PDC Order of Merit Update: Gerwyn Price slips further down as Ross Smith pushes Peter Wright back out of top-10
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Dave Chisnall has moved up one spot on the PDC Order of Merit after winning the 2024 Flanders Darts Trophy. Winning the Euro Tour tournament in Antwerp earned 'Chizzy' 30,000 pounds in prize money.
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Chisnall had started the Flanders Darts Trophy with a 6-2 victory over James Wade. After that, the Englishman also won over Gabriel Clemens (6-2), Peter Wright (6-5), Chris Dobey (7-5) and Ricardo Pietreczko (8-6). This title moved Chisnall up to sixth in the Order of Merit. Although the top three Luke Humphries, Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen are far out of reach, Rob Cross (fourth) and Nathan Aspinall (fifth) are not far above Chisnall.
Gerwyn Price had to drop another spot and is now down in seventh place. 'The Iceman' was eliminated in the second round last weekend and therefore did not earn any prize money for the world rankings. Peter Wright has also fallen and is back out of the top ten in the world due to his defeat in the quarter-finals. Ross Smith replaces 'Snakebite' in the world's top ten.
Elsewhere, Josh Rock moved into the top sixteen at the expense of Joe Cullen and now occupies the sixteenth spot. Ryan Searle swapped places with Andrew Gilding, leaving Searle in nineteenth position. Daryl Gurney took over the 26th spot from Krzysztof Ratajski, while Gian van Veen moved up one spot and is now in 30th place. Pietreczko moved up two spots through his final place in Antwerp and can now call himself the world number 31.
PDC Order of Merit
| Position | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Luke Humphries | £1,650,750 |
| 2 | Michael Smith | £1,057,750 |
| 3 | Michael van Gerwen | £975,500 |
| 4 | Rob Cross | £588,500 |
| 5 | Nathan Aspinall | £551,750 |
| 6 | Dave Chisnall | £547,250 |
| 7 | Gerwyn Price | £528,000 |
| 8 | Jonny Clayton | £506,500 |
| 9 | Damon Heta | £499,750 |
| 10 | Ross Smith | £480,750 |
| 11 | Peter Wright | £477,000 |
| 12 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £461,250 |
| 13 | Chris Dobey | £450,250 |
| 14 | Stephen Bunting | £418,000 |
| 15 | Danny Noppert | £416,250 |
| 16 | Josh Rock | £398,500 |
| 17 | Joe Cullen | £398,250 |
| 18 | James Wade | £378,250 |
| 19 | Ryan Searle | £374,000 |
| 20 | Andrew Gilding | £371,500 |
| 21 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £363,750 |
| 22 | Luke Littler | £347,000 |
| 23 | Gary Anderson | £338,500 |
| 24 | Martin Schindler | £331,250 |
| 25 | Gabriel Clemens | £304,500 |
| 26 | Daryl Gurney | £284,250 |
| 27 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £284,000 |
| 28 | Raymond van Barneveld | £274,250 |
| 29 | Brendan Dolan | £269,250 |
| 30 | Gian van Veen | £208,000 |
| 31 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £203,500 |
| 32 | Jose De Sousa | £202,500 |
| 33 | Scott Williams | £201,500 |
| 34 | Luke Woodhouse | £190,250 |
| 35 | Ryan Joyce | £183,750 |
| 36 | Mike De Decker | £176,750 |
| 37 | Kim Huybrechts | £156,000 |
| 38 | Callan Rydz | £151,500 |
| 39 | Madars Razma | £149,750 |
| 40 | Martin Lukeman | £144,250 |
| 41 | Alan Soutar | £136,750 |
| 42 | Ricky Evans | £131,500 |
| 43 | Ritchie Edhouse | £131,000 |
| 44 | Cameron Menzies | £129,750 |
| 45 | Jermaine Wattimena | £129,000 |
| 46 | Jim Williams | £121,500 |
| 47 | Steve Beaton | £108,250 |
| 48 | William O'Connor | £106,750 |
| 49 | Matt Campbell | £105,750 |
| 50 | Kevin Doets | £105,000 |
| 51 | Keane Barry | £102,750 |
| 52 | Simon Whitlock | £101,000 |
| 53 | Richard Veenstra | £98,250 |
| 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 | £78,500 |
| 61 | Vincent van der Voort | £77,250 |
| 62 | Mervyn King | £76,500 |
| 63 | Adam Gawlas | £73,250 |
| 64 | Ian White | £72,750 |
| 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 | £47,750 |
| 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 | £36,000 |
| 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 | Danny Lauby | £14,500 |
| 101 | Connor Scutt | £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 | Jitse Van der Wal | £10,250 |
| 119 | Cam Crabtree | £10,000 |
| 119 | Andy Boulton | £10,000 |
| 121 | Benjamin Reus | £9,500 |
| 121 | Haupai Puha | £9,500 |
| 123 | Brett Claydon | £9,000 |
| 123 | George Killington | £9,000 |
| 125 | Jelle Klaasen | £8,250 |
| 125 | Kai Gotthardt | £8,250 |
| 127 | Adam Hunt | £8,000 |
| 127 | Darren Beveridge | £8,000 |
| 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 | Sebastian Bialecki | £3,750 |
| 143 | Johan Engstrom | £3,750 |
| 143 | Kevin Troppmann | £3,750 |
| 143 | Michael Unterbuchner | £3,750 |
| 147 | Jamie Atkins | £3,000 |
| 147 | Jules van Dongen | £3,000 |
| 149 | Max Hopp | £2,500 |
| 149 | Marko Kantele | £2,500 |
| 149 | Niko Springer | £2,500 |
| 149 | Matthias Ehlers | £2,500 |
| 149 | Jan Dueckers | £2,500 |
| 149 | Lee Cocks | £2,500 |
| 149 | Marvin van Velzen | £2,500 |
| 149 | Moreno Blom | £2,500 |
| 149 | Moritz Hilger | £2,500 |
| 149 | Darius Labanauskas | £2,500 |
| 149 | Andreas Harrysson | £2,500 |
| 149 | Leonard Gates | £2,500 |
| 149 | Scott Mitchell | £2,500 |
| 162 | Rene Eidams | £2,250 |
| 163 | Aden Kirk | £2,000 |
| 163 | Thomas Lovely | £2,000 |
| 165 | Michael Taylor | £1,500 |
| 165 | Jarred Cole | £1,500 |
| 165 | Joe Croft | £1,500 |
| 168 | Jody Tobback | £1,250 |
| 168 | Francois Schweyen | £1,250 |
| 168 | Luc Bogaert | £1,250 |
| 168 | Brian Raman | £1,250 |
| 168 | Dragutin Horvat | £1,250 |
| 168 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £1,250 |
| 168 | Nico Blum | £1,250 |
| 168 | Benjamin Pratnemer | £1,250 |
| 168 | Damian Mol | £1,250 |
| 168 | Teemu Harju | £1,250 |
| 168 | Jiri Brejcha | £1,250 |
| 168 | Christopher Toonders | £1,250 |
| 168 | Daniel Larsson | £1,250 |
| 168 | Hannes Schnier | £1,250 |
| 168 | Dominik Haberl | £1,250 |
| 168 | Christian Goedl | £1,250 |
| 168 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £1,250 |
| 168 | Arno Brand | £1,250 |
| 168 | Alexander Masek | £1,250 |
| 168 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
| 168 | Cor Dekker | £1,250 |
| 168 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £1,250 |
| 168 | Oliver Mueller (FfO) | £1,250 |
| 168 | Viktor Tingstrom | £1,250 |
| 168 | Jeroen Caron | £1,250 |
| 168 | Geert De Vos | £1,250 |
| 168 | Steven Strobbe | £1,250 |
| 168 | Born Van Put | £1,250 |
| 196 | Reece Colley | £1,000 |
| 196 | Shane McGuirk | £1,000 |
| 196 | Harry Lane | £1,000 |
| 196 | Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000 |
| 196 | Jenson Walker | £1,000 |
| 196 | Bradley Brooks | £1,000 |
| 196 | John Haines | £1,000 |
| 196 | Jack Male | £1,000 |
| 196 | Tom Lonsdale | £1,000 |
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