Price regains World Number One spot, Ross Smith into top 20 after maiden major win in updated PDC Order of Merit after European Championship
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The European Championship took place this past weekend and saw some shuffling in the Order of Merit as a result with Gerwyn Price regaining the World Number One spot despite going out early.
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Peter Wright's defeat in the Quarter-Finals coupled with him defending the winners money from two years ago means that Price overtook him for top spot. Albeit 'The Iceman' is unlikely to be there for long with Grand Slam money to defend in a few weeks in particular.
Jonny Clayton fell also in the top ten down to ninth which sees Rob Cross and Luke Humphries into seventh and eighth and Gary Anderson falling further makes way for Danny Noppert to reach the top ten.
While further down, Ross Smith after winning his maiden major title is into the top twenty, up eight places. Rises also for Chris Dobey (22nd), Kim Huybrechts, Mensur Suljovic and Adrian Lewis after Ian White fell, while Madars Razma and Martin Schindler pounced on William O'Connor and Devon Petersen's decline.
Josh Rock and Rowby-John Rodriguez also gained with the former up 11 spots into 55th, while Rodriguez is into 60th going up seven places.
PDC Order of Merit as of 31/10/2022
Position Name Value
1 Gerwyn Price £1,187,250
2 Peter Wright £1,182,000
3 Michael van Gerwen £896,750
4 Michael Smith £664,500
5 James Wade £505,750
6 Jose de Sousa £473,750
7 Rob Cross £442,500
8 Luke Humphries £438,500
9 Jonny Clayton £437,750
10 Danny Noppert £428,500
11 Gary Anderson £418,250
12 Nathan Aspinall £394,250
13 Dimitri Van den Bergh £384,500
14 Dave Chisnall £366,000
15 Joe Cullen £361,500
16 Dirk van Duijvenbode £359,500
17 Ryan Searle £336,750
18 Damon Heta £326,500
19 Krzysztof Ratajski £312,250
20 Ross Smith £289,000
21 Stephen Bunting £283,750
22 Chris Dobey £244,250
23 Gabriel Clemens £234,250
24 Mervyn King £234,000
25 Callan Rydz £232,000
26 Daryl Gurney £231,000
27 Brendan Dolan £227,750
28 Vincent van der Voort £185,500
29 Simon Whitlock £168,000
30 Kim Huybrechts £153,250
31 Mensur Suljovic £147,000
32 Adrian Lewis £144,750
32 Ian White £144,750
34 Madars Razma £142,250
35 Martin Schindler £139,250
36 William O'Connor £125,750
37 Devon Petersen £121,000
38 Ricky Evans £116,000
39 Ryan Joyce £115,000
40 Jermaine Wattimena £113,250
41 Martin Lukeman £105,000
42 Martijn Kleermaker £101,500
43 Alan Soutar £97,000
44 Keane Barry £91,750
45 Ryan Meikle £90,750
45 Andrew Gilding £90,750
47 Darius Labanauskas £87,750
48 Luke Woodhouse £87,500
49 Glen Durrant £84,000
50 Adam Hunt £83,250
51 Steve Lennon £82,250
52 Raymond van Barneveld £82,000
53 Jamie Hughes £80,750
54 Boris Krcmar £77,250
55 Josh Rock £75,000
56 Ritchie Edhouse £74,250
57 Ron Meulenkamp £74,000
58 Jason Lowe £73,250
59 Steve Beaton £72,500
60 Rowby Rodriguez £70,750
61 Florian Hempel £70,250
62 Mike De Decker £67,000
63 Jeff Smith £66,500
64 Andy Boulton £65,500
65 Keegan Brown £65,250
66 Maik Kuivenhoven £64,750
67 Jeffrey De Zwaan £61,000
68 Joe Murnan £57,000
69 John Henderson £55,750
70 William Borland £54,000
71 Lewy Williams £52,000
72 Scott Mitchell £50,000
73 Max Hopp £47,000
74 Adam Gawlas £42,750
75 Niels Zonneveld £41,000
76 Steve West £40,250
76 Jason Heaver £40,250
78 Jim Williams £40,000
79 Scott Williams £38,000
80 Geert Nentjes £37,250
81 Karel Sedlacek £35,000
82 Boris Koltsov £31,750
83 Gordon Mathers £30,250
84 Matt Campbell £29,500
85 Danny Jansen £28,750
86 Cameron Menzies £26,250
87 Scott Waites £26,000
88 John O'Shea £25,000
89 Mickey Mansell £24,750
90 Berry van Peer £24,500
91 Peter Hudson £24,000
92 Eddie Lovely £22,250
93 Danny Baggish £21,750
93 Nathan Rafferty £21,750
95 John Michael £21,000
96 Kevin Doets £20,750
97 Geert De Vos £19,000
98 Mario Vandenbogaerde £18,750
99 Jon Worsley £18,250
100 Ricardo Pietreczko £18,000
100 Krzysztof Kciuk £18,000
102 Rusty Rodriguez £17,250
103 Ted Evetts £17,000
104 Wesley Plaisier £16,750
104 Brian Raman £16,750
106 Sebastian Bialecki £16,500
107 Brett Claydon £15,750
107 Jack Main £15,750
109 Jose Justicia £15,500
110 George Killington £15,250
110 Radek Szaganski £15,250
110 Connor Scutt £15,250
113 Shaun Wilkinson £14,000
114 James Wilson £13,750
115 Luc Peters £13,000
116 Lee Evans £12,750
117 Richie Burnett £12,500
118 Damian Mol £12,250
119 Lukas Wenig £11,750
120 Bradley Brooks £11,250
121 Jimmy Hendriks £11,000
121 David Evans £11,000
121 Jamie Clark £11,000
124 Zoran Lerchbacher £10,750
125 Danny van Trijp £10,500
125 Tony Martinez £10,500
127 Gian van Veen £10,250
127 Kevin Burness £10,250
127 John Brown £10,250
130 Ross Montgomery £9,750
131 Stephen Burton £9,250
132 Jake Jones £8,500
133 Jules van Dongen £8,000
133 Jelle Klaasen £8,000
133 Robert Owen £8,000
136 Nick Fullwell £7,250
137 Daniel Larsson £7,000
138 Kenny Neyens £6,250
139 Pete Burgoyne £6,000
139 Dragutin Horvat £6,000
141 Darren Webster £5,750
142 Dennis Nilsson £5,000
143 Matthew Edgar £4,250
143 Gary Blades £4,250
143 Michael Unterbuchner £4,250
146 Jim McEwan £4,000
146 Thibault Tricole £4,000
146 Johan Engstrom £4,000
146 Niko Springer £4,000
150 Scott Marsh £3,250
150 Darren Penhall £3,250
152 Stefan Bellmont £3,000
152 Nico Kurz £3,000
154 David Pallett £2,750
154 Graham Hall £2,750
156 Steve Haggerty £2,250
156 Stu Wilson £2,250
158 Craig Galliano £2,000
158 Marko Kantele £2,000
158 Vitezslav Sedlak £2,000
158 Patrik Gosnak £2,000
158 Vladimir Andersen £2,000
158 Fabian Schmutzler £2,000
164 Jim Moston £1,500
164 Colin Osborne £1,500
166 Nathan Girvan £1,250
166 Owen Roelofs £1,250
168 Dyson Parody £1,000
168 Dylan Duo Jnr £1,000
168 Sean Negrette £1,000
168 Manuel Vilerio £1,000
168 Francois Schweyen £1,000
168 Wouter Vanrolleghem £1,000
168 Roberto Vandaele £1,000
168 Andy Baetens £1,000
168 Remo Mandiau £1,000
168 Franz Roetzsch £1,000
168 Andras Borbely £1,000
168 Levente Sarai £1,000
168 Pal Szekely £1,000
168 Rene Eidams £1,000
168 Arjan Konterman £1,000
168 Dennie Olde Kalter £1,000
168 Filip Sebesta £1,000
168 Ondrej Plsek £1,000
168 Martijn Dragt £1,000
168 Miloslav Navratil £1,000
168 Rainer Sturm £1,000
168 Dietmar Burger £1,000
168 Michael Rasztovits £1,000
168 Thomas Junghans £1,000
168 Danny Lauby £1,000
168 Ryan Harrington £1,000
168 Wayne Jones £1,000
168 Janos Vegso £1,000
168 David Schlichting £1,000
197 Christian Kist £750
197 Jurjen van der Velde £750
197 Thomas Lovely £750
197 Dan Read £750
197 Jeremy van der Winkel £750
197 Gavin Carlin £750
197 Leighton Bennett £750
197 Steven Noster £750
197 Jacques Labre £750
197 Carlo van Peer £750
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