PDC Order of Merit Update: Rob Cross passes Gerwyn Price as Stephen Bunting surges into top 16

Rob Cross has taken over the fifth spot on the PDC Order of Merit from Gerwyn Price after winning the Baltic Sea Darts Open. As a result, 'The Iceman' has dropped to sixth place, his lowest ranking since 2019.

Cross can now set his sights on number four Nathan Aspinall, who is just 3,500 pounds above "Voltage. The top three is still out of sight for the former world champion for now, though. Number three Michael van Gerwen is 442,250 pounds ahead of Cross. Van Gerwen had lost his second place last week to Michael Smith.

Smith was missing this weekend at the Baltic Sea Darts Open, giving Van Gerwen a chance to catch up with 'Bullyboy.' That succeeded only partially through a quarterfinal finish in Kiel. Smith is still 7750 pounds ahead of the Dutchman. Luke Humphries still towers far above the rest with more than one and a half million in prize money in the past 24 months.

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Damon Heta has regained the ninth spot in the world rankings, passing Jonny Clayton and Dimitri van den Bergh. 'The Dreammaker' had to drop two places and is now the world number 11. Stephen Bunting returned to the top-16 of the world rankings. That was at the expense of Dirk van Duijvenbode, who is now seventeenth.

Gian van Veen has moved another step closer to making his debut in the top-32 of the PDC Order of Merit. He has moved up further to 33rd place. Madars Razma has moved up three spots after his semifinal finish at the Baltic Sea Darts Open and is now 36th.

PDC Order of Merit

Position	Name	Prize money
1	Luke Humphries	£1,521,500
2	Michael Smith	£1,059,250
3	Michael van Gerwen	£1,051,500
4	Nathan Aspinall	£612,750
5	Rob Cross	£609,250
6	Gerwyn Price	£607,750
7	Dave Chisnall	£498,000
7	Peter Wright	£498,000
9	Damon Heta	£484,750
10	Jonny Clayton	£482,250
11	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£480,250
12	Danny Noppert	£464,000
13	Chris Dobey	£425,750
14	Ross Smith	£416,750
15	Joe Cullen	£414,250
16	Stephen Bunting	£406,750
17	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£404,250
18	Andrew Gilding	£363,000
19	Ryan Searle	£345,500
20	Josh Rock	£341,500
21	Gary Anderson	£334,250
22	James Wade	£325,000
23	Martin Schindler	£322,000
24	Gabriel Clemens	£315,500
25	Luke Littler	£303,500
26	Krzysztof Ratajski	£295,500
27	Brendan Dolan	£281,750
28	Daryl Gurney	£279,250
29	Raymond van Barneveld	£255,250
30	Jose De Sousa	£245,250
31	Scott Williams	£209,000
32	Ricardo Pietreczko	£183,000
33	Gian van Veen	£170,000
33	Luke Woodhouse	£170,000
35	Kim Huybrechts	£169,750
36	Madars Razma	£164,250
37	Ryan Joyce	£162,500
38	Callan Rydz	£161,750
39	Martin Lukeman	£161,500
40	Mike De Decker	£153,500
41	Jermaine Wattimena	£124,250
42	Jim Williams	£123,500
43	Ricky Evans	£120,500
44	Alan Soutar	£116,750
45	Simon Whitlock	£114,250
46	William O'Connor	£112,000
47	Steve Beaton	£109,250
48	Ritchie Edhouse	£107,250
49	Keane Barry	£103,000
50	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£101,250
51	Cameron Menzies	£100,500
52	Matt Campbell	£98,750
53	Mickey Mansell	£96,250
54	Kevin Doets	£91,750
55	Richard Veenstra	£91,500
56	Boris Krcmar	£88,750
57	Mensur Suljovic	£85,750
58	Jamie Hughes	£83,750
59	Ryan Meikle	£83,500
60	Florian Hempel	£81,750
61	Vincent van der Voort	£81,500
62	Mervyn King	£80,500
63	Ian White	£80,000
64	Adrian Lewis	£77,500
65	Adam Gawlas	£73,500
66	Niels Zonneveld	£69,250
67	Lee Evans	£55,250
68	Dylan Slevin	£52,000
69	Jeffrey De Zwaan	£39,500
70	Daniel Klose	£38,750
70	Maik Kuivenhoven	£38,750
72	Stephen Burton	£38,000
73	Karel Sedlacek	£36,750
73	Keegan Brown	£36,750
75	Arron Monk	£29,750
76	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£28,000
77	Graham Hall	£27,250
78	Robert Owen	£26,000
79	Pascal Rupprecht	£24,000
80	Nick Kenny	£23,750
81	Graham Usher	£23,250
82	Jurjen van der Velde	£22,750
83	Josh Payne	£19,000
84	Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
85	Ronny Huybrechts	£17,750
86	Geert Nentjes	£17,000
87	Owen Roelofs	£15,500
88	James Hurrell	£15,250
89	Thibault Tricole	£14,750
90	Berry van Peer	£14,500
91	Danny van Trijp	£14,000
92	Jeffrey De Graaf	£13,500
92	Wessel Nijman	£13,500
92	Christian Perez	£13,500
95	Robbie Knops	£13,250
96	Dom Taylor	£12,500
97	Adam Warner	£12,000
98	Andy Baetens	£11,500
99	Steve Lennon	£11,000
100	Chris Landman	£10,750
101	Leighton Bennett	£10,500
102	Patrick Geeraets	£10,000
102	Danny Lauby	£10,000
104	Lukas Wenig	£9,750
104	Callum Goffin	£9,750
106	Danny Jansen	£9,000
107	Franz Roetzsch	£8,500
107	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£8,500
109	Benjamin Drue Reus	£8,000
109	Brett Claydon	£8,000
111	Matthew Dennant	£6,750
112	Radek Szaganski	£6,500
113	Jacques Labre	£6,250
114	Robert Grundy	£6,000
114	Jelle Klaasen	£6,000
116	Darren Beveridge	£5,500
116	Paul Krohne	£5,500
116	George Killington	£5,500
116	Stefan Bellmont	£5,500
116	Joshua Richardson	£5,500
121	Haupai Puha	£4,750
121	Romeo Grbavac	£4,750
123	Nathan Rafferty	£4,500
123	Adam Hunt	£4,500
123	Rhys Griffin	£4,500
123	Connor Scutt	£4,500
123	Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
128	Owen Bates	£4,250
129	William Borland	£4,000
129	Michele Turetta	£4,000
129	John Henderson	£4,000
132	Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
133	Tim Wolters	£3,500
134	Jitse Van der Wal	£3,250
135	Moritz Hilger	£2,500
135	Sebastian Bialecki	£2,500
135	Richie Burnett	£2,500
135	Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
135	Johan Engstrom	£2,500
135	Wesley Plaisier	£2,500
135	Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
135	Leonard Gates	£2,500
135	Scott Mitchell	£2,500
144	Jules van Dongen	£2,000
144	Thomas Lovely	£2,000
146	Lee Cocks	£1,500
146	Jarred Cole	£1,500
146	Michael Taylor	£1,500
146	Joe Croft	£1,500
150	Daniel Larsson	£1,250
150	Christopher Toonders	£1,250
150	Kevin Troppmann	£1,250
150	Christian Goedl	£1,250
150	Hannes Schnier	£1,250
150	Dominik Haberl	£1,250
150	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
150	Niko Springer	£1,250
150	Rene Eidams	£1,250
150	Arno Brand	£1,250
150	Alexander Masek	£1,250
150	Patrick Klingelhoefer	£1,250
150	Jan Dueckers	£1,250
150	Cor Dekker	£1,250
150	Kai Gotthardt	£1,250
150	Oliver Mueller (FfO)	£1,250
150	Matthias Ehlers	£1,250
150	Vitezslav Sedlak	£1,250
150	Viktor Tingstrom	£1,250
150	Jeroen Caron	£1,250
150	Born Van Put	£1,250
150	Steven Strobbe	£1,250
150	Geert De Vos	£1,250
173	Shane McGuirk	£1,000
173	Darryl Pilgrim	£1,000
173	Aden Kirk	£1,000
173	Jenson Walker	£1,000
173	Jack Male	£1,000
173	Harry Lane	£1,000
173	John Haines	£1,000
173	Bradley Brooks	£1,000
173	Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
173	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000