PDC Order of Merit: Ross Smith makes top 10 debut as Littler and Van Veen make moves
PDCSunday, 04 August 2024 at 06:00
Ross Smith secured a spot in the top-10 of the world rankings for the first time in his career after the triptych of Players Championship tournaments in Milton Keynes.
The Englishman passed Dimitri van den Bergh, who now finds himself back in eleventh place. For Smith, even further progression beckons in the coming weeks, with seventh place proving a realistic option.
At the end of October, however, Smith is likely to go down another notch in the world rankings. Then he must defend his title at the European Darts Championship, which he won in 2022. That final victory earned him £120,000 in prize money at the time.
Otherwise, there were few changes at the top of the world rankings. Luke Littler moved up one spot, and is now ranked No. 23 in the world. Gian van Veen took over the 31st spot from Scott Williams on the PDC Order of Merit.
Mike de Decker, one of the three tournament winners, did not rise, but did narrow his gap to No. 35 Ryan Joyce. Wessel Nijman made a big jump in the rankings due to his final spot at Players Championship 15. He climbed eight places and is now in 78th place.
PDC Order of Merit
| Position | Name | Value |
| 1 | Luke Humphries | £1,647,250 |
| 2 | Michael Smith | £1,060,750 |
| 3 | Michael van Gerwen | £964,500 |
| 4 | Rob Cross | £591,500 |
| 5 | Nathan Aspinall | £558,250 |
| 6 | Gerwyn Price | £533,000 |
| 7 | Dave Chisnall | £514,250 |
| 8 | Jonny Clayton | £505,500 |
| 9 | Damon Heta | £480,750 |
| 10 | Ross Smith | £475,750 |
| 11 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £468,750 |
| 12 | Peter Wright | £465,000 |
| 13 | Chris Dobey | £423,250 |
| 14 | Joe Cullen | £422,250 |
| 15 | Stephen Bunting | £412,000 |
| 16 | Danny Noppert | £401,250 |
| 17 | Josh Rock | £399,500 |
| 18 | James Wade | £368,250 |
| 19 | Andrew Gilding | £363,500 |
| 20 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £358,250 |
| 21 | Ryan Searle | £354,000 |
| 22 | Gary Anderson | £338,500 |
| 23 | Luke Littler | £331,000 |
| 24 | Martin Schindler | £325,250 |
| 25 | Gabriel Clemens | £297,500 |
| 26 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £282,500 |
| 27 | Daryl Gurney | £275,750 |
| 28 | Raymond van Barneveld | £274,750 |
| 29 | Brendan Dolan | £269,250 |
| 30 | Jose De Sousa | £212,750 |
| 31 | Gian van Veen | £198,500 |
| 32 | Scott Williams | £197,500 |
| 33 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £187,500 |
| 34 | Luke Woodhouse | £184,750 |
| 35 | Ryan Joyce | £178,750 |
| 36 | Mike De Decker | £173,250 |
| 37 | Kim Huybrechts | £154,000 |
| 38 | Callan Rydz | £151,500 |
| 39 | Madars Razma | £150,750 |
| 40 | Martin Lukeman | £141,250 |
| 41 | Alan Soutar | £134,750 |
| 42 | Ricky Evans | £131,500 |
| 43 | Jermaine Wattimena | £124,000 |
| 44 | Ritchie Edhouse | £123,500 |
| 45 | Jim Williams | £123,000 |
| 46 | William O'Connor | £115,750 |
| 47 | Cameron Menzies | £113,500 |
| 48 | Steve Beaton | £105,000 |
| 49 | Keane Barry | £103,750 |
| 50 | Matt Campbell | £103,250 |
| 51 | Kevin Doets | £101,500 |
| 51 | Simon Whitlock | £101,500 |
| 53 | Richard Veenstra | £96,000 |
| 54 | Florian Hempel | £86,750 |
| 55 | Boris Krcmar | £86,000 |
| 56 | Mickey Mansell | £85,750 |
| 57 | Ryan Meikle | £83,500 |
| 58 | Niels Zonneveld | £83,250 |
| 59 | Mensur Suljovic | £80,500 |
| 60 | Jamie Hughes | £77,500 |
| 61 | Vincent van der Voort | £76,250 |
| 62 | Mervyn King | £75,000 |
| 63 | Ian White | £73,750 |
| 64 | Adam Gawlas | £73,250 |
| 65 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £64,250 |
| 66 | Lee Evans | £61,250 |
| 67 | Dylan Slevin | £57,000 |
| 68 | Karel Sedlacek | £50,250 |
| 69 | Adrian Lewis | £48,750 |
| 70 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £46,000 |
| 70 | Stephen Burton | £46,000 |
| 72 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £43,250 |
| 73 | Daniel Klose | £42,250 |
| 74 | Keegan Brown | £37,750 |
| 75 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £34,500 |
| 76 | Arron Monk | £33,250 |
| 77 | Graham Hall | £32,750 |
| 78 | Wessel Nijman | £31,000 |
| 79 | Nick Kenny | £30,250 |
| 80 | Robert Owen | £30,000 |
| 81 | Graham Usher | £27,750 |
| 82 | Wesley Plaisier | £27,500 |
| 83 | Pascal Rupprecht | £26,500 |
| 84 | Dom Taylor | £26,000 |
| 85 | Jurjen van der Velde | £25,250 |
| 86 | Jeffrey De Graaf | £24,500 |
| 87 | James Hurrell | £20,250 |
| 88 | Andy Baetens | £20,000 |
| 89 | Josh Payne | £19,000 |
| 90 | Adam Smith-Neale | £18,750 |
| 91 | Owen Roelofs | £18,500 |
| 92 | Berry van Peer | £18,000 |
| 92 | Geert Nentjes | £18,000 |
| 94 | Ronny Huybrechts | £17,750 |
| 95 | Danny van Trijp | £17,500 |
| 96 | Thibault Tricole | £16,250 |
| 97 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £16,000 |
| 98 | Chris Landman | £15,250 |
| 99 | Christian Perez | £14,500 |
| 100 | Robbie Knops | £14,250 |
| 101 | Connor Scutt | £13,500 |
| 101 | Adam Warner | £13,500 |
| 101 | Patrick Geeraets | £13,500 |
| 104 | Radek Szaganski | £13,250 |
| 105 | Steve Lennon | £13,000 |
| 106 | Lukas Wenig | £12,750 |
| 107 | Owen Bates | £12,000 |
| 107 | Danny Lauby | £12,000 |
| 109 | Leighton Bennett | £11,500 |
| 109 | Danny Jansen | £11,500 |
| 111 | Rhys Griffin | £11,000 |
| 112 | Nathan Rafferty | £10,750 |
| 112 | Callum Goffin | £10,750 |
| 114 | Stefan Bellmont | £10,500 |
| 114 | Robert Grundy | £10,500 |
| 114 | Franz Roetzsch | £10,500 |
| 117 | Benjamin Reus | £9,500 |
| 117 | Haupai Puha | £9,500 |
| 119 | Andy Boulton | £9,000 |
| 119 | Cam Crabtree | £9,000 |
| 119 | Matthew Dennant | £9,000 |
| 122 | Darren Beveridge | £8,000 |
| 122 | George Killington | £8,000 |
| 122 | Brett Claydon | £8,000 |
| 125 | Kai Gotthardt | £7,250 |
| 126 | Adam Hunt | £7,000 |
| 126 | Jelle Klaasen | £7,000 |
| 128 | Jitse Van der Wal | £6,750 |
| 129 | Paul Krohne | £6,500 |
| 129 | Joshua Richardson | £6,500 |
| 131 | Jacques Labre | £6,250 |
| 132 | John Henderson | £5,500 |
| 132 | Richie Burnett | £5,500 |
| 134 | Darryl Pilgrim | £5,000 |
| 134 | Michele Turetta | £5,000 |
| 136 | Romeo Grbavac | £4,750 |
| 137 | Tim Wolters | £4,500 |
| 137 | Oskar Lukasiak | £4,500 |
| 139 | Martijn Dragt | £4,000 |
| 139 | William Borland | £4,000 |
| 141 | Kevin Troppmann | £3,750 |
| 141 | Michael Unterbuchner | £3,750 |
| 143 | Jules van Dongen | £3,000 |
| 144 | Christian Kist | £2,750 |
| 145 | Justin Hood | £2,500 |
| 145 | Jan Dueckers | £2,500 |
| 145 | Lee Cocks | £2,500 |
| 145 | Moreno Blom | £2,500 |
| 145 | Marvin van Velzen | £2,500 |
| 145 | Moritz Hilger | £2,500 |
| 145 | Sebastian Bialecki | £2,500 |
| 145 | Darius Labanauskas | £2,500 |
| 145 | Johan Engstrom | £2,500 |
| 145 | Andreas Harrysson | £2,500 |
| 145 | Scott Mitchell | £2,500 |
| 145 | Leonard Gates | £2,500 |
| 157 | Aden Kirk | £2,000 |
| 157 | Jamie Atkins | £2,000 |
| 157 | Thomas Lovely | £2,000 |
| 160 | Joe Croft | £1,500 |
| 160 | Jarred Cole | £1,500 |
| 160 | Michael Taylor | £1,500 |
| 163 | Marko Kantele | £1,250 |
| 163 | Nico Blum | £1,250 |
| 163 | Benjamin Pratnemer | £1,250 |
| 163 | Damian Mol | £1,250 |
| 163 | Jiri Brejcha | £1,250 |
| 163 | Teemu Harju | £1,250 |
| 163 | Christopher Toonders | £1,250 |
| 163 | Daniel Larsson | £1,250 |
| 163 | Christian Goedl | £1,250 |
| 163 | Dominik Haberl | £1,250 |
| 163 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £1,250 |
| 163 | Hannes Schnier | £1,250 |
| 163 | Rene Eidams | £1,250 |
| 163 | Niko Springer | £1,250 |
| 163 | Arno Brand | £1,250 |
| 163 | Alexander Masek | £1,250 |
| 163 | Cor Dekker | £1,250 |
| 163 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
| 163 | Matthias Ehlers | £1,250 |
| 163 | Viktor Tingstrom | £1,250 |
| 163 | Oliver Mueller (FfO) | £1,250 |
| 163 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £1,250 |
| 163 | Geert De Vos | £1,250 |
| 163 | Steven Strobbe | £1,250 |
| 163 | Jeroen Caron | £1,250 |
| 163 | Born Van Put | £1,250 |
| 189 | Shane McGuirk | £1,000 |
| 189 | Jack Male | £1,000 |
| 189 | John Haines | £1,000 |
| 189 | Tom Lonsdale | £1,000 |
| 189 | Bradley Brooks | £1,000 |
| 189 | Jenson Walker | £1,000 |
| 189 | Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000 |
| 189 | Harry Lane | £1,000 |
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