PDC Order of Merit Update: James Wade back into world's top eight, Rob Cross and Peter Wright fall
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James Wade continued his rise up the PDC Order of Merit after winning a Players Championship title last Thursday. For "The Machine," it was his first Pro Tour title in nearly three years.
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Not long ago, Wade had fallen out of the top-20 on the PDC Order of Merit, but the left-handed darter has since worked his way up to eighth place. Wade earned 15,000 pounds with his title after successively defeating Brett Claydon (6-2), Joshua Richardson (6-2), Peter Wright (6-5), Kevin Doets (6-4), Gian van Veen (6-4), Andrew Gilding (7-3) and Scott Williams (8-3).
In the coming weeks, Wade can focus on continuing his climb up the PDC Order of Merit. The difference from fourth-placed Stephen Bunting is only 74,250 pounds. In between are Jonny Clayton, Nathan Aspinall and Chris Dobey. The top three were not in action last week. Luke Humphries still has a lead of over half a million pounds over Luke Littler, while Michael van Gerwen follows well behind.
Dave Chisnall also has risen going up one spot as he is level with Gerwyn Price. Damon Heta is the next in his sights to return to the top ten albeit of course he is very much a quality operator who continues to perform so unlike those ahead who perhaps are on the downturn, he is not.
Within the top-16 world rankings, Ross Smith has also made progress. He took over the fourteenth spot from Peter Wright who continues to plummet. Slightly lower down the ranking, Andrew Gilding took over the 28th spot from Ricardo Pietreczko. Dirk van Duijvenbode (30th) and Jermaine Wattimena (31st) both moved up one spot at the expense of Luke Woodhouse. Alan Soutar did good business by making a last 16 and a quarterfinal, moving up four spots and is now ranked No. 55 in the world.
PDC Order of Merit
| Rank | +/- | Name (Country) | Prize Money (£k) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Humphries (ENG) | 1873.75 | |
| 2 | Luke Littler (ENG) | 1300.5 | |
| 3 | Michael van Gerwen (NED) | 734.75 | |
| 4 | Stephen Bunting (ENG) | 596.5 | |
| 5 | Jonny Clayton (WAL) | 557.75 | |
| 6 | Nathan Aspinall (ENG) | 526 | |
| 7 | Chris Dobey (ENG) | 525.5 | |
| 8 | +1 | James Wade (ENG) | 522.25 |
| 9 | -1 | Rob Cross (ENG) | 505.5 |
| 10 | Damon Heta (AUS) | 502.75 | |
| 11 | +1 | Dave Chisnall (ENG) | 473 |
| 11 | Gerwyn Price (WAL) | 473 | |
| 13 | Gary Anderson (SCO) | 464 | |
| 14 | +1 | Ross Smith (ENG) | 450.25 |
| 15 | -1 | Peter Wright (SCO) | 447 |
| 16 | Danny Noppert (NED) | 443.75 | |
| 17 | Josh Rock (NIR) | 436.75 | |
| 18 | Martin Schindler (GER) | 416.75 | |
| 19 | Ryan Searle (ENG) | 411.25 | |
| 20 | Mike De Decker (BEL) | 389.5 | |
| 20 | Michael Smith (ENG) | 389.5 | |
| 22 | Dimitri Van den Bergh (BEL) | 382.25 | |
| 23 | Gian van Veen (NED) | 381 | |
| 24 | Joe Cullen (ENG) | 365.5 | |
| 25 | Daryl Gurney (NIR) | 333.5 | |
| 26 | Ryan Joyce (ENG) | 327.5 | |
| 27 | Ritchie Edhouse (ENG) | 317.25 | |
| 28 | +1 | Andrew Gilding (ENG) | 306 |
| 29 | -1 | Ricardo Pietreczko (GER) | 304.25 |
| 30 | +1 | Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED) | 289.75 |
| 31 | +1 | Jermaine Wattimena (NED) | 285.75 |
| 32 | -2 | Luke Woodhouse (ENG) | 284.5 |
| 33 | Krzysztof Ratajski (POL) | 271.25 | |
| 34 | Brendan Dolan (NIR) | 265.75 | |
| 35 | Raymond van Barneveld (NED) | 259.25 | |
| 36 | Cameron Menzies (SCO) | 256.5 | |
| 37 | Scott Williams (ENG) | 244.75 | |
| 38 | Martin Lukeman (ENG) | 225.25 | |
| 39 | Gabriel Clemens (GER) | 207.75 | |
| 40 | Callan Rydz (ENG) | 182.75 | |
| 41 | Kevin Doets (NED) | 180.25 | |
| 42 | Wessel Nijman (NED) | 169.5 | |
| 43 | Mickey Mansell (IRE) | 158.75 | |
| 44 | Ricky Evans (ENG) | 153.25 | |
| 45 | Madars Razma (LAT) | 148 | |
| 46 | Niels Zonneveld (NED) | 145.5 | |
| 47 | William O'Connor (IRL) | 141 | |
| 48 | Kim Huybrechts (BEL) | 122.5 | |
| 49 | +1 | Richard Veenstra (NED) | 119.25 |
| 50 | -1 | Ian White (ENG) | 118.5 |
| 51 | Jose de Sousa (POR) | 112.25 | |
| 52 | Florian Hempel (GER) | 108.75 | |
| 53 | Matt Campbell (CAN) | 105 | |
| 54 | Keane Barry (IRL) | 102.75 | |
| 55 | +4 | Alan Soutar (SCO) | 99.25 |
| 56 | -1 | Jim Williams (WAL) | 96.75 |
| 57 | -1 | Connor Scutt (ENG) | 96.25 |
| 58 | -1 | Rob Owen (WAL) | 94.75 |
| 59 | -1 | Jeffrey de Graaf (SWE) | 92.5 |
| 60 | Nick Kenny (WAL) | 89.5 | |
| 61 | Stephen Burton (ENG) | 87.5 | |
| 62 | Mensur Suljovic (AUT) | 83.5 | |
| 63 | Ryan Meikle (ENG) | 82.75 | |
| 64 | Dylan Slevin (IRL) | 80 | |
| 65 | Thibault Tricole (FRA) | 77.25 | |
| 66 | Dom Taylor (ENG) | 64 | |
| 67 | James Hurrell (ENG) | 61.5 | |
| 68 | Mario Vandenbogaerde (BEL) | 55.75 | |
| 69 | Chris Landman (NED) | 52.75 | |
| 70 | Matthew Dennant (ENG) | 38.25 | |
| 71 | +2 | Niko Springer (GER) | 37.75 |
| 72 | -1 | Andy Baetens (BEL) | 36.5 |
| 73 | -1 | Berry van Peer (NED) | 36.25 |
| 74 | +3 | Nathan Rafferty (NIR) | 35.75 |
| 75 | -1 | Lukas Wenig (GER) | 35.5 |
| 76 | +3 | Darren Beveridge (SCO) | 35.25 |
| 77 | -1 | Rhys Griffin (WAL) | 35 |
| 78 | -3 | Patrick Geeraets (NED) | 34.25 |
| 79 | -1 | Steve Lennon (IRL) | 34 |
| 80 | +6 | Karel Sedlacek (CZE) | 31.5 |
| 80 | +1 | Jitse Van der Wal (NED) | 31.5 |
| 80 | +1 | Adam Hunt (ENG) | 31.5 |
| 80 | Radek Szaganski (POL) | 31.5 | |
| 84 | Owen Bates (ENG) | 30 | |
| 85 | -2 | Jelle Klaasen (NED) | 29.25 |
| 86 | -1 | Danny Lauby (USA) | 28.75 |
| 87 | Martijn Dragt (NED) | 28 | |
| 88 | +4 | Benjamin Reus (NED) | 26 |
| 89 | -2 | William Borland (SCO) | 25.5 |
| 90 | -1 | Haupai Puha (NZL) | 25 |
| 91 | Robert Grundy (ENG) | 24.75 | |
| 91 | -1 | Adam Lipscombe (ENG) | 24.75 |
| 93 | George Killington (ENG) | 24 | |
| 94 | Dominik Gruellich (GER) | 23.25 | |
| 95 | +2 | Darius Labanauskas (LTU) | 22.25 |
| 96 | +2 | Bradley Brooks (ENG) | 21.25 |
| 96 | +2 | Cam Crabtree (ENG) | 21.25 |
| 98 | -3 | Brett Claydon (ENG) | 21 |
| 99 | -4 | Sebastian Bialecki (POL) | 20 |
| 100 | Max Hopp (GER) | 19.25 | |
| 101 | Justin Hood (ENG) | 18.5 | |
| 102 | Darryl Pilgrim (ENG) | 16.25 | |
| 103 | Maik Kuivenhoven (NED) | 14.25 | |
| 103 | Joshua Richardson (ENG) | 14.25 | |
| 103 | Thomas Lovely (ENG) | 14.25 | |
| 106 | Andy Boulton (ENG) | 14 | |
| 107 | -1 | Michele Turetta (ITA) | 13 |
| 108 | +4 | Marvin van Velzen (NED) | 12.75 |
| 108 | Jim Long (CAN) | 12.75 | |
| 110 | Wesley Plaisier (NED) | 11.75 | |
| 111 | +6 | Carl Sneyd (ENG) | 11.5 |
| 112 | -3 | Christian Kist (NED) | 11 |
| 113 | Tom Bissell (ENG) | 10.5 | |
| 114 | -3 | Stefan Bellmont (SUI) | 9.5 |
| 115 | +2 | Leon Weber (GER) | 9 |
| 115 | -2 | Boris Krcmar (CRO) | 9 |
| 117 | -2 | Tim Wolters (GER) | 8.5 |
| 118 | -2 | Andreas Harrysson (SWE) | 8.25 |
| 119 | +9 | Adam Warner (ENG) | 8 |
| 120 | +3 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (AUT) | 7.5 |
| 120 | -1 | Jimmy van Schie (NED) | 7.5 |
| 120 | -1 | Tavis Dudeney (ENG) | 7.5 |
| 123 | +1 | Oskar Lukasiak (SWE) | 7.25 |
| 124 | +1 | Ted Evetts (ENG) | 7 |
| 124 | -3 | Greg Ritchie (SCO) | 7 |
| 124 | -3 | Kevin Burness (NIR) | 7 |
| 127 | +1 | Tommy Lishman (ENG) | 6.5 |
| 127 | -1 | Stefaan Henderyck (BEL) | 6.5 |
| 129 | +4 | Maximilian Czerwinski (GER) | 5.5 |
| 129 | -3 | Beau Greaves (ENG) | 5.5 |
| 131 | +16 | Viktor Tingstrom (SWE) | 5 |
| 131 | +16 | Mervyn King (ENG) | 5 |
| 131 | -3 | Tytus Kanik (POL) | 5 |
| 131 | -3 | Daniel Klose (GER) | 5 |
| 131 | -3 | Jurjen van der Velde (NED) | 5 |
| 136 | -3 | Alexander Merkx (NED) | 4.5 |
| 136 | -3 | Danny van Trijp (NED) | 4.5 |
| 136 | -3 | Tom Sykes (ENG) | 4.5 |
| 136 | -3 | Cor Dekker (NOR) | 4.5 |
| 140 | -2 | Adam Paxton (ENG) | 4.25 |
| 141 | +5 | Graham Hall (ENG) | 4 |
| 141 | -2 | Jeffrey Sparidaans (NED) | 4 |
| 141 | -2 | Jarno Bottenberg (NED) | 4 |
| 141 | -2 | Kai Gotthardt (GER) | 4 |
| 141 | -2 | Jules van Dongen (USA) | 4 |
| 146 | -3 | Michael Unterbuchner (GER) | 3.75 |
| 146 | -3 | Aden Kirk (ENG) | 3.75 |
| 148 | +8 | Pero Ljubic (CRO) | 3.25 |
| 148 | -3 | Nathan Girvan (SCO) | 3.25 |
| 150 | -3 | Kevin Knopf (GER) | 2.5 |
| 150 | -3 | Petr Krivka (CZE) | 2.5 |
| 150 | -3 | Teemu Harju (FIN) | 2.5 |
| 150 | -3 | Jamai van den Herik (NED) | 2.5 |
| 150 | -3 | Johan Engstrom (SWE) | 2.5 |
| 150 | -3 | Paul Krohne (GER) | 2.5 |
| 150 | -3 | Graham Usher (ENG) | 2.5 |
| 157 | +23 | Scott Campbell (ENG) | 2 |
| 158 | New | Jack Tweddell (ENG) | 1.5 |
| 159 | -2 | Dragutin Horvat (GER) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Joshua Hermann (GER) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Moritz Bohrmann (GER) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Jeffrey De Zwaan (NED) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Jerry Hendriks (NED) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Benjamin Pratnemer (SLO) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Marcel Erba (GER) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Christian Goedl (AUT) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Gyorgy Jehirszki (HUN) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Rowby-John Rodriguez (AUT) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Zoran Lerchbacher (AUT) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Andras Borbely (HUN) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Finn Behrens (GER) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Michael Rosenauer (GER) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Rene Eidams (GER) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Patrick Klingelhoefer (GER) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Paul Goyer (GER) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Laurin Welk (GER) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Marko Kantele (FIN) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Cedric Waegemans (BEL) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Francois Schweyen (LUX) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Patrick De Backer (BEL) | 1.25 |
| 159 | -2 | Sybren Gijbels (BEL) | 1.25 |
| 182 | -2 | Sam Spivey (ENG) | 1 |
| 182 | -2 | Paul Rowley (ENG) | 1 |
| 182 | -2 | Shaun Fox (ENG) | 1 |
| 182 | -2 | Simon Stevenson (ENG) | 1 |
| 182 | -2 | Tommy Morris (ENG) | 1 |
| 182 | -2 | Michael Flynn (ENG) | 1 |
| 188 | -1 | Henry Coates (ENG) | 0.75 |
| 188 | -1 | Ryan Branley (ENG) | 0.75 |
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