Updated PDC Order of Merit after European Championship: Cross avoids major ranking drop, Noppert into top 16 for first time

The PDC Order of Merit has been updated after the European Championship which took place this past weekend in Salzburg.

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.

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