UK Open champion Noppert jumps to 12th place on PDC Order of Merit; Van Gerwen drops to number five after early exit
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The 2022 UK Open has concluded with Danny Noppert finishing the FA Cup of Darts in Minehead as champion.
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As a result, Noppert who has been on the rise in recent years continues towards the top 10. He is up 12th which is of course a new career high.
Rob Cross and Joe Cullen are next up with both being only separated by around £10k each meaning that Noppert could feasibly make more progress in short order.
Peter Wright is of course the new World Number One and this tournament has also had knock on effects for the top five in general.
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James Wade is now up to World Number Three, with Michael Smith despite losing in the final being up to World Number Four and only just under £2,000 away from The Machine.
While Michael van Gerwen's early exit has meant he has went to his lowest position in the Order of Merit in a decade as he is down to World Number Five showing the decline of the Green machine.
While further down, Nathan Aspinall continues to fall down to 17th with rises though for Damon Heta (23rd), Callan Rydz (29th), William O'Connor (34th) and Ricky Evans and Martijn Kleermaker (38th and 39th).
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Scott Waites had one of the biggest rises of the weekend with 'Scotty 2 Hotty' having lost his Tour Card rising up to 97th place up 36 spots.
PDC Order of Merit as of 07/03/2022
1 Peter Wright £1,190,250
2 Gerwyn Price £1,169,000
3 James Wade £571,000
4 Michael Smith £569,750
5 Michael van Gerwen £550,250
6 Gary Anderson £472,500
7 Jose de Sousa £435,500
8 Jonny Clayton £411,750
9 Dimitri Van den Bergh £411,250
10 Rob Cross £347,000
11 Joe Cullen £336,500
12 Danny Noppert £325,500
13 Krzysztof Ratajski £297,000
14 Dave Chisnall £294,250
15 Dirk van Duijvenbode £268,250
16 Ryan Searle £262,750
17 Nathan Aspinall £260,500
18 Mervyn King £238,250
19 Luke Humphries £238,000
20 Stephen Bunting £220,750
21 Gabriel Clemens £206,750
22 Daryl Gurney £204,500
23 Damon Heta £202,000
24 Simon Whitlock £199,250
25 Brendan Dolan £198,500
26 Devon Petersen £194,000
27 Ian White £190,500
28 Mensur Suljovic £185,750
29 Callan Rydz £182,250
30 Vincent van der Voort £180,000
31 Glen Durrant £160,500
32 Chris Dobey £150,250
33 Ross Smith £140,250
34 William O'Connor £127,500
35 Ryan Joyce £126,750
36 Kim Huybrechts £126,500
37 Jermaine Wattimena £115,750
38 Ricky Evans £106,000
39 Martijn Kleermaker £101,500
40 Adrian Lewis £100,000
41 Jamie Hughes £96,250
42 Adam Hunt £86,000
43 Darius Labanauskas £84,500
44 Steve Lennon £80,250
45 Jason Lowe £78,000
46 Madars Razma £75,250
46 Jeffrey De Zwaan £75,250
48 Luke Woodhouse £73,000
49 Alan Soutar £71,500
50 Maik Kuivenhoven £68,250
51 Ron Meulenkamp £68,000
52 Keane Barry £67,250
53 Boris Krcmar £62,000
54 Steve Beaton £61,750
55 Ryan Meikle £58,000
55 Raymond van Barneveld £58,000
57 Andy Boulton £57,500
58 William Borland £56,250
59 Jeff Smith £55,500
60 Steve West £54,250
61 Keegan Brown £54,000
62 Florian Hempel £53,500
63 Martin Schindler £53,000
64 Ritchie Edhouse £52,000
65 Max Hopp £50,500
66 Mike De Decker £49,750
67 John Henderson £44,750
68 Lewy Williams £41,750
69 Scott Mitchell £39,500
70 Joe Murnan £38,750
71 Jason Heaver £35,750
72 Adam Gawlas £23,250
73 Boris Koltsov £23,000
74 Niels Zonneveld £21,750
75 Gordon Mathers £21,500
76 Martin Lukeman £15,750
77 Eddie Lovely £14,250
77 Peter Hudson £14,250
77 John Michael £14,250
80 Geert Nentjes £13,500
81 Sebastian Bialecki £12,500
82 Geert De Vos £11,250
83 Danny Baggish £9,750
84 Andrew Gilding £9,500
85 Berry van Peer £9,000
86 Jon Worsley £8,500
86 Jack Main £8,500
86 Danny Lauby £8,500
89 John Brown £8,000
90 Diogo Portela £7,500
91 Connor Scutt £7,000
91 Zoran Lerchbacher £7,000
93 Brian Raman £6,000
93 Lee Evans £6,000
93 David Evans £6,000
96 Brett Claydon £5,750
97 Krzysztof Kciuk £5,500
98 Kevin Doets £5,000
99 Scott Waites £4,750
99 Scott Williams £4,750
101 Jake Jones £4,250
102 Jim Williams £4,000
102 Cameron Menzies £4,000
104 Danny Jansen £3,750
104 Stephen Burton £3,750
106 George Killington £3,250
107 Niko Springer £3,000
107 John O'Shea £3,000
107 Ross Montgomery £3,000
110 Radek Szaganski £2,750
110 Jamie Clark £2,750
112 Luc Peters £2,500
113 Damian Mol £2,250
113 Jose Justicia £2,250
113 Mario Vandenbogaerde £2,250
113 Rowby-John Rodriguez £2,250
117 Jelle Klaasen £2,000
117 Graham Hall £2,000
117 Fabian Schmutzler £2,000
117 Nico Kurz £2,000
117 Jim McEwan £2,000
117 Jimmy Hendriks £2,000
117 Richie Burnett £2,000
124 Ted Evetts £1,750
125 Darren Webster £1,500
125 Ricardo Pietreczko £1,500
125 Nathan Rafferty £1,500
125 Michael Unterbuchner £1,500
129 Ryan Harrington £1,000
129 Lukas Wenig £1,000
129 Kenny Neyens £1,000
129 Dennis Nilsson £1,000
129 Danny van Trijp £1,000
129 Dragutin Horvat £1,000
129 Wayne Jones £1,000
129 David Schlichting £1,000
129 Janos Vegso £1,000
138 Jules van Dongen £750
138 Bradley Brooks £750
138 Steve Haggerty £750
138 Tony Martinez £750
138 Matt Campbell £750
138 Stu Wilson £750
138 Nick Fullwell £750
138 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £750

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