Updated PDC Order of Merit after Grand Slam of Darts: Smith strengthens top four, Aspinall into top eight and Van Barneveld just outside top 32

The Grand Slam of Darts took place over the past nine days with Michael Smith the victor going into the back end of the year with the Players Championship Finals and the all important PDC World Darts Championship with the Order of Merit updated to reflect the post Wolverhampton changes.

Smith did not move up for winning the title but has strengthened his grip on the top four spot on £771,000 well ahead of Luke Humphries on £483,500 who moved ahead of James Wade. But it also likely holds additional rewards for the former who will qualify automatically for the Premier League next year if he is in the top four.

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While for Nathan Aspinall, he is back into the World's top eight after reaching the final up four spots with movement also in the top fifteen up for Danny Noppert (9th), Joe Cullen (12th), Dave Chisnall and Dirk van Duijvenbode (13th and 14th) all up a few spots.

This due to Dimitri van den Bergh and Jose de Sousa not qualifying with a huge ranking drop for the latter down ten spots to 16th.

While with his best run in some years to the semi-finals, Raymond van Barneveld is up 16 spots to 34th in the Order of Merit, two away from a seeding at the World Championship with that mission being on for Minehead. Currently Madars Razma who moved up three spots due to ranking money for others dropping off holds that spot.

Alan Soutar is also heading towards the top 32 into 37th just behind Barney. Josh Rock also is up into the top 50 in his first year into 48th.

PDC Order of Merit after Grand Slam of Darts

(Ranking, Change +/-, Name and Prize Money)

1 Gerwyn Price 1199.25

2 Peter Wright 1169.5

3 Michael van Gerwen 900.75

4 Michael Smith 771

5 +3 Luke Humphries 483.5

6 -1 James Wade 447.5

7 Rob Cross 447

8 +4 Nathan Aspinall 444

9 +1 Danny Noppert 439.75

10 -1 Jonny Clayton 437.75

11 Gary Anderson 410.75

12 +3 Joe Cullen 367.75

13 +1 Dave Chisnall 366.5

14 +2 Dirk van Duijvenbode 365.25

15 -2 Dimitri Van den Bergh 339.25

16 -10 Jose de Sousa 335

17 Ryan Searle 332.5

18 Damon Heta 306.25

19 +1 Ross Smith 299.75

20 -1 Krzysztof Ratajski 299.25

21 Stephen Bunting 282.75

22 Chris Dobey 246.5

23 +1 Mervyn King 231.75

24 +1 Callan Rydz 228.5

25 +1 Daryl Gurney 227.75

26 -3 Gabriel Clemens 223.75

27 Brendan Dolan 219.75

28 Vincent van der Voort 178.25

29 +2 Mensur Suljovic 155

30 +2 Martin Schindler 154.25

31 -1 Kim Huybrechts 151.25

32 +3 Madars Razma 141

33 Adrian Lewis 139.75

34 +16 Raymond van Barneveld 138.25

35 -6 Simon Whitlock 136

36 -3 Ian White 131.25

37 +6 Alan Soutar 124

37 -1 William O'Connor 124

39 -1 Jermaine Wattimena 113.75

40 -3 Devon Petersen 106.75

41 Martin Lukeman 105

41 -1 Ricky Evans 105

43 -4 Ryan Joyce 104.25

44 -2 Martijn Kleermaker 101.5

45 +2 Luke Woodhouse 95

46 -2 Andrew Gilding 93.5

47 -2 Keane Barry 93

48 +7 Josh Rock 91.5

49 -3 Ryan Meikle 89.5

50 -2 Darius Labanauskas 84.75

51 +6 Ritchie Edhouse 84.25

52 -3 Steve Lennon 82.5

52 +1 Jamie Hughes 82.5

54 Steve Beaton 80

55 -4 Glen Durrant 79

56 Boris Krcmar 75.5

57 +4 Rowby-John Rodriguez 72.75

58 Ron Meulenkamp 71.75

58 +1 Jason Lowe 71.75

60 +2 Florian Hempel 71

61 -1 Mike De Decker 70.5

62 -11 Adam Hunt 70

63 Jeff Smith 64.25

63 +3 Maik Kuivenhoven 64.25

65 Keegan Brown 63.75

66 -2 Andy Boulton 60.75

67 Jeffrey De Zwaan 58

68 Joe Murnan 57

69 John Henderson 56

70 William Borland 52

70 +1 Lewy Williams 52

72 Scott Mitchell 50

73 +1 Adam Gawlas 49.25

74 +5 Scott Williams 48

75 -2 Max Hopp 46.25

76 -1 Jason Heaver 41

76 -1 Niels Zonneveld 41

78 -1 Jim Williams 40.75

79 -1 Steve West 38.75

80 Geert Nentjes 38.5

81 Karel Sedlacek 36.5

82 Gordon Mathers 31.75

82 Boris Koltsov 31.75

84 Danny Jansen 30.75

85 Matt Campbell 30.25

86 +6 Nathan Rafferty 28.25

87 -1 Cameron Menzies 27.75

88 -1 Mickey Mansell 26.75

88 -1 Scott Waites 26.75

90 -1 Berry van Peer 26.5

90 -1 John O'Shea 26.5

92 -1 Peter Hudson 24.75

93 Danny Baggish 22.5

94 Eddie Lovely 22.25

95 +11 Ted Evetts 22

95 Kevin Doets 22

97 -1 John Michael 21

98 -1 Mario Vandenbogaerde 20.25

99 -1 Gian van Veen 19.5

99 -1 Connor Scutt 19.5

101 -1 Jon Worsley 19

101 -1 Geert De Vos 19

103 -1 Ricardo Pietreczko 18

103 -1 Krzysztof Kciuk 18

105 -1 Brian Raman 17.5

106 -1 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 17.25

107 Wesley Plaisier 16.75

108 Radek Szaganski 16.5

108 Brett Claydon 16.5

108 Jack Main 16.5

108 Sebastian Bialecki 16.5

112 Jose Justicia 15.5

113 George Killington 15.25

114 James Wilson 15

115 Shaun Wilkinson 14.75

116 Richie Burnett 14.5

117 Luc Peters 13

118 Lee Evans 12.75

119 Damian Mol 12.25

120 David Evans 11.75

120 Lukas Wenig 11.75

122 Tony Martinez 11.25

122 Bradley Brooks 11.25

124 Jimmy Hendriks 11

124 Jamie Clark 11

126 Zoran Lerchbacher 10.75

127 Danny van Trijp 10.5

128 Kevin Burness 10.25

128 John Brown 10.25

130 Ross Montgomery 9.75

131 Jake Jones 9.25

131 Stephen Burton 9.25

133 Jules van Dongen 8.75

134 Jelle Klaasen 8

134 Robert Owen 8

136 Nick Fullwell 7.25

137 Daniel Larsson 7

138 Darren Webster 6.5

139 Kenny Neyens 6.25

140 Pete Burgoyne 6

140 Dragutin Horvat 6

142 Thibault Tricole 5.25

143 New Christian Perez 5

143 New Fallon Sherrock 5

143 New Leonard Gates 5

143 New Lisa Ashton 5

143 Dennis Nilsson 5

148 -4 Matthew Edgar 4.25

148 -4 Gary Blades 4.25

148 -4 Michael Unterbuchner 4.25

151 -4 Jim McEwan 4

151 -4 Johan Engstrom 4

151 -4 Niko Springer 4

154 -4 Scott Marsh 3.25

154 -4 Darren Penhall 3.25

156 -4 Stefan Bellmont 3

156 -4 Nico Kurz 3

158 -4 David Pallett 2.75

158 -4 Graham Hall 2.75

160 -4 Steve Haggerty 2.25

160 -4 Stu Wilson 2.25

162 -4 Nathan Girvan 2

162 -4 Craig Galliano 2

162 -4 Marko Kantele 2

162 -4 Vitezslav Sedlak 2

162 -4 Patrik Gosnak 2

162 -4 Vladimir Andersen 2

162 -4 Fabian Schmutzler 2

169 -4 Dan Read 1.5

169 -4 Jim Moston 1.5

169 -4 Colin Osborne 1.5

172 -4 Owen Roelofs 1.25

173 -4 Dylan Duo Jnr 1

173 -4 Dyson Parody 1

173 -4 Manuel Vilerio 1

173 -4 Sean Negrette 1

173 -4 Andy Baetens 1

173 -4 Francois Schweyen 1

173 -4 Remo Mandiau 1

173 -4 Roberto Vandaele 1

173 -4 Wouter Vanrolleghem 1

173 -4 Andras Borbely 1

173 -4 Franz Roetzsch 1

173 -4 Levente Sarai 1

173 -4 Pal Szekely 1

173 -4 Arjan Konterman 1

173 -4 Rene Eidams 1

173 -4 Dennie Olde Kalter 1

173 -4 Filip Sebesta 1

173 -4 Martijn Dragt 1

173 -4 Miloslav Navratil 1

173 -4 Ondrej Plsek 1

173 -4 Dietmar Burger 1

173 -4 Michael Rasztovits 1

173 -4 Rainer Sturm 1

173 -4 Thomas Junghans 1

173 -4 Danny Lauby 1

173 -4 Ryan Harrington 1

173 -4 David Schlichting 1

173 -4 Janos Vegso 1

173 -4 Wayne Jones 1

202 -4 Christian Kist 0.75

202 -4 Jurjen van der Velde 0.75

202 -4 Thomas Lovely 0.75

202 -4 Jeremy van der Winkel 0.75

202 -4 Gavin Carlin 0.75

202 -4 Jacques Labre 0.75

202 -4 Leighton Bennett 0.75

202 -4 Steven Noster 0.75

202 -4 Carlo van Peer 0.75