	£151,500
39	Madars Razma	£149,750
40	Martin Lukeman	£145,000
41	Alan Soutar	£136,250
42	Ricky Evans	£131,500
43	Cameron Menzies	£128,500
43	Ritchie Edhouse	£128,500
45	Jermaine Wattimena	£126,500
46	Jim Williams	£123,500
47	Steve Beaton	£111,250
48	William O'Connor	£106,750
49	Matt Campbell	£105,750
50	Keane Barry	£103,750
51	Kevin Doets	£102,500
52	Simon Whitlock	£101,000
53	Richard Veenstra	£97,000
54	Mickey Mansell	£90,750
55	Florian Hempel	£88,750
56	Mensur Suljovic	£87,500
57	Boris Krcmar	£85,750
58	Niels Zonneveld	£84,750
59	Ryan Meikle	£80,000
60	Jamie Hughes	£79,500
61	Vincent van der Voort	£77,250
62	Mervyn King	£76,500
63	Ian White	£73,750
64	Adam Gawlas	£73,250
65	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£65,250
66	Lee Evans	£62,250
67	Dylan Slevin	£60,500
68	Stephen Burton	£52,500
69	Karel Sedlacek	£51,750
70	Adrian Lewis	£48,750
71	Maik Kuivenhoven	£46,500
72	Jeffrey De Zwaan	£46,000
73	Daniel Klose	£43,250
74	Keegan Brown	£38,750
75	Nick Kenny	£37,750
76	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£37,000
77	Robert Owen	£33,500
78	Arron Monk	£33,250
79	Graham Hall	£32,750
80	Wessel Nijman	£32,500
81	Dom Taylor	£31,000
82	Wesley Plaisier	£30,500
83	Graham Usher	£27,750
84	Pascal Rupprecht	£26,500
85	Jurjen van der Velde	£25,250
86	Jeffrey De Graaf	£24,500
87	Thibault Tricole	£21,250
87	James Hurrell	£21,250
89	Owen Roelofs	£21,000
89	Andy Baetens	£21,000
91	Danny van Trijp	£19,500
92	Josh Payne	£19,000
93	Chris Landman	£18,750
93	Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
95	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£18,500
96	Berry van Peer	£18,000
96	Geert Nentjes	£18,000
98	Ronny Huybrechts	£17,750
99	Christian Perez	£15,500
100	Robbie Knops	£15,250
101	Connor Scutt	£14,500
101	Danny Lauby	£14,500
101	Adam Warner	£14,500
104	Nathan Rafferty	£14,250
104	Callum Goffin	£14,250
104	Lukas Wenig	£14,250
107	Steve Lennon	£14,000
108	Patrick Geeraets	£13,500
109	Radek Szaganski	£13,250
110	Matthew Dennant	£13,000
111	Owen Bates	£12,000
112	Leighton Bennett	£11,500
112	Danny Jansen	£11,500
114	Rhys Griffin	£11,000
115	Robert Grundy	£10,500
115	Stefan Bellmont	£10,500
115	Franz Roetzsch	£10,500
118	Cam Crabtree	£10,000
118	Andy Boulton	£10,000
120	Benjamin Reus	£9,500
120	Haupai Puha	£9,500
122	Brett Claydon	£9,000
122	George Killington	£9,000
124	Jelle Klaasen	£8,250
124	Kai Gotthardt	£8,250
126	Adam Hunt	£8,000
126	Darren Beveridge	£8,000
128	Jitse Van der Wal	£7,750
129	Martijn Dragt	£6,500
129	John Henderson	£6,500
129	Paul Krohne	£6,500
129	Joshua Richardson	£6,500
133	Jacques Labre	£6,250
134	Richie Burnett	£5,500
135	Christian Kist	£5,250
136	Darryl Pilgrim	£5,000
136	Michele Turetta	£5,000
138	Romeo Grbavac	£4,750
139	Justin Hood	£4,500
139	Tim Wolters	£4,500
139	Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
142	William Borland	£4,000
143	Johan Engstrom	£3,750
143	Kevin Troppmann	£3,750
143	Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
146	Jamie Atkins	£3,000
146	Jules van Dongen	£3,000
148	Max Hopp	£2,500
148	Niko Springer	£2,500
148	Matthias Ehlers	£2,500
148	Jan Dueckers	£2,500
148	Lee Cocks	£2,500
148	Moreno Blom	£2,500
148	Marvin van Velzen	£2,500
148	Moritz Hilger	£2,500
148	Sebastian Bialecki	£2,500
148	Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
148	Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
148	Scott Mitchell	£2,500
148	Leonard Gates	£2,500
161	Rene Eidams	£2,250
162	Aden Kirk	£2,000
162	Thomas Lovely	£2,000
164	Joe Croft	£1,500
164	Jarred Cole	£1,500
164	Michael Taylor	£1,500
167	Dragutin Horvat	£1,250
167	Nico Blum	£1,250
167	Benjamin Pratnemer	£1,250
167	Marko Kantele	£1,250
167	Teemu Harju	£1,250
167	Jiri Brejcha	£1,250
167	Damian Mol	£1,250
167	Daniel Larsson	£1,250
167	Christopher Toonders	£1,250
167	Hannes Schnier	£1,250
167	Dominik Haberl	£1,250
167	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
167	Christian Goedl	£1,250
167	Arno Brand	£1,250
167	Patrick Klingelhoefer	£1,250
167	Cor Dekker	£1,250
167	Alexander Masek	£1,250
167	Vitezslav Sedlak	£1,250
167	Oliver Mueller (FfO)	£1,250
167	Viktor Tingstrom	£1,250
167	Geert De Vos	£1,250
167	Jeroen Caron	£1,250
167	Born Van Put	£1,250
167	Steven Strobbe	£1,250
191	Reece Colley	£1,000
191	Shane McGuirk	£1,000
191	Jack Male	£1,000
191	Harry Lane	£1,000
191	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
191	John Haines	£1,000
191	Bradley Brooks	£1,000
191	Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
191	Jenson Walker	£1,000