A week after Danny Noppert could call himself the world number seven for the first time, he has already lost that position. Jonny Clayton snatched this spot back by reaching the semi-finals at Players Championship 9 last weekend.
Noppert can try to regain the seventh spot next weekend. The difference with his Welsh rival is only £3,000. Dirk van Duijvenbode remained stuck in eleventh place despite winning Players Championship 10. His gap to tenth-placed Dimitri van den Bergh is still wide at £43,250.
Incidentally, the ninth Players Championship tournament was won by Krzysztof Ratajski, who thereby passed Gabriel Clemens on the PDC Order of Merit and is now nineteenth.
A milestone came for up-and-coming talent Josh Rock. Thanks to reaching two quarter-finals in Wigan, 'Rocky' is in the top-32 of the world rankings for the first time in his career.
PDC Order of Merit as per 17 april
Position | Name | Prize money |
1 | Michael Smith | £1,274,000 |
2 | Peter Wright | £1,147,250 |
3 | Michael van Gerwen | £1,111,500 |
4 | Gerwyn Price | £773,250 |
5 | Rob Cross | £538,250 |
6 | Luke Humphries | £523,000 |
7 | Jonny Clayton | £483,250 |
8 | Danny Noppert | £480,250 |
9 | Nathan Aspinall | £470,500 |
10 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £463,250 |
11 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £420,000 |
12 | Joe Cullen | £371,250 |
13 | Ryan Searle | £358,000 |
14 | Jose De Sousa | £352,250 |
15 | James Wade | £345,750 |
16 | Dave Chisnall | £338,250 |
17 | Ross Smith | £336,250 |
18 | Damon Heta | £333,750 |
19 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £296,750 |
20 | Gabriel Clemens | £290,000 |
21 | Chris Dobey | £282,000 |
22 | Gary Anderson | £265,000 |
23 | Stephen Bunting | £250,250 |
24 | Andrew Gilding | £239,000 |
25 | Callan Rydz | £235,750 |
26 | Brendan Dolan | £228,500 |
27 | Martin Schindler | £227,250 |
28 | Daryl Gurney | £202,750 |
29 | Kim Huybrechts | £181,250 |
30 | Raymond van Barneveld | £176,000 |
30 | Mervyn King | £176,000 |
32 | Josh Rock | £164,000 |
33 | Vincent van der Voort | £163,000 |
34 | Alan Soutar | £155,000 |
35 | Mensur Suljovic | £150,750 |
36 | Adrian Lewis | £142,750 |
37 | Madars Razma | £141,500 |
38 | William O'Connor | £138,000 |
39 | Martin Lukeman | £128,500 |
40 | Simon Whitlock | £126,750 |
41 | Martijn Kleermaker | £121,250 |
42 | Keane Barry | £120,750 |
43 | Ian White | £117,000 |
44 | Ryan Joyce | £106,000 |
45 | Ryan Meikle | £104,000 |
46 | Jermaine Wattimena | £103,250 |
47 | Ritchie Edhouse | £100,750 |
48 | Luke Woodhouse | £100,500 |
49 | Mike De Decker | £98,250 |
50 | Adam Gawlas | £97,000 |
51 | Florian Hempel | £94,750 |
52 | Ricky Evans | £91,500 |
53 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £91,000 |
54 | Steve Beaton | £90,750 |
55 | Boris Krcmar | £88,500 |
56 | Jim Williams | £86,750 |
57 | Jamie Hughes | £82,250 |
58 | Scott Williams | £80,250 |
59 | Darius Labanauskas | £74,000 |
60 | Lewis Williams | £70,250 |
61 | Steve Lennon | £69,750 |
62 | Matt Campbell | £62,250 |
63 | Joe Murnan | £57,500 |
64 | Cameron Menzies | £56,750 |
65 | Nathan Rafferty | £54,250 |
66 | Danny Jansen | £53,000 |
66 | Jeff Smith | £53,000 |
68 | Devon Petersen | £52,500 |
69 | Mickey Mansell | £51,750 |
70 | John O'Shea | £42,250 |
71 | Richie Burnett | £40,250 |
72 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £40,000 |
73 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £37,250 |
74 | Ted Evetts | £35,750 |
75 | Kevin Doets | £34,250 |
76 | Jose Justicia | £31,750 |
76 | Scott Waites | £31,750 |
78 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £28,000 |
79 | Jimmy Hendriks | £27,750 |
80 | Connor Scutt | £27,500 |
81 | Brian Raman | £26,000 |
81 | Bradley Brooks | £26,000 |
83 | Radek Szaganski | £22,250 |
84 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £20,750 |
85 | James Wilson | £20,000 |
86 | Shaun Wilkinson | £19,000 |
86 | George Killington | £19,000 |
88 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £18,000 |
89 | Ross Montgomery | £17,500 |
90 | Richard Veenstra | £16,750 |
91 | Tony Martinez | £16,500 |
91 | Damian Mol | £16,500 |
93 | Keegan Brown | £16,250 |
93 | Luc Peters | £16,250 |
95 | Chris Landman | £13,750 |
96 | Jules van Dongen | £13,250 |
97 | Jamie Clark | £12,750 |
98 | Gian van Veen | £12,500 |
99 | Dylan Slevin | £11,750 |
100 | Kevin Burness | £11,250 |
101 | Andy Boulton | £11,000 |
102 | Lee Evans | £10,750 |
103 | Darren Webster | £10,250 |
104 | Jurjen van der Velde | £10,000 |
105 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £9,250 |
105 | Niels Zonneveld | £9,250 |
107 | Pascal Rupprecht | £8,250 |
107 | Karel Sedlacek | £8,250 |
109 | Adam Warner | £7,750 |
110 | Graham Usher | £7,500 |
111 | Geert Nentjes | £7,250 |
111 | Nick Fullwell | £7,250 |
113 | Berry van Peer | £6,750 |
114 | Niko Springer | £6,500 |
114 | Graham Hall | £6,500 |
114 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £6,500 |
117 | Arron Monk | £6,250 |
118 | Robert Owen | £6,000 |
119 | Stephen Burton | £5,750 |
120 | Daniel Klose | £5,500 |
121 | Josh Payne | £5,250 |
121 | Cam Crabtree | £5,250 |
123 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | £5,000 |
123 | Owen Roelofs | £5,000 |
125 | Robbie Knops | £4,250 |
126 | Thibault Tricole | £4,000 |
126 | Lukas Wenig | £4,000 |
126 | Martijn Dragt | £4,000 |
126 | Vladimir Andersen | £4,000 |
130 | Adam Smith-Neale | £3,750 |
131 | Christian Kist | £3,500 |
132 | Ronny Huybrechts | £3,250 |
132 | Jelle Klaasen | £3,250 |
134 | Nick Kenny | £3,000 |
135 | Danny van Trijp | £2,750 |
136 | Dragutin Horvat | £2,500 |
136 | Jeroen Mioch | £2,500 |
136 | Rene Eidams | £2,500 |
136 | Filip Sebesta | £2,500 |
136 | Luke Littler | £2,500 |
136 | Thomas Banks | £2,500 |
142 | James Hurrell | £2,250 |
143 | Darryl Pilgrim | £2,000 |
143 | Jacques Labre | £2,000 |
145 | James Richardson | £1,750 |
146 | Lewis Gurney | £1,500 |
146 | Dan Read | £1,500 |
146 | Conor Heneghan | £1,500 |
149 | Oskar Lukasiak | £1,250 |
149 | Tytus Kanik | £1,250 |
149 | Paavo Myller | £1,250 |
149 | John Henderson | £1,250 |
149 | Nico Kurz | £1,250 |
149 | Marko Kantele | £1,250 |
149 | Owen Bates | £1,250 |
149 | Stefan Bellmont | £1,250 |
149 | Dennis Nilsson | £1,250 |
158 | Joshua Richardson | £1,000 |
158 | Gary Davey | £1,000 |
158 | Michael Flynn | £1,000 |
158 | Jitse Van der Wal | £1,000 |
158 | Jim Moston | £1,000 |
158 | Jim McEwan | £1,000 |
158 | Christopher Holt | £1,000 |
165 | Dom Taylor | £750 |
165 | Callum Goffin | £750 |