UK Open champion Noppert jumps to 12th place on PDC Order of Merit; Van Gerwen drops to number five after early exit

The 2022 UK Open has concluded with Danny Noppert finishing the FA Cup of Darts in Minehead as champion.

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).

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