PDC Order of Merit Update: Nathan Aspinall and Michael van Gerwen currently set to return to top 10, Gary Anderson on verge of losing top 16 status
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The Grand Slam of Darts is upon us later on today with the first group games, and this means that the PDC Order of Merit begins to take shape with ranking money from previous years dropping off and a big week needed for some in Wolverhampton.
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Gian van Veen, as he was last updated, has ascended in his merry-go-round with Luke Humphries back to World No. 2. The Dutchman is on £1,032,250 and is now ahead of Humphries, who drops down to less than a million for the first time in a while. He is not in any current immediate danger with Gerwyn Price around £100,000 back.
Price to bounce past Humphries? Good news for Aspinall and Van Gerwen for now
But an elusive major win finally for Price could set him on the road towards getting past Cool Hand Luke. Otherwise the main changes come further down the PDC Order of Merit, with Nathan Aspinall and Michael van Gerwen both benefiting.
Both will play in Wolverhampton anyway, and with Josh Rock ahead of them despite him also playing not in the best form and only a few £100 ahead, there is the scope, especially for Nathan Aspinall, to immediately head back to World No. 8. Aspinall has gone from 11th to 9th in the provisional rankings with money taken off ahead of the Grand Slam of Darts.
While Michael van Gerwen has shifted up to the 10th spot ahead of Wessel Nijman, who has also risen, going up two spots to World No. 11. A top 10 spot is likely to come for him also this week and would become Dutch No. 2 if he manages to usurp Michael van Gerwen.
The big casualties are another Dutchman in the form of Danny Noppert, who goes down to 13th. Stephen Bunting is technically joint 11th with Wessel Nijman, with 'The Bullet' locked on the same amount of points as the Dutchman. Bunting only just qualified for the event.
Ryan Searle and Chris Dobey have also risen up one spot each ahead of the yearly visit to Wolverhampton, going up one spot each. This is at the expense of Gary Anderson, who moves down to 16th.
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Krzysztof Ratajski also usurps Jermaine Wattimena up to the 18th. While Van Duijvenbode is not playing in the tournament like Anderson, it means he moves down to 23rd with Kevin Doets, the one to pick his pocket, up one spot to 22nd.
Others to move up include Niko Springer, up one spot to World No. 33, while Ricardo Pietreczko is up two spots to World No. 34. Mike de Decker and Peter Wright shift down as is mostly the case due to the fact that they played in the Grand Slam of Darts two years ago and now aren't so likely to lose the ranking money as a result.
Karel Sedlacek is currently set to benefit, going up four spots to 38th. While James Hurrell (+4), Kim Huybrechts (+1), Sebastian Bialecki (+7), and Ricky Evans (+7) all shift up, do Brendan Dolan and Madars Razma.
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The big player to find himself going down is Mickey Mansell, who falls down 11 spots this time around. While Scott Williams also finds himself down five spots towards the top 50. Martin Lukeman is the big loser, as he goes down 24 spots, as he won't defend his final and is now in huge Tour Card jeopardy. He is now 67.
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PDC Order of Merit before the Grand Slam of Darts
| Rk | +/- | Name | Prize Money |
| 1 | Luke Littler | 2932.5 | |
| 2 | +1 | Gian van Veen | 1032.25 |
| 3 | -1 | Luke Humphries | 939.5 |
| 4 | Gerwyn Price | 835.5 | |
| 5 | Jonny Clayton | 719.25 | |
| 6 | Ross Smith | 678 | |
| 7 | James Wade | 659 | |
| 8 | Josh Rock | 594.25 | |
| 9 | +2 | Nathan Aspinall | 594 |
| 10 | +1 | Michael van Gerwen | 589.5 |
| 11 | +2 | Wessel Nijman | 587.75 |
| 11 | -2 | Stephen Bunting | 587.75 |
| 13 | -3 | Danny Noppert | 570 |
| 14 | +1 | Ryan Searle | 561 |
| 15 | +1 | Chris Dobey | 552.5 |
| 16 | -2 | Gary Anderson | 515.5 |
| 17 | Luke Woodhouse | 511 | |
| 18 | +1 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 491.25 |
| 19 | -1 | Jermaine Wattimena | 474 |
| 20 | Martin Schindler | 453 | |
| 21 | Damon Heta | 416.75 | |
| 22 | +1 | Kevin Doets | 401.75 |
| 23 | -2 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 396.75 |
| 24 | Rob Cross | 375.25 | |
| 25 | Ryan Joyce | 365.25 | |
| 26 | Cameron Menzies | 360.5 | |
| 27 | Andrew Gilding | 348 | |
| 28 | Niels Zonneveld | 331.25 | |
| 29 | William O'Connor | 287.5 | |
| 30 | -1 | Daryl Gurney | 280.5 |
| 31 | Dave Chisnall | 276.25 | |
| 32 | Joe Cullen | 275.5 | |
| 33 | +1 | Niko Springer | 256.75 |
| 34 | +2 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 227.25 |
| 35 | -2 | Mike De Decker | 220.25 |
| 36 | -1 | Peter Wright | 220 |
| 37 | Michael Smith | 208.25 | |
| 38 | +4 | Karel Sedlacek | 198.5 |
| 38 | Justin Hood | 198.5 | |
| 40 | Callan Rydz | 191.25 | |
| 41 | -2 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 190 |
| 42 | +4 | James Hurrell | 174.5 |
| 43 | +1 | Kim Huybrechts | 174 |
| 44 | +7 | Sebastian Bialecki | 173.75 |
| 45 | +7 | Ricky Evans | 169.5 |
| 46 | +2 | Brendan Dolan | 169.25 |
| 47 | +2 | Madars Razma | 168.75 |
| 48 | -1 | Raymond van Barneveld | 166.5 |
| 49 | +4 | Gabriel Clemens | 162 |
| 50 | -5 | Scott Williams | 157.75 |
| 51 | +4 | Mensur Suljovic | 147.75 |
| 52 | -11 | Mickey Mansell | 143.75 |
| 53 | +3 | Keane Barry | 143 |
| 54 | -4 | Connor Scutt | 141.75 |
| 55 | +4 | Bradley Brooks | 140.75 |
| 56 | +2 | Richard Veenstra | 137.25 |
| 56 | +1 | Ian White | 137.25 |
| 58 | -4 | Ritchie Edhouse | 134 |
| 59 | +2 | Alan Soutar | 132.5 |
| 60 | +2 | Rob Owen | 128.25 |
| 61 | -1 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 120.25 |
| 62 | +1 | Lukas Wenig | 119.5 |
| 63 | +2 | Cristo Reyes | 117.25 |
| 64 | +2 | Max Hopp | 116.25 |
| 65 | -1 | Nick Kenny | 116 |
| 66 | +3 | Cam Crabtree | 112.75 |
| 67 | -24 | Martin Lukeman | 110 |
| 68 | -1 | Ryan Meikle | 109.25 |
| 69 | -1 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 107.5 |
| 70 | +1 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 103.75 |
| 71 | -1 | Wesley Plaisier | 103.5 |
| 72 | Thibault Tricole | 92 | |
| 73 | +1 | Beau Greaves | 86.75 |
| 74 | -1 | Tom Bissell | 84.25 |
| 75 | Adam Lipscombe | 81.25 | |
| 76 | +1 | Charlie Manby | 74.25 |
| 77 | -1 | Darryl Pilgrim | 72 |
| 78 | Cor Dekker | 68.75 | |
| 79 | +2 | Tom Sykes | 67.25 |
| 80 | -1 | Dominik Gruellich | 65.25 |
| 81 | -1 | Christian Kist | 63 |
| 82 | Tommy Morris | 62.25 | |
| 83 | -1 | Andy Boulton | 57.25 |
| 84 | Jim Long | 56.5 | |
| 85 | +1 | Joe Hunt | 53 |
| 86 | -1 | Oskar Lukasiak | 49.75 |
| 87 | Darius Labanauskas | 46.25 | |
| 87 | Jimmy van Schie | 46.25 | |
| 89 | Thomas Lovely | 44.25 | |
| 90 | +6 | Henry Coates | 42.25 |
| 91 | -1 | Leon Weber | 41.25 |
| 92 | -1 | Viktor Tingstrom | 41 |
| 93 | -1 | Shane McGuirk | 39.25 |
| 94 | -1 | Marvin van Velzen | 39 |
| 95 | -1 | Alexander Merkx | 38 |
| 96 | -1 | Owen Bates | 37.5 |
| 97 | -1 | Tavis Dudeney | 37.25 |
| 98 | Adam Gawlas | 37 | |
| 99 | Jurjen van der Velde | 35 | |
| 100 | Greg Ritchie | 34.75 |
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