Updated PDC Order of Merit after European Championship: Cross avoids major ranking drop, Noppert into top 16 for first time
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The PDC Order of Merit has been updated after the European Championship which took place this past weekend in Salzburg.
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Rob Cross became a two time winner in the tournament ending his title drought and also avoiding a major ranking drop as a result.
Cross at the start of the weekend was at risk of dropping out of the top 30 in the world if he didn't defend his earnings but claimed a stunning win which only sees him go up one but also has potential big consequences for his darting future.
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Danny Noppert has had a superb year and is into the top 16 in the world as a result of another run this weekend. He replaces Dirk van Duijvenbode as Dutch no.2.
While further up, Nathan Aspinall reaching the latter stages saw him regain his spot in the top 10 while it is afurther slide for Ian White, Simon Whitlock, Glen Durrant and also Daryl Gurney - with the latter falling seven places as he heads towards the top 30.
PDC Order of Merit (as of 18/10/2021)
1 Gerwyn Price £1,296,750
2 Peter Wright £1,089,500
3 Michael van Gerwen £916,000
4 James Wade £456,000
5 Dimitri Van den Bergh £438,250
6 Gary Anderson £422,500
7 Jose de Sousa £381,500
8 Jonny Clayton £355,000
9 Nathan Aspinall £341,250
10 Michael Smith £323,500
11 Rob Cross £305,750
12 Dave Chisnall £303,500
13 Krzysztof Ratajski £294,750
14 Joe Cullen £286,750
15 Stephen Bunting £247,250
16 Danny Noppert £230,500
17 Dirk van Duijvenbode £223,000
18 Ian White £220,000
19 Simon Whitlock £219,750
20 Mervyn King £217,000
21 Glen Durrant £214,500
22 Luke Humphries £206,000
23 Daryl Gurney £205,250
24 Gabriel Clemens £200,500
25 Devon Petersen £187,500
26 Brendan Dolan £186,750
27 Ryan Searle £185,750
28 Mensur Suljovic £182,000
29 Chris Dobey £156,000
30 Vincent van der Voort £152,750
31 Adrian Lewis £138,250
32 Damon Heta £135,000
33 Darius Labanauskas £124,500
34 Kim Huybrechts £123,000
35 Jermaine Wattimena £120,750
36 Jamie Hughes £120,250
37 Jeffrey De Zwaan £118,750
38 Ross Smith £116,750
39 Ricky Evans £110,500
40 William O'Connor £108,750
41 Callan Rydz £104,750
42 Ryan Joyce £98,000
43 Steve Beaton £88,500
44 Luke Woodhouse £80,000
45 Max Hopp £76,500
46 John Henderson £75,250
47 Steve Lennon £74,500
48 Steve West £73,500
49 Keegan Brown £72,000
50 Adam Hunt £70,000
51 Martijn Kleermaker £66,500
52 Madars Razma £62,250
53 Ron Meulenkamp £62,000
54 Jason Lowe £61,000
55 Andy Boulton £60,000
56 Darren Webster £56,000
57 Mickey Mansell £51,250
58 Maik Kuivenhoven £49,000
59 Jelle Klaasen £47,250
60 Justin Pipe £46,500
61 Jeff Smith £45,000
62 Matthew Edgar £44,000
62 Scott Waites £44,000
64 William Borland £38,000
65 Ryan Murray £37,750
66 Boris Krcmar £37,500
67 Ted Evetts £36,750
68 Karel Sedlacek £36,500
68 Josh Payne £36,500
70 Wayne Jones £33,500
71 Andy Hamilton £32,000
72 James Wilson £29,500
72 Mike De Decker £29,500
74 Ryan Meikle £29,000
74 Derk Telnekes £29,000
76 Nick Kenny £28,500
77 Alan Soutar £25,250
78 Mark McGeeney £24,500
79 Bradley Brooks £23,500
80 Raymond van Barneveld £22,500
81 Scott Mitchell £22,000
81 Lisa Ashton £22,000
83 Ritchie Edhouse £21,750
84 Martin Schindler £21,000
85 Ciaran Teehan £20,000
85 Cristo Reyes £20,000
87 Keane Barry £19,750
88 Lewis Williams £19,250
88 Alan Tabern £19,250
90 Kai Fan Leung £19,000
91 Florian Hempel £18,500
91 Joe Murnan £18,500
91 Peter Jacques £18,500
94 Krzysztof Kciuk £18,250
95 Adam Gawlas £17,000
96 Rowby-John Rodriguez £16,500
97 Jesus Noguera £15,750
98 Martin Atkins £13,500
98 Chas Barstow £13,500
98 Steve Brown £13,500
101 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £12,500
101 Daniel Larsson £12,500
103 Gordon Mathers £10,000
103 Eddie Lovely £10,000
103 Jason Heaver £10,000
103 Aaron Beeney £10,000
107 Niels Zonneveld £9,250
108 Adam Smith-Neale £9,000
108 Kevin Doets £9,000
110 Geert De Vos £8,500
110 Gary Blades £8,500
112 Martin Lukeman £8,000
112 Robert Thornton £8,000
112 John Brown £8,000
115 Luc Peters £7,500
116 Geert Nentjes £7,000
116 Boris Koltsov £7,000
118 John Michael £6,750
119 Zoran Lerchbacher £6,000
119 Andrew Gilding £6,000
121 Jon Worsley £5,500
121 Jack Main £5,500
121 Steffen Siepmann £5,500
124 Harald Leitinger £5,000
124 David Evans £5,000
124 Berry van Peer £5,000
127 Martin Thomas £4,500
127 Peter Hudson £4,500
127 Kirk Shepherd £4,500
130 Danny Baggish £4,000
130 Michael Rasztovits £4,000
130 Gino Vos £4,000
130 Darren Penhall £4,000
130 Wesley Harms £4,000
135 Jake Jones £3,500
135 Jose Justicia £3,500
137 Jim McEwan £3,000
137 Christian Kist £3,000
139 Kevin McDine £2,500
139 Sean Fisher £2,500
139 Lukas Wenig £2,500
139 Sebastian Bialecki £2,500
143 Kenny Neyens £2,000
143 Andreas Harrysson £2,000
143 Richard Veenstra £2,000
143 Ryan De Vreede £2,000
143 Benito van de Pas £2,000
143 Vincent Van der Meer £2,000
149 Craig Galliano £1,000
149 Justin Broton £1,000
149 Justin Hewitt £1,000
149 Patrik Kovacs £1,000
149 Dyson Parody £1,000
149 Peter Strbik £1,000
149 Thomas Lovely £1,000
149 Janos Vegso £1,000
149 Johan Engstrom £1,000
149 Gabor Jagicza £1,000
149 Jozsef Rucska £1,000
149 Shane McGuirk £1,000
149 Lorenzo Pronk £1,000
149 Pero Ljubic £1,000
149 Robert Marijanovic £1,000
149 Mike Warburton £1,000
149 Gavin Carlin £1,000
149 Brett Claydon £1,000
149 Rhys Griffin £1,000
149 Scott Taylor £1,000
149 Jim Williams £1,000
149 Michael Unterbuchner £1,000
171 Davy Proosten £500
171 Patrick van den Boogaard £500
171 Michal Smejda £500
171 Scott Williams £500
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