PDC Order of Merit prior to World Darts Championship: Only Wright can threaten Price's World Number One spot
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Gerwyn Price has maintained his World Number One spot partly after winning the Grand Slam of Darts as he secures number one seed for the PDC World Darts Championship.
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Price could get overtaken during the showpiece tournament at the Alexandra Palace with Peter Wright the only player who can take his spot.
He is defending £500,000 though from two years ago when he won the title. As a result, he must become World Champion, with Price not getting past the Last 32.
If Michael van Gerwen wins, he only makes up ground and would only take second spot from Peter Wright as he looks to return to the top.
While after the Players Championship Finals, Ryan Searle emerged as 15th seed for the World Darts Championship going up seven spots with his run to the final meaning the likes of Stephen Bunting, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Danny Noppert, Simon Whitlock and Mervyn King lost places.
While Brendan Dolan is up into 23rd and has gone up five spots with his run to the semi-finals and with most players in reach ahead of him by only a few thousand, he could yet make the top 16 before the start of the 2022 season.
This has meant further slides for Glen Durrant, Ian White and Devon Petersen who are heading out of the top 32.
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PDC Order of Merit after Players Championship Finals
1 Gerwyn Price £1,256,750
2 Peter Wright £1,191,500
3 Michael van Gerwen £831,750
4 James Wade £489,750
5 Dimitri Van den Bergh £443,750
6 Gary Anderson £422,500
7 Jose de Sousa £412,250
8 Jonny Clayton £405,250
9 Michael Smith £355,750
10 Nathan Aspinall £350,000
11 Rob Cross £337,000
12 Krzysztof Ratajski £320,250
13 Joe Cullen £303,750
14 Dave Chisnall £288,000
15 Ryan Searle £251,250
16 Stephen Bunting £244,250
17 Dirk van Duijvenbode £236,750
18 Danny Noppert £233,750
19 Luke Humphries £224,500
20 Simon Whitlock £219,750
21 Mervyn King £216,250
22 Daryl Gurney £213,250
23 Brendan Dolan £206,000
24 Glen Durrant £204,500
25 Gabriel Clemens £200,750
26 Mensur Suljovic £192,000
27 Ian White £190,000
28 Devon Petersen £188,000
29 Vincent van der Voort £168,000
30 Chris Dobey £156,500
31 Damon Heta £152,250
32 Kim Huybrechts £133,000
33 Darius Labanauskas £128,500
34 Ross Smith £126,750
34 Adrian Lewis £126,750
36 Callan Rydz £125,250
37 Jermaine Wattimena £123,750
38 Ryan Joyce £120,500
39 Jeffrey De Zwaan £117,750
40 Ricky Evans £113,000
41 Jamie Hughes £111,250
42 William O'Connor £101,250
43 Steve Beaton £90,000
44 Luke Woodhouse £81,250
45 John Henderson £73,750
46 Steve West £73,500
47 Max Hopp £73,000
48 Adam Hunt £72,500
49 Madars Razma £70,750
50 Martijn Kleermaker £70,500
51 Keegan Brown £70,000
52 Steve Lennon £67,500
53 Jason Lowe £65,500
54 Andy Boulton £64,000
54 Ron Meulenkamp £64,000
56 Maik Kuivenhoven £55,750
57 Mickey Mansell £52,000
58 Jeff Smith £51,500
59 Jelle Klaasen £51,000
60 Darren Webster £48,000
61 Scott Waites £46,500
62 Matthew Edgar £44,750
63 Justin Pipe £44,000
64 Boris Krcmar £42,500
65 William Borland £42,000
66 Karel Sedlacek £40,500
67 Ryan Murray £40,250
68 Raymond van Barneveld £38,500
69 Martin Schindler £38,000
69 Mike De Decker £38,000
71 Ryan Meikle £37,750
72 Bradley Brooks £36,000
73 Wayne Jones £35,500
74 Josh Payne £35,000
75 Ted Evetts £34,750
76 Andy Hamilton £34,000
77 Alan Soutar £32,000
77 Nick Kenny £32,000
79 Rowby-John Rodriguez £31,500
80 Ritchie Edhouse £30,250
81 Scott Mitchell £30,000
81 Derk Telnekes £30,000
83 Lisa Ashton £28,000
84 James Wilson £25,500
85 Keane Barry £25,250
85 Alan Tabern £25,250
87 Florian Hempel £24,000
88 Mark McGeeney £22,500
89 Peter Jacques £21,500
89 Ciaran Teehan £21,500
91 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £21,000
92 Kai Fan Leung £20,500
93 Lewis Williams £20,250
94 Fallon Sherrock £20,000
94 Joe Murnan £20,000
96 Krzysztof Kciuk £19,250
97 Steve Brown £18,250
98 Jason Heaver £17,500
98 Adam Gawlas £17,500
98 Cristo Reyes £17,500
101 Chas Barstow £17,000
102 Jesus Noguera £16,750
103 Kevin Doets £16,000
104 Martin Atkins £15,000
105 Daniel Larsson £12,500
106 Eddie Lovely £11,500
107 Niels Zonneveld £10,750
108 Aaron Beeney £10,500
108 Gordon Mathers £10,500
110 Nathan Rafferty £10,000
110 Geert De Vos £10,000
112 Martin Lukeman £9,500
113 Robert Thornton £9,000
113 Gary Blades £9,000
113 Adam Smith-Neale £9,000
116 Jim Williams £8,500
117 Danny Baggish £8,000
117 Andrew Gilding £8,000
117 Boris Koltsov £8,000
117 Geert Nentjes £8,000
117 Luc Peters £8,000
117 John Brown £8,000
123 Martin Thomas £7,500
124 Jack Main £7,000
125 John Michael £6,750
126 Jon Worsley £6,500
127 Jim McEwan £6,000
127 Peter Hudson £6,000
127 David Evans £6,000
127 Berry van Peer £6,000
127 Zoran Lerchbacher £6,000
132 Steffen Siepmann £5,500
133 Jose Justicia £5,000
133 Brett Claydon £5,000
133 Harald Leitinger £5,000
136 Kirk Shepherd £4,500
137 Joe Davis £4,000
137 Matt Campbell £4,000
137 Michael Rasztovits £4,000
137 Gino Vos £4,000
137 Darren Penhall £4,000
137 Wesley Harms £4,000
143 Gavin Carlin £3,500
143 Jake Jones £3,500
145 Sean Fisher £3,000
145 Christian Kist £3,000
147 Ryan De Vreede £2,500
147 Kevin McDine £2,500
147 Lukas Wenig £2,500
147 Sebastian Bialecki £2,500
151 Andreas Harrysson £2,000
151 Kenny Neyens £2,000
151 Richard Veenstra £2,000
151 Benito van de Pas £2,000
151 Vincent Van der Meer £2,000
156 Carl Wilkinson £1,500
156 Michael Unterbuchner £1,500
158 Scott Williams £1,000
158 Davy Proosten £1,000
158 Patrik Kovacs £1,000
158 Justin Hewitt £1,000
158 Craig Galliano £1,000
158 Dyson Parody £1,000
158 Justin Broton £1,000
158 Gabor Jagicza £1,000
158 Peter Strbik £1,000
158 Johan Engstrom £1,000
158 Janos Vegso £1,000
158 Jozsef Rucska £1,000
158 Thomas Lovely £1,000
158 Shane McGuirk £1,000
158 Lorenzo Pronk £1,000
158 Robert Marijanovic £1,000
158 Pero Ljubic £1,000
158 Mike Warburton £1,000
158 Rhys Griffin £1,000
158 Scott Taylor £1,000
178 Patrick van den Boogaard £500
178 Michal Smejda £500
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