PDC Order of Merit Update: Luke Littler passes Michael van Gerwen but World Number One out of reach for now
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The PDC World Darts Championship final between Michael van Gerwen and Luke Littler was not only a battle for the world title, but also decisive in the battle for the second spot in the Main PDC Order of Merit.
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Littler crowned himself the new world champion on Friday night and took the top prize of 500,000 pounds. As a result, 'The Nuke' moved up to second place on the PDC Order of Merit. Van Gerwen did solidify his third spot. Although Littler earned half a million in prize money, the first spot is still far out of sight. The dethroned world champion Luke Humphries still has a lead of almost seven thousand over his 17-year-old compatriot.
Perhaps Littler will be able to make an assault on the top spot in the autumn, as that is the period when Humphries has a lot of prize money to defend. The next world championship is only the first tournament where Littler has to defend prize money.
Behind the top three, Rob Cross moved up one spot, putting 'Voltage' in fourth place. Stephen Bunting progressed three spots and can call himself number five in the world for the first time. Dave Chisnall and Jonny Clayton maintained their positions and are seventh and eighth, respectively. Damon Heta and Gerwyn Price both gained one spot and hold the eighth and ninth spots. Chris Dobey moved up five places after his semifinal finish and debuts in the top-10 of the world rankings.
The big losers were Michael Smith and Dimitri van den Bergh. Smith had to defend his world title from two years ago in the world rankings, but was eliminated already in the second round. As a result, Smith dropped from second to 16th place. Van den Bergh made it to the semifinals in 2023 and also loses a good portion of his prize money. 'The Dreammaker' had to drop seven spots and is now eighteenth.
Ryan Joyce and Ricardo Pietreczko moved into the top-32 after their good performances in London. Both darters managed to reach the last sixteen at the World Darts Championship and moved up four spots. Joyce is now ranked No. 29 in the world, while Pietreczko is one spot below him. Gabriel Clemens also had to give up a lot of spots. Like Van den Bergh, "The German Giant" was a semifinalist in 2023. The German lost already in the second round and fell back ten spots. He now finds himself in 37th place. Kevin Doets actually climbed ten places after reaching the last sixteen. The Dutchman now occupies the 41st spot on the PDC Order of Merit.
| Rank | +/- | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Luke Humphries | 1804.25 | |
| 2 | +2 | Luke Littler | 1118.5 |
| 3 | Michael van Gerwen | 815.5 | |
| 4 | +1 | Rob Cross | 551.75 |
| 5 | +3 | Stephen Bunting | 536 |
| 6 | Dave Chisnall | 528.5 | |
| 7 | Jonny Clayton | 494 | |
| 8 | +1 | Damon Heta | 484 |
| 9 | +1 | Gerwyn Price | 480.5 |
| 10 | +5 | Chris Dobey | 480.25 |
| 11 | +1 | Nathan Aspinall | 470.5 |
| 12 | +5 | Peter Wright | 442.5 |
| 13 | Danny Noppert | 431.75 | |
| 14 | Gary Anderson | 430.5 | |
| 15 | +1 | James Wade | 426.75 |
| 16 | +2 | Josh Rock | 405 |
| 16 | -14 | Michael Smith | 405 |
| 18 | -7 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 399.25 |
| 19 | +1 | Ryan Searle | 398.25 |
| 20 | +1 | Andrew Gilding | 395.5 |
| 21 | -2 | Ross Smith | 395 |
| 22 | Martin Schindler | 365 | |
| 23 | Joe Cullen | 357.25 | |
| 24 | Mike De Decker | 356 | |
| 25 | +1 | Daryl Gurney | 334.25 |
| 26 | -1 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 325.75 |
| 27 | +1 | Gian van Veen | 299 |
| 28 | +1 | Ritchie Edhouse | 289.25 |
| 29 | +4 | Ryan Joyce | 282 |
| 30 | +4 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 280.75 |
| 31 | -1 | Brendan Dolan | 271.5 |
| 32 | -1 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 267.75 |
| 33 | +2 | Luke Woodhouse | 262.75 |
| 34 | -2 | Raymond van Barneveld | 252.75 |
| 35 | +1 | Jermaine Wattimena | 240.25 |
| 36 | +1 | Scott Williams | 220.75 |
| 37 | -10 | Gabriel Clemens | 219.75 |
| 38 | Martin Lukeman | 202.5 | |
| 39 | Cameron Menzies | 178 | |
| 40 | +3 | Callan Rydz | 177 |
| 41 | +10 | Kevin Doets | 146.5 |
| 42 | +2 | Madars Razma | 144.75 |
| 43 | -1 | Mickey Mansell | 143.25 |
| 44 | +1 | Ricky Evans | 142.25 |
| 45 | -5 | Jose de Sousa | 139 |
| 46 | -5 | Kim Huybrechts | 136 |
| 47 | Richard Veenstra | 122.75 | |
| 48 | +1 | Niels Zonneveld | 121.25 |
| 49 | +8 | Ian White | 116.25 |
| 50 | +2 | Keane Barry | 115.25 |
| 51 | -5 | Jim Williams | 111.25 |
| 52 | -4 | William O'Connor | 107 |
| 53 | Florian Hempel | 103 | |
| 53 | +2 | Matt Campbell | 103 |
| 55 | +3 | Wessel Nijman | 100 |
| 56 | -2 | Steve Beaton | 89 |
| 57 | -7 | Alan Soutar | 85.5 |
| 58 | +9 | Dylan Slevin | 80.5 |
| 59 | +18 | Robert Owen | 80.25 |
| 60 | +2 | Ryan Meikle | 78.5 |
| 61 | +3 | Stephen Burton | 78 |
| 62 | +8 | Connor Scutt | 77 |
| 63 | -7 | Mensur Suljovic | 75.25 |
| 64 | +17 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 75 |
| 65 | +11 | Nick Kenny | 71.75 |
| 66 | +2 | Karel Sedlacek | 71.25 |
| 67 | -9 | Boris Krcmar | 70 |
| 68 | +5 | Wesley Plaisier | 69.5 |
| 69 | -9 | Simon Whitlock | 69.25 |
| 70 | -4 | Lee Evans | 66.75 |
| 71 | -8 | Jamie Hughes | 65.25 |
| 72 | +2 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | 58.5 |
| 73 | -12 | Mervyn King | 57.5 |
| 74 | +5 | Thibault Tricole | 57.25 |
| 75 | -3 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 56.5 |
| 76 | -11 | Adam Gawlas | 53.75 |
| 77 | -6 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | 51.25 |
| 78 | -3 | Daniel Klose | 47.25 |
| 79 | +10 | James Hurrell | 45.75 |
| 80 | -2 | Keegan Brown | 42.75 |
| 81 | -1 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 41.5 |
| 82 | Graham Hall | 39.5 | |
| 82 | Dom Taylor | 39.5 | |
| 84 | +3 | Chris Landman | 39.25 |
| 85 | -16 | Vincent van der Voort | 38.5 |
| 86 | -2 | Arron Monk | 37.75 |
| 87 | -2 | Graham Usher | 32.25 |
| 87 | -2 | Jurjen van der Velde | 32.25 |
| 89 | -1 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 31 |
| 90 | +32 | Rhys Griffin | 28 |
| 91 | +11 | Christian Kist | 27.25 |
| 92 | -2 | Pascal Rupprecht | 26.5 |
| 93 | +37 | Leonard Gates | 25.5 |
| 94 | New | Paolo Nebrida | 25 |
| 95 | -4 | Andy Baetens | 24.5 |
| 96 | -4 | Josh Payne | 23.5 |
| 96 | -4 | Berry van Peer | 23.5 |
| 98 | +37 | Kai Gotthardt | 23.25 |
| 99 | -4 | Nathan Rafferty | 22.25 |
| 100 | -4 | Steve Lennon | 22 |
| 101 | -4 | Radek Szaganski | 21.75 |
| 102 | -4 | Lukas Wenig | 21.5 |
| 103 | -4 | Owen Roelofs | 21 |
| 104 | -4 | Danny van Trijp | 20.5 |
| 105 | -4 | Callum Goffin | 20.25 |
| 106 | +18 | Stefan Bellmont | 20 |
| 107 | -4 | Adam Warner | 19.5 |
| 108 | -4 | Patrick Geeraets | 19 |
| 108 | -4 | Matthew Dennant | 19 |
| 108 | -4 | Geert Nentjes | 19 |
| 111 | -4 | Darren Beveridge | 18.75 |
| 111 | -4 | Adam Smith-Neale | 18.75 |
| 113 | -4 | Jitse Van der Wal | 18.25 |
| 114 | -4 | Benjamin Reus | 18 |
| 115 | -4 | Ronny Huybrechts | 17.75 |
| 116 | -4 | Andy Boulton | 17 |
| 116 | -4 | Danny Lauby | 17 |
| 118 | -4 | Robert Grundy | 16.5 |
| 119 | -4 | Robbie Knops | 16.25 |
| 120 | +96 | Alexander Merkx | 16 |
| 121 | -5 | Christian Perez | 15.5 |
| 122 | New | Alexis Toylo | 15 |
| 122 | New | Lok Yin Lee | 15 |
| 124 | -7 | George Killington | 14.5 |
| 125 | -7 | Owen Bates | 14 |
| 126 | -7 | Brett Claydon | 13.75 |
| 127 | -7 | Martijn Dragt | 13.5 |
| 127 | -7 | Adam Hunt | 13.5 |
| 129 | -7 | Darryl Pilgrim | 13 |
| 130 | +14 | Lourence Ilagan | 12.5 |
| 130 | +14 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven | 12.5 |
| 130 | -6 | Danny Jansen | 12.5 |
| 130 | -6 | Haupai Puha | 12.5 |
| 134 | +15 | Romeo Grbavac | 12.25 |
| 135 | -8 | Jelle Klaasen | 11.75 |
| 136 | -8 | William Borland | 11.5 |
| 136 | -8 | Leighton Bennett | 11.5 |
| 138 | -8 | Franz Roetzsch | 10.5 |
| 139 | +20 | Niko Springer | 10 |
| 139 | +20 | Darius Labanauskas | 10 |
| 139 | -7 | Lee Cocks | 10 |
| 139 | -7 | Cam Crabtree | 10 |
| 143 | -9 | John Henderson | 8.5 |
| 144 | -9 | Jacques Labre | 8.25 |
| 145 | New | Ben Robb | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Cameron Carolissen | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Fallon Sherrock | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Gordon Mathers | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Jim Long | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Joe Comito | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Nitin Kumar | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Rashad Sweeting | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Ryusei Azemoto | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Stowe Buntz | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Tomoya Goto | 7.5 |
| 145 | New | Xiaochen Zong | 7.5 |
| 145 | -8 | Richie Burnett | 7.5 |
| 145 | -8 | Paul Krohne | 7.5 |
| 145 | -8 | Tim Wolters | 7.5 |
| 145 | -8 | Joshua Richardson | 7.5 |
| 145 | -51 | Adrian Lewis | 7.5 |
| 162 | -21 | Justin Hood | 7 |
| 163 | -21 | Michele Turetta | 6 |
| 164 | -21 | Jamie Atkins | 5.5 |
| 165 | -21 | Beau Greaves | 5 |
| 165 | -21 | Jimmy van Schie | 5 |
| 165 | -21 | Sebastian Bialecki | 5 |
| 168 | -18 | Ted Evetts | 4.5 |
| 168 | -18 | Oskar Lukasiak | 4.5 |
| 170 | -18 | Pavel Drtil | 4 |
| 170 | -18 | Jules van Dongen | 4 |
| 172 | -18 | Marko Kantele | 3.75 |
| 172 | -18 | Cor Dekker | 3.75 |
| 172 | -18 | Johan Engstrom | 3.75 |
| 172 | -18 | Kevin Troppmann | 3.75 |
| 172 | -18 | Michael Unterbuchner | 3.75 |
| 177 | -18 | Jiri Brejcha | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Anton Ostlund | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Bruno Stoeckli | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Roger Hertig | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Shane McGuirk | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Alberto Bezjian | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Max Hopp | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Matthias Ehlers | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Jan Dueckers | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Marvin van Velzen | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Moreno Blom | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Moritz Hilger | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Andreas Harrysson | 2.5 |
| 177 | -18 | Scott Mitchell | 2.5 |
| 191 | -16 | Dragutin Horvat | 2.25 |
| 191 | -16 | Rene Eidams | 2.25 |
| 193 | -16 | Aden Kirk | 2 |
| 193 | -16 | Thomas Lovely | 2 |
| 195 | -16 | Jarred Cole | 1.5 |
| 195 | -16 | Joe Croft | 1.5 |
| 195 | -16 | Michael Taylor | 1.5 |
| 198 | -16 | Daniel Markovsky | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Michal Smejda | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Patrik Kovacs | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Alex Fehlmann | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Marcel Walpen | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Nandor Pres | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Andras Csoka | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Gyorgy Jehirszki | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Janos Vegso | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Brian Raman | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Francois Schweyen | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Jody Tobback | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Luc Bogaert | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Krzysztof Kciuk | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Nico Blum | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Damian Mol | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Teemu Harju | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Christopher Toonders | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Daniel Larsson | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Christian Goedl | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Dominik Haberl | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Hannes Schnier | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Zoran Lerchbacher | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Arno Brand | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Alexander Masek | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Oliver Mueller | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Viktor Tingstrom | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Vitezslav Sedlak | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Born of Put | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Geert De Vos | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Jeroen Caron | 1.25 |
| 198 | -16 | Steven Strobbe | 1.25 |
| 232 | -16 | Dominik Gruellich | 1 |
| 232 | -16 | Stefaan Henderyck | 1 |
| 232 | -16 | Reece Colley | 1 |
| 232 | -16 | Bradley Brooks | 1 |
| 232 | -16 | Harry Lane | 1 |
| 232 | -16 | Jack Male | 1 |
| 232 | -16 | Jenson Walker | 1 |
| 232 | -16 | John Haines | 1 |
| 232 | -16 | Ron Meulenkamp | 1 |
| 232 | -16 | Tom Lonsdale | 1 |
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