Luke Humphries solidified his first spot on the PDC Order of Merit yet again by winning the World Matchplay. 'Cool Hand Luke' defeated Michael van Gerwen 18-15 on Sunday night in the final of the World Matchplay.
As a result, the reigning world champion pocketed the top prize of £200,000 in prize money. Humphries has collected a staggering £1,650,750 in ranking prize money over the past 24 months, most of it in the past nine months.
In the coming months, Humphries could just become the first player ever to top the world rankings with more than two million pounds. The record still stands in the name of Van Gerwen. In February 2017, 'Mighty Mike' stood at £1,842,000 on the PDC Order of Merit.
Van Gerwen is currently third in the world rankings. He was passed by Michael Smith, who lost to the Dutchman in Blackpool in the semi-final match. The difference between Smith and Van Gerwen is more than a ton, while Humphries is almost six tons ahead of "Bullyboy.
Rob Cross is the new world number four. He passed Nathan Aspinall and Gerwyn Price, who had to drop two spots. Damon Heta moved up two spots and can now call himself the world number nine. Ross Smith is close to a top-10 debut. 'Smudger' moved up to eleventh position after his quarterfinal finish at the World Matchplay, slightly behind Heta and number ten Dimitri van den Bergh.
Peter Wright has fallen out of the top ten after his disappointing World Matchplay. Since Wright reached the final of the World Darts Championship in 2014, 'Snakebite' has been consistently in the top-10 of the world rankings. That streak has come to an end after more than six years.
James Wade is on track to return to the global top-16 soon after his semi-final place in Blackpool. 'The Machine' began the World Matchplay as number 22 in the world rankings, but now finds himself back in eighteenth place.
PDC Order of Merit
Position | Name | Prize money |
1 | Luke Humphries | £1,650,750 |
2 | Michael Smith | £1,064,750 |
3 | Michael van Gerwen | £964,500 |
4 | Rob Cross | £604,250 |
5 | Nathan Aspinall | £579,500 |
6 | Gerwyn Price | £533,250 |
7 | Dave Chisnall | £513,500 |
8 | Jonny Clayton | £502,500 |
9 | Damon Heta | £473,250 |
10 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £472,750 |
11 | Ross Smith | £469,250 |
12 | Peter Wright | £468,000 |
13 | Chris Dobey | £424,500 |
14 | Joe Cullen | £411,500 |
15 | Stephen Bunting | £410,750 |
16 | Danny Noppert | £403,500 |
17 | Josh Rock | £384,750 |
18 | James Wade | £365,750 |
19 | Andrew Gilding | £363,750 |
20 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £358,750 |
21 | Ryan Searle | £352,500 |
22 | Gary Anderson | £335,000 |
23 | Martin Schindler | £329,000 |
24 | Luke Littler | £314,500 |
25 | Gabriel Clemens | £295,500 |
26 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £286,750 |
27 | Daryl Gurney | £275,000 |
28 | Raymond van Barneveld | £272,250 |
29 | Brendan Dolan | £267,750 |
30 | Jose De Sousa | £215,000 |
31 | Scott Williams | £196,500 |
32 | Gian van Veen | £195,000 |
33 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £190,500 |
34 | Luke Woodhouse | £183,000 |
35 | Ryan Joyce | £174,500 |
36 | Mike De Decker | £154,750 |
37 | Kim Huybrechts | £153,500 |
38 | Madars Razma | £152,500 |
39 | Callan Rydz | £148,500 |
40 | Martin Lukeman | £140,750 |
41 | Alan Soutar | £132,750 |
42 | Jermaine Wattimena | £123,500 |
43 | Ricky Evans | £122,250 |
44 | Ritchie Edhouse | £120,750 |
44 | Jim Williams | £120,750 |
46 | William O'Connor | £114,000 |
47 | Cameron Menzies | £106,000 |
48 | Matt Campbell | £105,250 |
49 | Steve Beaton | £104,250 |
50 | Simon Whitlock | £103,500 |
51 | Keane Barry | £100,500 |
52 | Kevin Doets | £99,750 |
53 | Richard Veenstra | £95,000 |
54 | Mickey Mansell | £88,500 |
55 | Boris Krcmar | £87,000 |
56 | Mensur Suljovic | £84,750 |
57 | Florian Hempel | £82,750 |
58 | Ryan Meikle | £82,500 |
59 | Niels Zonneveld | £79,750 |
60 | Jamie Hughes | £79,500 |
61 | Vincent van der Voort | £78,500 |
62 | Mervyn King | £75,750 |
63 | Ian White | £73,500 |
64 | Adam Gawlas | £71,500 |
65 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £63,750 |
66 | Lee Evans | £58,750 |
67 | Dylan Slevin | £55,500 |
68 | Adrian Lewis | £48,750 |
69 | Stephen Burton | £44,500 |
70 | Karel Sedlacek | £43,250 |
71 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £43,000 |
72 | Daniel Klose | £42,250 |
72 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £42,250 |
74 | Keegan Brown | £37,750 |
75 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £31,500 |
76 | Arron Monk | £30,750 |
77 | Graham Hall | £28,750 |
78 | Robert Owen | £28,500 |
79 | Nick Kenny | £27,750 |
80 | Graham Usher | £26,750 |
81 | Wesley Plaisier | £25,000 |
81 | Dom Taylor | £25,000 |
83 | Jurjen van der Velde | £24,250 |
84 | Pascal Rupprecht | £24,000 |
85 | Jeffrey De Graaf | £21,500 |
86 | Wessel Nijman | £19,000 |
86 | Josh Payne | £19,000 |
88 | Adam Smith-Neale | £18,750 |
89 | Andy Baetens | £18,500 |
90 | Geert Nentjes | £18,000 |
91 | Ronny Huybrechts | £17,750 |
92 | Owen Roelofs | £17,500 |
93 | James Hurrell | £16,750 |
94 | Danny van Trijp | £15,000 |
95 | Thibault Tricole | £14,750 |
96 | Berry van Peer | £14,500 |
97 | Robbie Knops | £14,250 |
98 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £14,000 |
99 | Christian Perez | £13,500 |
100 | Patrick Geeraets | £12,500 |
101 | Steve Lennon | £12,000 |
101 | Adam Warner | £12,000 |
103 | Lukas Wenig | £11,750 |
103 | Chris Landman | £11,750 |
105 | Danny Jansen | £11,500 |
106 | Radek Szaganski | £11,250 |
107 | Owen Bates | £11,000 |
107 | Danny Lauby | £11,000 |
109 | Callum Goffin | £10,750 |
110 | Franz Roetzsch | £10,500 |
110 | Leighton Bennett | £10,500 |
112 | Nathan Rafferty | £9,750 |
113 | Robert Grundy | £9,500 |
113 | Haupai Puha | £9,500 |
115 | Matthew Dennant | £9,000 |
116 | George Killington | £8,000 |
116 | Benjamin Reus | £8,000 |
116 | Brett Claydon | £8,000 |
119 | Cam Crabtree | £7,500 |
119 | Connor Scutt | £7,500 |
121 | Kai Gotthardt | £7,250 |
122 | Adam Hunt | £7,000 |
122 | Stefan Bellmont | £7,000 |
122 | Rhys Griffin | £7,000 |
122 | Jelle Klaasen | £7,000 |
126 | Jitse Van der Wal | £6,750 |
127 | Andy Boulton | £6,500 |
128 | Jacques Labre | £6,250 |
129 | Richie Burnett | £5,500 |
129 | Paul Krohne | £5,500 |
129 | Darren Beveridge | £5,500 |
129 | Joshua Richardson | £5,500 |
133 | Romeo Grbavac | £4,750 |
134 | Tim Wolters | £4,500 |
134 | Oskar Lukasiak | £4,500 |
136 | William Borland | £4,000 |
136 | Michele Turetta | £4,000 |
136 | John Henderson | £4,000 |
139 | Kevin Troppmann | £3,750 |
139 | Michael Unterbuchner | £3,750 |
141 | Martijn Dragt | £3,000 |
141 | Jules van Dongen | £3,000 |
143 | Jan Dueckers | £2,500 |
143 | Lee Cocks | £2,500 |
143 | Marvin van Velzen | £2,500 |
143 | Moreno Blom | £2,500 |
143 | Moritz Hilger | £2,500 |
143 | Sebastian Bialecki | £2,500 |
143 | Darius Labanauskas | £2,500 |
143 | Johan Engstrom | £2,500 |
143 | Andreas Harrysson | £2,500 |
143 | Leonard Gates | £2,500 |
143 | Scott Mitchell | £2,500 |
154 | Jamie Atkins | £2,000 |
154 | Darryl Pilgrim | £2,000 |
154 | Thomas Lovely | £2,000 |
157 | Joe Croft | £1,500 |
157 | Michael Taylor | £1,500 |
157 | Jarred Cole | £1,500 |
160 | Nico Blum | £1,250 |
160 | Marko Kantele | £1,250 |
160 | Benjamin Pratnemer | £1,250 |
160 | Christian Kist | £1,250 |
160 | Teemu Harju | £1,250 |
160 | Jiri Brejcha | £1,250 |
160 | Damian Mol | £1,250 |
160 | Daniel Larsson | £1,250 |
160 | Christopher Toonders | £1,250 |
160 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £1,250 |
160 | Dominik Haberl | £1,250 |
160 | Christian Goedl | £1,250 |
160 | Hannes Schnier | £1,250 |
160 | Rene Eidams | £1,250 |
160 | Arno Brand | £1,250 |
160 | Niko Springer | £1,250 |
160 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
160 | Alexander Masek | £1,250 |
160 | Cor Dekker | £1,250 |
160 | Oliver Mueller (FfO) | £1,250 |
160 | Viktor Tingstrom | £1,250 |
160 | Matthias Ehlers | £1,250 |
160 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £1,250 |
160 | Jeroen Caron | £1,250 |
160 | Born Van Put | £1,250 |
160 | Steven Strobbe | £1,250 |
160 | Geert De Vos | £1,250 |
187 | Justin Hood | £1,000 |
187 | Shane McGuirk | £1,000 |
187 | Aden Kirk | £1,000 |
187 | Tom Lonsdale | £1,000 |
187 | Jenson Walker | £1,000 |
187 | John Haines | £1,000 |
187 | Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000 |
187 | Bradley Brooks | £1,000 |
187 | Harry Lane | £1,000 |
187 | Jack Male | £1,000 |
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