Smith swaps with Van Gerwen to return to World Number Three spot in updated PDC Order of Merit

The PDC Order of Merit has been updated after the latest round of Players Championship action with one major change in the top four as Michael Smith has swapped once again with Michael van Gerwen.

Smith is now onto £645,750, with Van Gerwen on £645,000 meaning a change could occur again post World Matchplay but as a result of the Green Machine's decision to halt his return to the oche after surgery, Smith accrued enough to overtake him in Barnsley.

This in turn handed Van Gerwen a horror quarter which includes Luke Humphries, Joe Cullen and James Wade and he will face Adrian Lewis.

The other change in the top 10 sees Jonny Clayton after reaching the final of Players Championship 21 swap places with Dimitri van den Bergh going into World Number Eight. Further down, PC21 winner, Brendan Dolan swapped with Daryl Gurney going into World No.23.

While there were also rises for Ross Smith (#32), Adrian Lewis (#35), Martin Schindler (#43) and Dutch trio Ron Meulenkamp, Maik Kuivenhoven and Raymond van Barneveld with Andrew Gilding in 67th also edging towards the top 64.

1 Peter Wright £1,201,500

2 Gerwyn Price £1,182,750

3 Michael Smith £645,750

4 Michael van Gerwen £645,000

5 James Wade £569,500

6 Gary Anderson £478,250

7 Jose de Sousa £459,750

8 Jonny Clayton £450,500

9 Dimitri Van den Bergh £447,000

10 Rob Cross £407,500

11 Danny Noppert £376,500

12 Luke Humphries £371,250

13 Joe Cullen £363,000

14 Dirk van Duijvenbode £335,250

15 Dave Chisnall £325,000

16 Krzysztof Ratajski £316,500

17 Ryan Searle £309,500

18 Nathan Aspinall £307,250

19 Damon Heta £269,250

20 Mervyn King £255,000

21 Stephen Bunting £247,500

22 Gabriel Clemens £233,250

23 Brendan Dolan £225,250

24 Daryl Gurney £224,750

25 Simon Whitlock £216,250

26 Callan Rydz £210,750

27 Devon Petersen £199,250

28 Vincent van der Voort £198,500

29 Mensur Suljovic £194,250

30 Ian White £191,250

31 Chris Dobey £171,250

32 Ross Smith £158,250

33 Glen Durrant £152,250

34 Kim Huybrechts £147,750

35 Adrian Lewis £137,250

36 William O'Connor £135,500

37 Ryan Joyce £130,250

38 Ricky Evans £128,000

39 Jermaine Wattimena £127,250

40 Martijn Kleermaker £114,000

41 Jamie Hughes £108,250

42 Madars Razma £102,000

43 Martin Schindler £96,750

44 Darius Labanauskas £94,750

45 Steve Lennon £89,750

46 Adam Hunt £89,250

47 Jeffrey De Zwaan £88,500

48 Keane Barry £85,750

49 Luke Woodhouse £83,750

50 Alan Soutar £83,500

51 Ron Meulenkamp £76,250

51 Maik Kuivenhoven £76,250

53 Raymond van Barneveld £75,250

53 Jason Lowe £75,250

55 Ryan Meikle £74,250

56 Steve Beaton £74,000

57 Boris Krcmar £71,250

58 Ritchie Edhouse £71,000

59 Andy Boulton £68,750

60 Florian Hempel £65,000

61 Keegan Brown £63,750

62 Steve West £60,750

63 Mike De Decker £60,500

64 Jeff Smith £59,250

65 Max Hopp £58,000

66 William Borland £54,250

67 Andrew Gilding £53,750

67 Martin Lukeman £53,750

69 John Henderson £53,500

70 Joe Murnan £50,750

71 Scott Mitchell £48,500

72 Lewy Williams £48,000

73 Rowby-John Rodriguez £40,750

74 Adam Gawlas £40,000

75 Jason Heaver £39,500

76 Niels Zonneveld £34,000

77 Scott Williams £32,750

78 Boris Koltsov £31,750

79 Gordon Mathers £30,250

80 Jim Williams £29,500

81 Geert Nentjes £28,500

82 Josh Rock £27,250

83 Danny Jansen £26,750

84 Peter Hudson £23,250

85 Matt Campbell £23,000

86 Scott Waites £21,750

87 Eddie Lovely £21,000

88 Cameron Menzies £20,500

89 Karel Sedlacek £20,250

89 John O'Shea £20,250

91 Berry van Peer £19,750

92 Mickey Mansell £19,000

92 John Michael £19,000

94 Kevin Doets £17,000

95 Sebastian Bialecki £16,500

96 Jon Worsley £16,250

97 Geert De Vos £16,000

98 Mario Vandenbogaerde £15,500

99 Nathan Rafferty £15,250

100 Krzysztof Kciuk £14,750

100 Danny Baggish £14,750

102 Jack Main £14,500

103 Jose Justicia £14,000

103 Brett Claydon £14,000

105 Brian Raman £12,750

105 Connor Scutt £12,750

107 Lee Evans £12,000

108 Radek Szaganski £11,750

109 Wesley Plaisier £11,000

110 Lukas Wenig £10,750

110 Zoran Lerchbacher £10,750

112 James Wilson £10,500

113 Luc Peters £9,000

114 John Brown £8,750

115 Jamie Clark £8,250

115 Jimmy Hendriks £8,250

117 Tony Martinez £7,750

117 Richie Burnett £7,750

117 Shaun Wilkinson £7,750

117 Damian Mol £7,750

117 George Killington £7,750

122 David Evans £7,500

123 Ricardo Pietreczko £7,250

123 Kevin Burness £7,250

125 Ross Montgomery £7,000

125 Ted Evetts £7,000

125 Stephen Burton £7,000

125 Jake Jones £7,000

129 Robert Owen £6,000

129 Jelle Klaasen £6,000

131 Nick Fullwell £5,750

131 Rusty Rodriguez £5,750

133 Danny van Trijp £5,250

134 Bradley Brooks £4,750

135 Matthew Edgar £4,250

135 Gary Blades £4,250

135 Michael Unterbuchner £4,250

138 Pete Burgoyne £4,000

138 Johan Engstrom £4,000

138 Dragutin Horvat £4,000

138 Daniel Larsson £4,000

138 Niko Springer £4,000

143 Darren Webster £3,500

143 Jules van Dongen £3,500

145 Scott Marsh £3,250

145 Darren Penhall £3,250

147 Thibault Tricole £3,000

147 Stefan Bellmont £3,000

147 Dennis Nilsson £3,000

147 Nico Kurz £3,000

151 Graham Hall £2,750

152 Steve Haggerty £2,250

152 Stu Wilson £2,250

154 Vitezslav Sedlak £2,000

154 Patrik Gosnak £2,000

154 Vladimir Andersen £2,000

154 Fabian Schmutzler £2,000

154 Jim McEwan £2,000

159 Jim Moston £1,500

159 Colin Osborne £1,500

161 Nathan Girvan £1,250

161 Owen Roelofs £1,250

163 Arjan Konterman £1,000

163 Rene Eidams £1,000

163 Ondrej Plsek £1,000

163 Filip Sebesta £1,000

163 Miloslav Navratil £1,000

163 Dennie Olde Kalter £1,000

163 Martijn Dragt £1,000

163 Michael Rasztovits £1,000

163 Dietmar Burger £1,000

163 Rainer Sturm £1,000

163 Thomas Junghans £1,000

163 Gian van Veen £1,000

163 Marko Kantele £1,000

163 Kenny Neyens £1,000

163 Ryan Harrington £1,000

163 Danny Lauby £1,000

163 Janos Vegso £1,000

163 David Schlichting £1,000

163 Wayne Jones £1,000

182 Jeremy van der Winkel £750

182 Gavin Carlin £750

182 Jacques Labre £750

182 Leighton Bennett £750

182 Steven Noster £750

182 Carlo van Peer £750