Updated European Tour Order of Merit after Dutch Darts Championship: Smith and Noppert into top five
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Michael Smith has moved up to fourth place on the PDC European Tour Order of Merit due to his final win at the Dutch Darts Championship.
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Smith captured the title Sunday night in Zwolle by beating Danny Noppert in the final. Noppert is now number five on the ranking. The top five also includes Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries and Rob Cross.
Andrew Gilding is up to 23rd in the race to Dortmund after reaching the semi-finals, while Callan Rydz is up to 26th after a similarly superb run. Dirk van Duijvenbode is now into seventh as his good form continued.
At the end of the season the 32 best players of the final ranking will participate in the European Championship in Dortmund. This tournament is scheduled from 27 to 30 October.
European Tour Order of Merit after eight tournaments
Position Name Value
1 Michael van Gerwen £92,500
2 Luke Humphries £81,500
3 Rob Cross £39,000
4 Michael Smith £38,000
5 Danny Noppert £30,000
6 Gerwyn Price £28,000
7 Dirk van Duijvenbode £27,000
8 Jonny Clayton £25,500
9 Dimitri Van den Bergh £24,500
9 Peter Wright £24,500
11 Ryan Searle £21,000
12 Nathan Aspinall £20,000
12 Martin Lukeman £20,000
14 Damon Heta £19,000
15 Martin Schindler £17,000
16 James Wade £14,500
17 Rowby-John Rodriguez £14,000
17 Dave Chisnall £14,000
17 Joe Cullen £14,000
20 Daryl Gurney £13,500
21 Karel Sedlacek £13,000
22 Jose de Sousa £12,500
23 Andrew Gilding £11,500
23 Vincent van der Voort £11,500
25 Madars Razma £11,000
26 Callan Rydz £10,500
27 Adam Gawlas £10,000
27 Ricky Evans £10,000
29 Ross Smith £9,000
29 Krzysztof Ratajski £9,000
31 Stephen Bunting £8,500
32 Mickey Mansell £8,000
32 Brendan Dolan £8,000
32 Josh Rock £8,000
32 Scott Waites £8,000
32 Kim Huybrechts £8,000
32 Wesley Plaisier £8,000
38 Boris Krcmar £7,000
38 Mervyn King £7,000
38 Simon Whitlock £7,000
38 Ritchie Edhouse £7,000
38 Danny Jansen £7,000
38 Chris Dobey £7,000
38 Jermaine Wattimena £7,000
45 Ryan Meikle £6,000
45 Adrian Lewis £6,000
45 Martijn Kleermaker £6,000
45 Luke Woodhouse £6,000
45 Keane Barry £6,000
50 Jose Justicia £5,000
50 Jim Williams £5,000
50 Berry van Peer £5,000
50 Devon Petersen £5,000
50 Gabriel Clemens £5,000
50 Jeffrey De Zwaan £5,000
50 Keegan Brown £5,000
57 Jelle Klaasen £4,000
57 Daniel Larsson £4,000
57 Joe Murnan £4,000
57 Nathan Rafferty £4,000
57 Lukas Wenig £4,000
57 Cameron Menzies £4,000
57 Krzysztof Kciuk £4,000
57 Niko Springer £4,000
65 Scott Williams £3,000
65 Stefan Bellmont £3,000
65 Johan Engstrom £3,000
65 Dennis Nilsson £3,000
65 Jamie Hughes £3,000
65 Dragutin Horvat £3,000
65 Brett Claydon £3,000
65 Nico Kurz £3,000
65 Zoran Lerchbacher £3,000
65 Darius Labanauskas £3,000
65 Max Hopp £3,000
65 Alan Soutar £3,000
65 Mensur Suljovic £3,000
65 Lewy Williams £3,000
65 Brian Raman £3,000
80 Niels Zonneveld £2,000
80 Sebastian Bialecki £2,000
80 Connor Scutt £2,000
80 Kevin Burness £2,000
80 Eddie Lovely £2,000
80 Vitezslav Sedlak £2,000
80 Jules van Dongen £2,000
80 Darren Penhall £2,000
80 Maik Kuivenhoven £2,000
80 Mario Vandenbogaerde £2,000
80 Andy Boulton £2,000
80 Radek Szaganski £2,000
80 Ron Meulenkamp £2,000
80 Florian Hempel £2,000
80 Ian White £2,000
80 Luc Peters £2,000
80 Patrik Gosnak £2,000
80 Raymond van Barneveld £2,000
80 Danny Baggish £2,000
80 Jeff Smith £2,000
100 Rene Eidams £1,000
100 Steve Lennon £1,000
100 Arjan Konterman £1,000
100 John Michael £1,000
100 Ryan Joyce £1,000
100 Dennie Olde Kalter £1,000
100 Ondrej Plsek £1,000
100 Martijn Dragt £1,000
100 John Henderson £1,000
100 Geert Nentjes £1,000
100 Miloslav Navratil £1,000
100 Ted Evetts £1,000
100 Jon Worsley £1,000
100 Filip Sebesta £1,000
100 Kevin Doets £1,000
100 Rainer Sturm £1,000
100 Tony Martinez £1,000
100 Matt Campbell £1,000
100 Steve Beaton £1,000
100 Michael Rasztovits £1,000
100 Dietmar Burger £1,000
100 Thibault Tricole £1,000
100 Thomas Junghans £1,000
100 Adam Hunt £1,000
100 James Wilson £1,000
100 John O'Shea £1,000
100 George Killington £1,000
100 Marko Kantele £1,000
100 Jimmy Hendriks £1,000
100 Gian van Veen £1,000
100 Danny van Trijp £1,000
100 Fabian Schmutzler £1,000
100 David Schlichting £1,000
100 Wayne Jones £1,000
100 Janos Vegso £1,000
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