The Grand Slam of Darts has caused an earthquake on the PDC Order of Merit. Luke Littler, Gary Anderson, Martin Lukeman and Mickey Mansell are the big winners, while Nathan Aspinall, Peter Wright and Raymond van Barneveld have had to drop quite a few spots.
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In just over 11 months, Littler has grabbed a spot in the top five of the world rankings after starting the Grand Slam of Darts as No. 18 in the world. 'The Nuke' has earned more prize money in this period, than players such as Dave Chisnall, Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price have done in 24 months. In winning the Grand Slam of Darts, Littler collected 153,500 pounds in prize money. It seems a matter of time before Littler moves into the top three, and with a world title, a second spot in the world rankings even beckons.
The first spot, of course, is still held by Luke Humphries, who has a huge lead over Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith. The latter lost his second spot to the Dutchman. Rob Cross retained the fourth spot. Stephen Bunting (+2) and Dimitri van den Bergh (+2) did make progression and are now eighth and 10th, respectively.
Gary Anderson is back in the top-16 of the world rankings. 'The Flying Scotsman' moved up seven spots after his semifinal finish at the Grand Slam of Darts and is now ranked No. 13 in the world. Nathan Aspinall, on the other hand, lost seven spots, dropping from spot seven to 14th. 'The Asp' was in the final at Wolverhampton two years ago, but did not even manage to qualify this season.
Peter Wright is no longer among the 16 best darters in the world as of today. 'Snakebite' has been slipping on the PDC Order of Merit in recent months and now had to drop three spots again. He now finds himself in seventeenth position. It is the first time since the autumn of 2013 that Wright is not in the top-16. Josh Rock also dropped three spots, he is now eighteenth.
Gian van Veen managed to move up four spots thanks to his strong performance. Thanks to his quarterfinal place, the 'GVV The Giant' now holds 28th place. Raymond van Barneveld, on the other hand, fell five spots down. The 2022 semifinalist was missing this year and now occupies the 32nd position. Martin Lukeman and Mickey Mansell were the two tournament revelations at the Grand Slam of Darts. Surprise finalist Lukeman earned 73,500 pounds in prize money and was able to trade 45th place for 37th. Semi-finalist Mansell even moved up from spot 56 to 43rd place.
PDC Order of Merit
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| Position | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Luke Humphries | £1,709,250 |
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen | £912,500 |
| 3 | Michael Smith | £886,000 |
| 4 | Rob Cross | £618,750 |
| 5 | Luke Littler | £558,500 |
| 6 | Dave Chisnall | £537,000 |
| 7 | Jonny Clayton | £531,000 |
| 8 | Stephen Bunting | £485,500 |
| 9 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £481,250 |
| 10 | Gerwyn Price | £480,000 |
| 11 | Damon Heta | £476,500 |
| 12 | Danny Noppert | £446,750 |
| 13 | Gary Anderson | £442,500 |
| 14 | Nathan Aspinall | £441,500 |
| 15 | Chris Dobey | £432,250 |
| 16 | James Wade | £428,750 |
| 17 | Peter Wright | £414,500 |
| 18 | Josh Rock | £411,000 |
| 19 | Ryan Searle | £405,250 |
| 20 | Andrew Gilding | £380,500 |
| 21 | Ross Smith | £380,000 |
| 22 | Joe Cullen | £379,250 |
| 23 | Martin Schindler | £375,000 |
| 24 | Mike De Decker | £341,000 |
| 25 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £330,750 |
| 26 | Daryl Gurney | £319,250 |
| 27 | Gabriel Clemens | £304,250 |
| 28 | Gian van Veen | £281,000 |
| 29 | Ritchie Edhouse | £280,250 |
| 30 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £271,250 |
| 31 | Brendan Dolan | £271,000 |
| 32 | Raymond van Barneveld | £258,750 |
| 33 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £250,750 |
| 34 | Ryan Joyce | £244,500 |
| 35 | Luke Woodhouse | £239,750 |
| 36 | Jermaine Wattimena | £217,750 |
| 37 | Martin Lukeman | £202,000 |
| 38 | Scott Williams | £200,750 |
| 39 | Cameron Menzies | £184,000 |
| 40 | Jose De Sousa | £179,000 |
| 41 | Kim Huybrechts | £162,000 |
| 42 | Callan Rydz | £154,000 |
| 43 | Mickey Mansell | £145,750 |
| 44 | Madars Razma | £134,250 |
| 45 | Ricky Evans | £131,750 |
| 46 | Jim Williams | £128,250 |
| 47 | Keane Barry | £117,750 |
| 48 | William O'Connor | £114,000 |
| 49 | Alan Soutar | £112,500 |
| 50 | Richard Veenstra | £112,250 |
| 51 | Kevin Doets | £111,000 |
| 52 | Matt Campbell | £105,500 |
| 53 | Niels Zonneveld | £103,750 |
| 54 | Steve Beaton | £99,000 |
| 55 | Florian Hempel | £96,500 |
| 56 | Mensur Suljovic | £92,250 |
| 57 | Simon Whitlock | £86,750 |
| 58 | Boris Krcmar | £85,000 |
| 59 | Ian White | £84,750 |
| 60 | Wessel Nijman | £82,000 |
| 60 | Mervyn King | £82,000 |
| 62 | Jamie Hughes | £77,750 |
| 63 | Ryan Meikle | £74,500 |
| 64 | Adam Gawlas | £68,750 |
| 65 | Lee Evans | £66,750 |
| 66 | Vincent van der Voort | £66,000 |
| 67 | Dylan Slevin | £65,500 |
| 68 | Stephen Burton | £64,000 |
| 69 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £61,250 |
| 70 | Karel Sedlacek | £60,750 |
| 71 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £56,500 |
| 72 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £51,000 |
| 73 | Wesley Plaisier | £48,000 |
| 74 | Daniel Klose | £47,250 |
| 75 | Robert Owen | £45,250 |
| 76 | Nick Kenny | £43,750 |
| 77 | Keegan Brown | £42,750 |
| 78 | Connor Scutt | £42,000 |
| 79 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £41,500 |
| 80 | Graham Hall | £39,500 |
| 80 | Dom Taylor | £39,500 |
| 82 | Arron Monk | £37,750 |
| 83 | Thibault Tricole | £35,750 |
| 84 | Graham Usher | £32,250 |
| 84 | Jurjen van der Velde | £32,250 |
| 86 | Jeffrey De Graaf | £30,000 |
| 87 | Chris Landman | £28,750 |
| 88 | James Hurrell | £27,750 |
| 89 | Pascal Rupprecht | £26,500 |
| 90 | Adrian Lewis | £25,000 |
| 91 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £24,500 |
| 91 | Andy Baetens | £24,500 |
| 93 | Josh Payne | £23,500 |
| 93 | Berry van Peer | £23,500 |
| 95 | Nathan Rafferty | £22,250 |
| 96 | Steve Lennon | £22,000 |
| 97 | Radek Szaganski | £21,750 |
| 98 | Lukas Wenig | £21,500 |
| 99 | Owen Roelofs | £21,000 |
| 100 | Danny van Trijp | £20,500 |
| 101 | Callum Goffin | £20,250 |
| 102 | Christian Kist | £19,750 |
| 103 | Adam Warner | £19,500 |
| 104 | Patrick Geeraets | £19,000 |
| 104 | Matthew Dennant | £19,000 |
| 104 | Geert Nentjes | £19,000 |
| 107 | Darren Beveridge | £18,750 |
| 107 | Adam Smith-Neale | £18,750 |
| 109 | Jitse Van der Wal | £18,250 |
| 110 | Benjamin Reus | £18,000 |
| 111 | Ronny Huybrechts | £17,750 |
| 112 | Andy Boulton | £17,000 |
| 112 | Danny Lauby | £17,000 |
| 114 | Robert Grundy | £16,500 |
| 115 | Robbie Knops | £16,250 |
| 116 | Christian Perez | £15,500 |
| 117 | George Killington | £14,500 |
| 118 | Owen Bates | £14,000 |
| 119 | Brett Claydon | £13,750 |
| 120 | Martijn Dragt | £13,500 |
| 120 | Adam Hunt | £13,500 |
| 122 | Darryl Pilgrim | £13,000 |
| 122 | Rhys Griffin | £13,000 |
| 124 | Stefan Bellmont | £12,500 |
| 124 | Danny Jansen | £12,500 |
| 124 | Haupai Puha | £12,500 |
| 127 | Jelle Klaasen | £11,750 |
| 128 | William Borland | £11,500 |
| 128 | Leighton Bennett | £11,500 |
| 130 | Leonard Gates | £10,500 |
| 130 | Franz Roetzsch | £10,500 |
| 132 | Lee Cocks | £10,000 |
| 132 | Cam Crabtree | £10,000 |
| 134 | John Henderson | £8,500 |
| 135 | Jacques Labre | £8,250 |
| 135 | Kai Gotthardt | £8,250 |
| 137 | Richie Burnett | £7,500 |
| 137 | Paul Krohne | £7,500 |
| 137 | Tim Wolters | £7,500 |
| 137 | Joshua Richardson | £7,500 |
| 141 | Justin Hood | £7,000 |
| 142 | Michele Turetta | £6,000 |
| 143 | Jamie Atkins | £5,500 |
| 144 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven | £5,000 |
| 144 | Jimmy van Schie | £5,000 |
| 144 | Sebastian Bialecki | £5,000 |
| 147 | Romeo Grbavac | £4,750 |
| 148 | Ted Evetts | £4,500 |
| 148 | Oskar Lukasiak | £4,500 |
| 150 | Pavel Drtil | £4,000 |
| 150 | Jules van Dongen | £4,000 |
| 152 | Marko Kantele | £3,750 |
| 152 | Cor Dekker | £3,750 |
| 152 | Johan Engstrom | £3,750 |
| 152 | Kevin Troppmann | £3,750 |
| 152 | Michael Unterbuchner | £3,750 |
| 157 | Jiri Brejcha | £2,500 |
| 157 | Roger Hertig | £2,500 |
| 157 | Anton Ostlund | £2,500 |
| 157 | Bruno Stoeckli | £2,500 |
| 157 | Shane McGuirk | £2,500 |
| 157 | Alberto Bezjian | £2,500 |
| 157 | Max Hopp | £2,500 |
| 157 | Niko Springer | £2,500 |
| 157 | Matthias Ehlers | £2,500 |
| 157 | Jan Dueckers | £2,500 |
| 157 | Moreno Blom | £2,500 |
| 157 | Marvin van Velzen | £2,500 |
| 157 | Moritz Hilger | £2,500 |
| 157 | Darius Labanauskas | £2,500 |
| 157 | Andreas Harrysson | £2,500 |
| 157 | Scott Mitchell | £2,500 |
| 173 | Dragutin Horvat | £2,250 |
| 173 | Rene Eidams | £2,250 |
| 175 | Aden Kirk | £2,000 |
| 175 | Thomas Lovely | £2,000 |
| 177 | Jarred Cole | £1,500 |
| 177 | Michael Taylor | £1,500 |
| 177 | Joe Croft | £1,500 |
| 180 | Patrik Kovacs | £1,250 |
| 180 | Daniel Markovsky | £1,250 |
| 180 | Michal Smejda | £1,250 |
| 180 | Alex Fehlmann | £1,250 |
| 180 | Nandor Pres | £1,250 |
| 180 | Marcel Walpen | £1,250 |
| 180 | Gyorgy Jehirszki | £1,250 |
| 180 | Andras Csoka | £1,250 |
| 180 | Janos Vegso | £1,250 |
| 180 | Brian Raman | £1,250 |
| 180 | Luc Bogaert | £1,250 |
| 180 | Francois Schweyen | £1,250 |
| 180 | Jody Tobback | £1,250 |
| 180 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £1,250 |
| 180 | Nico Blum | £1,250 |
| 180 | Benjamin Pratnemer | £1,250 |
| 180 | Teemu Harju | £1,250 |
| 180 | Damian Mol | £1,250 |
| 180 | Daniel Larsson | £1,250 |
| 180 | Christopher Toonders | £1,250 |
| 180 | Dominik Haberl | £1,250 |
| 180 | Hannes Schnier | £1,250 |
| 180 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £1,250 |
| 180 | Christian Goedl | £1,250 |
| 180 | Arno Brand | £1,250 |
| 180 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
| 180 | Alexander Masek | £1,250 |
| 180 | Oliver Mueller (FfO) | £1,250 |
| 180 | Viktor Tingstrom | £1,250 |
| 180 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £1,250 |
| 180 | Born Van Put | £1,250 |
| 180 | Steven Strobbe | £1,250 |
| 180 | Jeroen Caron | £1,250 |
| 180 | Geert De Vos | £1,250 |
| 214 | Dominik Gruellich | £1,000 |
| 214 | Alexander Merkx | £1,000 |
| 214 | Stefaan Henderyck | £1,000 |
| 214 | Reece Colley | £1,000 |
| 214 | Jack Male | £1,000 |
| 214 | John Haines | £1,000 |
| 214 | Bradley Brooks | £1,000 |
| 214 | Jenson Walker | £1,000 |
| 214 | Tom Lonsdale | £1,000 |
| 214 | Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000 |
| 214 | Harry Lane | £1,000 |
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