PDC Order of Merit update: Drops for Michael Smith & Dimitri Van den Bergh as Martin Schindler breaks new ground
PDCTuesday, 29 April 2025 at 09:00
Martin Schindler has achieved a new career milestone in the world rankings following his victory at the Austrian Darts Open. By winning the Euro Tour event in Austria, he earned a prize of £30,000.
This triumph has propelled "The Wall" into the top 20 of the world rankings for the first time. He leapfrogged Dimitri Van den Bergh, Michael Smith, and Ryan Searle in the process. While Schindler climbed three places, Dave Chisnall dropped three spots. "Chizzy" slipped from ninth to twelfth in the rankings, allowing Chris Dobey, James Wade, and Gerwyn Price to move up. Wade has returned to the world’s top 10 after a lengthy absence, while Price is now closing in on a return to that elite group as well.
Elsewhere, there were very few changes within the top 64. Mickey Mansell overtook Madars Razma to claim the No. 42 spot. Wessel Nijman continued his steady rise, moving up one place to 45th, ahead of fellow Dutchman Niels Zonneveld. Matt Campbell climbed to 53rd at the expense of Keane Barry, and Mensur Suljovic took over the 62nd position from Dylan Slevin.
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PDC Order of Merit
| Position | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Luke Humphries | £1,893,750 |
| 2 | Luke Littler | £1,300,500 |
| 3 | Michael van Gerwen | £772,750 |
| 4 | Stephen Bunting | £577,750 |
| 5 | Rob Cross | £558,750 |
| 6 | Jonny Clayton | £539,250 |
| 7 | Damon Heta | £518,000 |
| 8 | Nathan Aspinall | £514,000 |
| 9 | Chris Dobey | £513,250 |
| 10 | James Wade | £498,000 |
| 11 | Gerwyn Price | £485,000 |
| 12 | Dave Chisnall | £482,750 |
| 13 | Peter Wright | £463,750 |
| 14 | Josh Rock | £460,500 |
| 15 | Gary Anderson | £444,000 |
| 16 | Danny Noppert | £435,250 |
| 17 | Ross Smith | £431,500 |
| 18 | Martin Schindler | £415,250 |
| 19 | Ryan Searle | £404,000 |
| 20 | Michael Smith | £390,750 |
| 21 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £389,250 |
| 22 | Mike De Decker | £387,750 |
| 23 | Gian van Veen | £370,250 |
| 24 | Joe Cullen | £368,000 |
| 25 | Daryl Gurney | £330,500 |
| 26 | Ryan Joyce | £320,250 |
| 27 | Ritchie Edhouse | £310,500 |
| 28 | Andrew Gilding | £296,500 |
| 29 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £291,250 |
| 30 | Luke Woodhouse | £278,000 |
| 31 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £277,000 |
| 32 | Jermaine Wattimena | £271,750 |
| 33 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £262,000 |
| 34 | Brendan Dolan | £256,750 |
| 35 | Raymond van Barneveld | £255,000 |
| 36 | Cameron Menzies | £243,250 |
| 37 | Scott Williams | £234,750 |
| 38 | Martin Lukeman | £216,250 |
| 39 | Gabriel Clemens | £207,750 |
| 40 | Callan Rydz | £178,000 |
| 41 | Kevin Doets | £174,250 |
| 42 | Mickey Mansell | £154,000 |
| 43 | Madars Razma | £152,500 |
| 44 | Ricky Evans | £152,000 |
| 45 | Wessel Nijman | £142,500 |
| 46 | Niels Zonneveld | £139,500 |
| 47 | William O'Connor | £130,750 |
| 48 | Kim Huybrechts | £122,500 |
| 49 | Jose De Sousa | £121,750 |
| 50 | Richard Veenstra | £120,250 |
| 51 | Ian White | £117,750 |
| 52 | Florian Hempel | £108,250 |
| 53 | Matt Campbell | £104,750 |
| 54 | Keane Barry | £101,500 |
| 55 | Jim Williams | £95,250 |
| 56 | Rob Owen | £94,500 |
| 57 | Alan Soutar | £92,250 |
| 58 | Connor Scutt | £91,750 |
| 59 | Jeffrey De Graaf | £90,000 |
| 60 | Nick Kenny | £89,750 |
| 61 | Stephen Burton | £87,250 |
| 62 | Mensur Suljovic | £84,250 |
| 63 | Dylan Slevin | £84,000 |
| 64 | Ryan Meikle | £76,500 |
| 65 | Thibault Tricole | £69,750 |
| 66 | Dom Taylor | £58,500 |
| 67 | James Hurrell | £58,000 |
| 68 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £49,750 |
| 69 | Chris Landman | £48,250 |
| 70 | Andy Baetens | £36,500 |
| 71 | Matthew Dennant | £36,250 |
| 72 | Berry van Peer | £35,000 |
| 73 | Patrick Geeraets | £33,250 |
| 74 | Rhys Griffin | £33,000 |
| 75 | Steve Lennon | £32,000 |
| 76 | Nathan Rafferty | £31,000 |
| 77 | Lukas Wenig | £30,750 |
| 78 | Darren Beveridge | £29,750 |
| 79 | Radek Szaganski | £29,500 |
| 80 | Jitse Van der Wal | £28,500 |
| 81 | Adam Hunt | £27,500 |
| 82 | Jelle Klaasen | £27,250 |
| 83 | Owen Bates | £26,500 |
| 84 | Danny Lauby | £25,750 |
| 85 | Karel Sedlacek | £24,250 |
| 86 | Haupai Puha | £24,000 |
| 87 | Martijn Dragt | £23,000 |
| 88 | Adam Lipscombe | £22,750 |
| 89 | William Borland | £22,000 |
| 90 | Robert Grundy | £21,750 |
| 91 | Benjamin Reus | £21,500 |
| 92 | George Killington | £21,000 |
| 93 | Niko Springer | £20,250 |
| 94 | Brett Claydon | £19,000 |
| 95 | Sebastian Bialecki | £18,500 |
| 96 | Dominik Gruellich | £16,750 |
| 96 | Cam Crabtree | £16,750 |
| 98 | Justin Hood | £15,000 |
| 99 | Darius Labanauskas | £14,750 |
| 100 | Bradley Brooks | £14,000 |
| 101 | Joshua Richardson | £13,250 |
| 101 | Thomas Lovely | £13,250 |
| 103 | Andy Boulton | £12,000 |
| 103 | Max Hopp | £12,000 |
| 103 | Michele Turetta | £12,000 |
| 106 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £11,000 |
| 107 | Darryl Pilgrim | £10,250 |
| 108 | Christian Kist | £10,000 |
| 109 | Marvin van Velzen | £9,250 |
| 110 | Stefan Bellmont | £8,500 |
| 110 | Tim Wolters | £8,500 |
| 112 | Jim Long | £8,250 |
| 113 | Wesley Plaisier | £8,000 |
| 114 | Jimmy van Schie | £7,500 |
| 114 | Tavis Dudeney | £7,500 |
| 116 | Kevin Burness | £7,000 |
| 117 | Tom Bissell | £6,500 |
| 117 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £6,500 |
| 117 | Boris Krcmar | £6,500 |
| 120 | Oskar Lukasiak | £6,250 |
| 121 | Greg Ritchie | £6,000 |
| 122 | Stefaan Henderyck | £5,500 |
| 122 | Carl Sneyd | £5,500 |
| 122 | Beau Greaves | £5,500 |
| 125 | Ted Evetts | £5,000 |
| 125 | Tommy Lishman | £5,000 |
| 125 | Adam Warner | £5,000 |
| 125 | Jurjen van der Velde | £5,000 |
| 129 | Leon Weber | £4,500 |
| 129 | Tom Sykes | £4,500 |
| 129 | Cor Dekker | £4,500 |
| 132 | Andreas Harrysson | £4,250 |
| 133 | Jarno Bottenberg | £4,000 |
| 133 | Kai Gotthardt | £4,000 |
| 133 | Jules van Dongen | £4,000 |
| 136 | Aden Kirk | £3,750 |
| 137 | Maximilian Czerwinski | £3,500 |
| 137 | Tytus Kanik | £3,500 |
| 137 | Danny van Trijp | £3,500 |
| 140 | Adam Paxton | £3,250 |
| 141 | Michael Unterbuchner | £2,500 |
| 141 | Graham Usher | £2,500 |
| 141 | Daniel Klose | £2,500 |
| 141 | Mervyn King | £2,500 |
| 145 | Nathan Girvan | £2,250 |
| 146 | Alexander Merkx | £2,000 |
| 146 | Graham Hall | £2,000 |
| 148 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £1,500 |
| 149 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £1,250 |
| 149 | Teemu Harju | £1,250 |
| 149 | Christian Goedl | £1,250 |
| 149 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £1,250 |
| 149 | Gyorgy Jehirszki | £1,250 |
| 149 | Johan Engstrom | £1,250 |
| 149 | Rene Eidams | £1,250 |
| 149 | Michael Rosenauer | £1,250 |
| 149 | Finn Behrens | £1,250 |
| 149 | Andras Borbely | £1,250 |
| 149 | Petr Krivka | £1,250 |
| 149 | Kevin Knopf | £1,250 |
| 149 | Paul Goyer | £1,250 |
| 149 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
| 149 | Paul Krohne | £1,250 |
| 149 | Marko Kantele | £1,250 |
| 149 | Laurin Welk | £1,250 |
| 149 | Cedric Waegemans | £1,250 |
| 149 | Patrick De Backer | £1,250 |
| 149 | Francois Schweyen | £1,250 |
| 149 | Sybren Gijbels | £1,250 |
| 170 | Scott Campbell | £1,000 |
| 170 | Viktor Tingstrom | £1,000 |
| 170 | Paul Rowley | £1,000 |
| 170 | Simon Stevenson | £1,000 |
| 170 | Shaun Fox | £1,000 |
| 170 | Tommy Morris | £1,000 |
| 170 | Michael Flynn | £1,000 |
| 177 | Pero Ljubic | £750 |
| 177 | Henry Coates | £750 |
| 177 | Ryan Branley | £750 |
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