Michael van Gerwen has extended his huge lead on the PDC European Tour Order of Merit with his third Euro Tour title of the season.
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Van Gerwen won the title at the European Darts Open in Leverkusen on Sunday night by beating Dimitri van den Bergh 8-5 in the final.
After five Euro Tour tournaments, he has 84,500 pounds in prize money. That is more than Luke Humphries (31,500 pounds), Gerwyn Price (28,000 pounds) and Jonny Clayton (22,500 pounds) combined.
Van den Bergh after reaching the final is up to fifth, while Dirk van Duijvenbode is up to sixth on £19,000 after another good run.
Later this month Euro Tour tournaments will be held in Prague (13-15 May), Stuttgart (20-22 May) and Zwolle (27-29 May) respectively.
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.
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Updated European Tour Order of Merit after European Darts Open
Position Name Value
1 Michael van Gerwen £84,500
2 Luke Humphries £31,500
3 Gerwyn Price £28,000
4 Jonny Clayton £22,500
5 Dimitri Van den Bergh £21,500
6 Rob Cross £19,000
6 Dirk van Duijvenbode £19,000
8 Nathan Aspinall £18,000
9 Martin Lukeman £15,000
9 Danny Noppert £15,000
9 Peter Wright £15,000
12 James Wade £14,500
13 Joe Cullen £14,000
14 Michael Smith £13,000
15 Ryan Searle £12,000
16 Daryl Gurney £10,500
17 Martin Schindler £10,000
17 Karel Sedlacek £10,000
19 Damon Heta £9,500
20 Dave Chisnall £8,000
20 Madars Razma £8,000
22 Stephen Bunting £7,500
23 Josh Rock £7,000
23 Ricky Evans £7,000
23 Wesley Plaisier £7,000
26 Jose de Sousa £6,000
26 Krzysztof Ratajski £6,000
26 Keane Barry £6,000
26 Kim Huybrechts £6,000
30 Berry van Peer £5,000
30 Devon Petersen £5,000
30 Keegan Brown £5,000
30 Scott Waites £5,000
30 Jermaine Wattimena £5,000
30 Luke Woodhouse £5,000
30 Vincent van der Voort £5,000
37 Rowby-John Rodriguez £4,000
37 Cameron Menzies £4,000
37 Jeffrey De Zwaan £4,000
37 Chris Dobey £4,000
37 Gabriel Clemens £4,000
37 Krzysztof Kciuk £4,000
37 Niko Springer £4,000
44 Brendan Dolan £3,000
44 Scott Williams £3,000
44 Lukas Wenig £3,000
44 Callan Rydz £3,000
44 Zoran Lerchbacher £3,000
44 Danny Jansen £3,000
44 Jim Williams £3,000
44 Darius Labanauskas £3,000
44 Max Hopp £3,000
44 Alan Soutar £3,000
44 Mensur Suljovic £3,000
44 Dennis Nilsson £3,000
44 Adam Gawlas £3,000
44 Nico Kurz £3,000
44 Ritchie Edhouse £3,000
44 Brian Raman £3,000
44 Lewy Williams £3,000
61 Darren Penhall £2,000
61 Maik Kuivenhoven £2,000
61 Andrew Gilding £2,000
61 Ian White £2,000
61 Luc Peters £2,000
61 Ross Smith £2,000
61 Patrik Gosnak £2,000
61 Brett Claydon £2,000
61 Boris Krcmar £2,000
61 Danny Baggish £2,000
61 Raymond van Barneveld £2,000
61 Jamie Hughes £2,000
61 Martijn Kleermaker £2,000
61 Jose Justicia £2,000
61 Dragutin Horvat £2,000
61 Mervyn King £2,000
61 Simon Whitlock £2,000
61 Jeff Smith £2,000
79 Mickey Mansell £1,000
79 Kevin Burness £1,000
79 Kevin Doets £1,000
79 BYE 1 £1,000
79 Connor Scutt £1,000
79 Tony Martinez £1,000
79 Radek Szaganski £1,000
79 Steve Beaton £1,000
79 Johan Engstrom £1,000
79 Thibault Tricole £1,000
79 Matt Campbell £1,000
79 James Wilson £1,000
79 Adam Hunt £1,000
79 John O'Shea £1,000
79 Thomas Junghans £1,000
79 Ryan Meikle £1,000
79 Daniel Larsson £1,000
79 Marko Kantele £1,000
79 Adrian Lewis £1,000
79 Jimmy Hendriks £1,000
79 Gian van Veen £1,000
79 Mario Vandenbogaerde £1,000
79 Nathan Rafferty £1,000
79 Joe Murnan £1,000
79 Stefan Bellmont £1,000
79 George Killington £1,000
79 David Schlichting £1,000
79 Ron Meulenkamp £1,000
79 Fabian Schmutzler £1,000
79 Florian Hempel £1,000
79 Danny van Trijp £1,000
79 Wayne Jones £1,000
79 Andy Boulton £1,000
79 Janos Vegso £1,000
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