PDC Order of Merit update: Michael van Gerwen slips as Gary Anderson and Nathan Aspinall make gains
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The two Players Championship events in Den Bosch triggered notable moves on the PDC Order of Merit. Michael van Gerwen, in particular, has lost ground. The three-time world champion drops two places, overtaken not only by Josh Rock but also by compatriot Danny Noppert.
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Van Gerwen endured mixed results across the two floor events in Den Bosch. At Players Championship 29 his run ended in round one. A day later it improved, with ‘Mighty Mike’ reaching the quarter-finals at Players Championship 30.
That still wasn’t enough to protect his world ranking. The PDC Order of Merit is calculated on prize money earned over two years. Van Gerwen won a Players Championship around this time two years ago. That payout has now dropped off his ranking, and he did not replace it sufficiently this week.
The result is a two-spot slide for Van Gerwen. Josh Rock capitalises and climbs to seventh on the world list.
Anderson takes tenth from Bunting
Noppert also leapfrogs his compatriot. ‘The Freeze’ rises two places to eighth in the world. That means Van Gerwen is no longer the second Dutchman on the PDC Order of Merit.
There were more shifts further down the top 16. Gary Anderson has taken tenth from Stephen Bunting. ‘The Bullet’ drops two places. Nathan Aspinall also made gains. The Englishman climbs to 15th, moving ahead of Chris Dobey.
Michael van Gerwen had already lost the status as top-ranked Dutchman and is now even the third Dutch player on the world list
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Menzies and Sedlacek the big winners in Den Bosch
The two titles in Den Bosch this week went to Cameron Menzies and Karel Sedlacek. Menzies took Players Championship 29, while Sedlacek made Czech darts history by winning Players Championship 30 the following day. The £15,000 top prize surprisingly doesn’t move Menzies higher in the world rankings. The Scot stays 26th for now. His title does, however, significantly cut the gap to 25th.
Sedlacek’s title is reflected immediately. The Czech started the week 57th, gains four places, and is now 53rd. Sebastian Bialecki also steps forward. The Pole climbs three places from 58th to 55th. Max Hopp makes progress too, rising from 68th to 66th.
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The current ranking may not stay the same for long. The coming weeks feature several key ranking events with far more prize money on offer than regular Players Championships. The next major date is the World Grand Prix. There will again be substantial ranking money at stake, while players must also defend prize money from two years ago. The margins at several spots on the PDC Order of Merit are small, so the balance of power could shift again after the major.
PDC Order of Merit
| Rank | +/- | Name | Prize money (in units of £1,000) |
| 1 | Luke Littler | 3139 | |
| 2 | Luke Humphries | 1014.5 | |
| 3 | Gian van Veen | 1005.75 | |
| 4 | Gerwyn Price | 728 | |
| 5 | Jonny Clayton | 677 | |
| 6 | James Wade | 667.25 | |
| 7 | +1 | Josh Rock | 624 |
| 8 | +2 | Danny Noppert | 610 |
| 9 | -2 | Michael van Gerwen | 608.5 |
| 10 | +1 | Gary Anderson | 594.25 |
| 11 | -2 | Stephen Bunting | 592.25 |
| 12 | Wessel Nijman | 578.5 | |
| 13 | Ryan Searle | 571.75 | |
| 14 | Ross Smith | 563.75 | |
| 15 | +1 | Nathan Aspinall | 554 |
| 16 | -1 | Chris Dobey | 553.25 |
| 17 | Jermaine Wattimena | 534.75 | |
| 18 | Luke Woodhouse | 503.5 | |
| 19 | Martin Schindler | 437.75 | |
| 20 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 437 | |
| 21 | +2 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 425.25 |
| 22 | -1 | Rob Cross | 423.5 |
| 23 | -1 | Damon Heta | 419.25 |
| 24 | Mike De Decker | 403 | |
| 25 | Ryan Joyce | 402 | |
| 26 | Cameron Menzies | 380 | |
| 27 | +1 | Kevin Doets | 367.5 |
| 28 | -1 | Andrew Gilding | 360.25 |
| 29 | Daryl Gurney | 333.5 | |
| 30 | +1 | Joe Cullen | 300 |
| 31 | -1 | Dave Chisnall | 295.25 |
| 32 | Ritchie Edhouse | 290 | |
| 33 | William O'Connor | 267 | |
| 34 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 264 | |
| 35 | Niels Zonneveld | 257.75 | |
| 36 | Michael Smith | 249.25 | |
| 37 | Peter Wright | 244.5 | |
| 38 | Niko Springer | 228.75 | |
| 39 | +1 | Callan Rydz | 202.5 |
| 40 | +1 | Raymond van Barneveld | 202.25 |
| 41 | -2 | Martin Lukeman | 195 |
| 42 | +1 | Justin Hood | 193.25 |
| 43 | -1 | Mickey Mansell | 192.25 |
| 44 | +2 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 186.75 |
| 45 | -1 | Madars Razma | 183.75 |
| 46 | +2 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 178 |
| 47 | +2 | James Hurrell | 176.25 |
| 48 | -1 | Gabriel Clemens | 174 |
| 49 | +2 | Brendan Dolan | 173.5 |
| 50 | -5 | Connor Scutt | 172.75 |
| 51 | -1 | Kim Huybrechts | 170.5 |
| 52 | Scott Williams | 169.5 | |
| 53 | +4 | Karel Sedlacek | 169.25 |
| 54 | -2 | Ricky Evans | 166 |
| 55 | +3 | Sebastian Bialecki | 154.5 |
| 56 | -2 | Keane Barry | 154.25 |
| 57 | -2 | Mensur Suljovic | 152 |
| 58 | -2 | Ian White | 149.25 |
| 59 | Richard Veenstra | 142.75 | |
| 60 | +1 | Rob Owen | 128.25 |
| 61 | -1 | Alan Soutar | 127 |
| 62 | +1 | Lukas Wenig | 122.25 |
| 63 | -1 | Ryan Meikle | 121.5 |
| 64 | Bradley Brooks | 119.5 | |
| 65 | Nick Kenny | 115 | |
| 66 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 113 | |
| 66 | +2 | Max Hopp | 113 |
| 68 | -1 | Thibault Tricole | 105.25 |
| 69 | Cam Crabtree | 104.5 | |
| 70 | Wesley Plaisier | 98 | |
| 71 | Cristo Reyes | 87 | |
| 72 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 82 | |
| 73 | -1 | Adam Lipscombe | 80 |
| 74 | Beau Greaves | 72 | |
| 75 | Tom Bissell | 71.25 | |
| 76 | Darryl Pilgrim | 69.5 | |
| 77 | Cor Dekker | 68.75 | |
| 78 | Dominik Gruellich | 62.25 | |
| 79 | Christian Kist | 60.5 | |
| 80 | +1 | Tom Sykes | 57.75 |
| 81 | -1 | Andy Boulton | 56 |
| 82 | Jim Long | 55.25 | |
| 83 | +2 | Oskar Lukasiak | 47.25 |
| 83 | Charlie Manby | 47.25 | |
| 85 | -1 | Joe Hunt | 46 |
| 86 | Thomas Lovely | 43 | |
| 87 | +1 | Jimmy van Schie | 41.5 |
| 88 | -1 | Leon Weber | 41.25 |
| 89 | Darius Labanauskas | 40.75 | |
| 90 | +1 | Marvin van Velzen | 37.75 |
| 91 | -1 | Tavis Dudeney | 37.25 |
| 92 | Viktor Tingstrom | 37 | |
| 93 | Shane McGuirk | 36.75 | |
| 94 | Alexander Merkx | 34.75 | |
| 95 | Henry Coates | 34 | |
| 96 | +3 | Adam Gawlas | 33.75 |
| 97 | +2 | Kai Gotthardt | 33 |
| 98 | Adam Paxton | 32.75 | |
| 99 | -2 | Greg Ritchie | 32.25 |
| 100 | -4 | David Sharp | 31.25 |
| 101 | +8 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | 29.75 |
| 101 | +2 | Owen Bates | 29.75 |
| 103 | -2 | Mervyn King | 29 |
| 104 | -2 | Adam Warner | 28.75 |
| 105 | Jurjen van der Velde | 28.5 | |
| 106 | Martijn Dragt | 28.25 | |
| 107 | -3 | Dennie Olde Kalter | 27.5 |
| 108 | +1 | Chris Landman | 26.75 |
| 109 | +2 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 26.5 |
| 110 | +2 | Tommy Morris | 26.25 |
| 111 | -4 | Stephen Burton | 26 |
| 112 | -4 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 25.75 |
| 113 | Tyler Thorpe | 24 | |
| 114 | +5 | Tommy Lishman | 23 |
| 115 | -2 | Niall Culleton | 22.75 |
| 116 | -1 | Scott Waites | 22.5 |
| 117 | -1 | Jack Tweddell | 21.75 |
| 118 | Arno Merk | 21.5 | |
| 119 | -2 | Sietse Lap | 21.25 |
| 120 | +2 | Maximilian Czerwinski | 20 |
| 121 | +2 | Rhys Griffin | 19.25 |
| 121 | -1 | Adam Leek | 19.25 |
| 123 | -2 | Derek Coulson | 19 |
| 124 | +6 | Steve Lennon | 17.75 |
| 125 | -1 | Stephen Rosney | 17 |
| 126 | -1 | Stefaan Henderyck | 16.75 |
| 127 | +1 | Stefan Bellmont | 16.5 |
| 128 | -2 | Tytus Kanik | 15 |
| 129 | -2 | Harry Ward | 14.25 |
| 130 | -2 | Samuel Price | 14 |
| 131 | Carl Sneyd | 13.5 | |
| 132 | Nathan Potter | 13 | |
| 133 | Daniel Ayres | 12.75 | |
| 134 | Yorick Hofkens | 12.5 | |
| 135 | Pascal Rupprecht | 12.25 | |
| 136 | Andy Baetens | 11.5 | |
| 137 | +4 | Daniel Klose | 10.75 |
| 138 | +4 | Lewis Pride | 10.25 |
| 139 | -2 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | 10 |
| 140 | -2 | Marvin Kraft | 9.5 |
| 140 | -2 | Paul Krohne | 9.5 |
| 142 | -2 | Boris Krcmar | 8.5 |
| 143 | Michael Unterbuchner | 7.5 | |
| 144 | Jan Schmidt | 7 | |
| 144 | Patrik Kovacs | 7 | |
| 146 | Pero Ljubic | 6.5 | |
| 147 | Christopher Wickenden | 6.25 | |
| 148 | Johan Engstrom | 6 | |
| 149 | Nandor Major | 5.5 | |
| 149 | Jonas Masalin | 5.5 | |
| 149 | Dragutin Horvat | 5.5 | |
| 149 | Marcel Hausotter | 5.5 | |
| 153 | Jack Aldridge | 5.25 | |
| 154 | Oliver Mitchell | 4.25 | |
| 155 | Finn Behrens | 4 | |
| 155 | Callum Goffin | 4 | |
| 155 | Anton Ostlund | 4 | |
| 158 | +6 | Ted Evetts | 3.75 |
| 158 | Aden Kirk | 3.75 | |
| 158 | Filip Bereza | 3.75 | |
| 158 | Scott Campbell | 3.75 | |
| 162 | -1 | Laszlo Kadar | 3.5 |
| 162 | -1 | Valters Melderis | 3.5 |
| 164 | New | Archie Self | 3.25 |
| 165 | -2 | Patrik Williams | 3 |
| 166 | +42 | Gilbert van der Meijden | 2.5 |
| 166 | -2 | Graham Hall | 2.5 |
| 168 | -2 | Jaimy Jacobs | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Jeroen Caron | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Kevin Lankhuizen | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Michael Hansen | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Petr Tous | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | David Rosi | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Jiri Brejcha | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Martin Homola | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Andras Borbely | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | David Pisek | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Milan Biro | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Jaimy Van de Weerd | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Michal Smejda | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Mio Varila | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Adrian Dudek | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Gabriel Varaljay | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Jan Sliacky | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Juraj Holub | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Peter Kelemen | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Jason Riedtke | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Teemu Harju | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Gyorgy Jehirszki | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Aaron Hardy | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Nick Zwittnigg | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Zoran Lerchbacher | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Michael Hurtz | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Petr Krivka | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Robin Masino | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Kevin Troppmann | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Francois Schweyen | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Jani Haavisto | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Pascal Devroey | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Florian Hempel | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Florian Preis | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Wojciech Brulinski | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Sam Spivey | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Andreas Harrysson | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Dawid Robak | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Krzysztof Kciuk | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Miroslaw Grudziecki | 2 |
| 168 | -2 | Piotr Maciejczak | 2 |
| 210 | -2 | Danny Trueman | 1.25 |
| 210 | -2 | Matthias Ehlers | 1.25 |
| 210 | -2 | Jack Todd | 1.25 |
| 210 | -2 | Jamai van den Herik | 1.25 |
| 210 | -2 | Oliver King | 1.25 |
| 210 | -2 | Ron Meulenkamp | 1.25 |
| 210 | -2 | Samuel Whittaker | 1.25 |
| 217 | -1 | Danny van Trijp | 0.75 |
| 217 | -1 | Jesus Salate | 0.75 |

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- She's technically not a professional though as she doesn't hold a pro tour card.mr-pablo04-11-2026
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