Price closes gap on World Number One spot as PDC Order of Merit updated after Players Championship double
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Peter Wright's reign as World Number One could have come to an end over the past weekend if Gerwyn Price would've claimed both Players Championship titles.
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But still he is only now £10,000 behind Wright going into the next round of Players Championship tournaments will multiple in a week set to take place and if Wright doesn't perform or travel to the tournaments, a change could occur shortly.
While Michael van Gerwen with his latest title has strengthened his grip on World Number Three. He is now just under £10,000 ahead of Michael Smith who is now World Number Four once more.
Other minor changes included Brendan Dolan (up one to 25th), Adrian Lewis (up one to 39th), Martin Schindler (up three to 53rd after his final).
PDC Order of Merit as of 28/03/2022
1 Peter Wright £1,192,250
2 Gerwyn Price £1,182,250
3 Michael van Gerwen £587,000
4 Michael Smith £574,500
5 James Wade £566,500
6 Gary Anderson £479,500
7 Jose de Sousa £443,750
8 Dimitri Van den Bergh £421,250
9 Jonny Clayton £419,500
10 Rob Cross £365,250
11 Joe Cullen £344,750
12 Danny Noppert £329,250
13 Krzysztof Ratajski £301,750
14 Dave Chisnall £295,000
15 Dirk van Duijvenbode £278,250
16 Ryan Searle £266,250
17 Nathan Aspinall £252,500
18 Luke Humphries £244,750
19 Mervyn King £242,000
20 Stephen Bunting £225,500
21 Damon Heta £218,750
22 Daryl Gurney £215,750
23 Gabriel Clemens £210,500
24 Simon Whitlock £202,750
25 Brendan Dolan £196,250
25 Devon Petersen £196,250
27 Mensur Suljovic £192,750
28 Callan Rydz £186,250
29 Ian White £182,750
30 Vincent van der Voort £181,750
31 Glen Durrant £157,500
32 Chris Dobey £153,250
33 Ross Smith £141,000
34 William O'Connor £131,500
35 Kim Huybrechts £129,500
36 Ryan Joyce £128,250
37 Jermaine Wattimena £117,250
38 Ricky Evans £116,000
39 Adrian Lewis £109,500
40 Martijn Kleermaker £107,000
41 Jamie Hughes £101,250
42 Adam Hunt £88,250
43 Darius Labanauskas £87,750
44 Madars Razma £82,500
45 Steve Lennon £81,750
46 Jason Lowe £79,000
47 Jeffrey De Zwaan £76,750
48 Alan Soutar £74,250
49 Luke Woodhouse £73,000
50 Keane Barry £72,500
51 Ron Meulenkamp £70,000
52 Maik Kuivenhoven £69,000
53 Martin Schindler £68,250
54 Steve Beaton £63,750
55 Boris Krcmar £62,750
56 Raymond van Barneveld £62,250
57 Ryan Meikle £59,750
58 Andy Boulton £58,250
59 Jeff Smith £57,750
60 William Borland £56,000
61 Ritchie Edhouse £55,250
61 Steve West £55,250
63 Florian Hempel £54,250
64 Mike De Decker £53,250
65 Keegan Brown £52,000
66 Max Hopp £51,250
67 Lewy Williams £43,750
68 John Henderson £42,750
69 Joe Murnan £41,250
70 Scott Mitchell £40,250
71 Jason Heaver £38,750
72 Adam Gawlas £25,500
73 Gordon Mathers £23,000
73 Boris Koltsov £23,000
75 Niels Zonneveld £22,500
76 Martin Lukeman £20,250
77 Geert Nentjes £18,250
78 Jim Williams £17,250
79 Peter Hudson £15,500
80 Eddie Lovely £15,000
81 John Michael £14,250
82 Geert De Vos £13,250
83 Sebastian Bialecki £12,500
84 Andrew Gilding £12,000
85 Scott Williams £11,000
86 Danny Baggish £10,500
87 Jon Worsley £10,000
88 Kevin Doets £9,000
88 Berry van Peer £9,000
90 Connor Scutt £8,500
90 Danny Lauby £8,500
90 Jack Main £8,500
93 Brett Claydon £8,000
93 John Brown £8,000
95 Lee Evans £7,500
95 Diogo Portela £7,500
95 Roman Benecky £7,500
98 Zoran Lerchbacher £7,000
99 Cameron Menzies £6,750
99 Brian Raman £6,750
99 David Evans £6,750
99 Scott Waites £6,750
103 Karel Sedlacek £6,250
103 Krzysztof Kciuk £6,250
105 Mario Vandenbogaerde £6,000
106 Danny Jansen £5,750
107 Rowby-John Rodriguez £5,000
107 John O'Shea £5,000
107 Luc Peters £5,000
107 Stephen Burton £5,000
107 Jose Justicia £5,000
112 Matt Campbell £4,750
113 Jimmy Hendriks £4,500
114 Damian Mol £4,250
114 George Killington £4,250
114 Jake Jones £4,250
117 Nathan Rafferty £4,000
117 Niko Springer £4,000
119 Josh Rock £3,750
119 Ted Evetts £3,750
119 Ross Montgomery £3,750
122 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £3,500
122 Jamie Clark £3,500
124 Gary Blades £3,000
125 Shaun Wilkinson £2,750
125 Lukas Wenig £2,750
125 Radek Szaganski £2,750
128 Nick Fullwell £2,250
128 Ricardo Pietreczko £2,250
130 Scott Marsh £2,000
130 Tony Martinez £2,000
130 Graham Hall £2,000
130 Jelle Klaasen £2,000
130 Fabian Schmutzler £2,000
130 Nico Kurz £2,000
130 Jim McEwan £2,000
130 Richie Burnett £2,000
138 Colin Osborne £1,500
138 Mickey Mansell £1,500
138 Matthew Edgar £1,500
138 Bradley Brooks £1,500
138 Jules van Dongen £1,500
138 Darren Webster £1,500
138 Michael Unterbuchner £1,500
145 Owen Roelofs £1,250
145 James Wilson £1,250
147 Marko Kantele £1,000
147 Stefan Bellmont £1,000
147 Gian van Veen £1,000
147 Ryan Harrington £1,000
147 Kenny Neyens £1,000
147 Danny van Trijp £1,000
147 David Schlichting £1,000
147 Wayne Jones £1,000
147 Janos Vegso £1,000
147 Dennis Nilsson £1,000
147 Dragutin Horvat £1,000
158 Jacques Labre £750
158 Pete Burgoyne £750
158 Leighton Bennett £750
158 Jim Moston £750
158 Steven Noster £750
158 Carlo van Peer £750
158 Robert Owen £750
158 Kevin Burness £750
158 Vladimir Andersen £750
158 Steve Haggerty £750
158 Stu Wilson £750
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