Updated PDC Order of Merit after World Darts Championship: Wright closing in on World Number One spot, Van Gerwen loses ground

The PDC Order of Merit has been updated after Peter Wright's World Darts Championship triumph with 'Snakebite' closing in on potentially becoming World Number One in early 2022.

Wright had to defend his title from two years ago meaning he doesn't add a lot to his current ranking.

But Gerwyn Price who is the current World Number One has to win £36,000 more than Wright in the first tournaments of the year and has a final to defend at the UK Open from two years ago which accounts for £40,000.

While Wright on the otherhand is only defending £7,500 from that tournament accounting for the £36,000. This means it is a very real possibility that Wright will become World Number One.

Michael van Gerwen on the otherhand has drifted behind the top two. He lost in the third round by default after having to withdraw following testing positive for COVID-19. If Smith had won the title, Van Gerwen would have dropped to fourth place.

That spot is now in the hands of James Wade, while Smith has moved up to fifth. Dimitri van den Bergh has dropped to ninth after losing to Florian Hempel early on, while Rob Cross is back in the top ten and Joe Cullen is at a career high of 11th.

Nathan Aspinall also lost four spots. He had to defend a semi-final from two years ago and is now World No.14. While there has been rises for Mervyn King up to 17th, Callan Rydz up to 30th.

Martijn Kleermaker, Alan Soutar, William Borland, Raymond van Barneveld and Florian Hempel have all also risen as a result of their runs at the Ally Pally.

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PDC Order of Merit after World Darts Championship

1 Gerwyn Price £1,206,750

2 Peter Wright £1,191,500

3 Michael van Gerwen £656,750

4 James Wade £564,750

5 Michael Smith £540,750

6 Gary Anderson £487,500

7 Jose de Sousa £429,750

8 Jonny Clayton £415,250

9 Dimitri Van den Bergh £408,750

10 Rob Cross £357,000

11 Joe Cullen £313,750

12 Krzysztof Ratajski £310,250

13 Dave Chisnall £288,000

14 Nathan Aspinall £275,000

15 Dirk van Duijvenbode £271,750

16 Ryan Searle £261,250

17 Mervyn King £241,250

18 Danny Noppert £233,750

19 Luke Humphries £224,500

20 Stephen Bunting £224,250

21 Gabriel Clemens £218,250

22 Daryl Gurney £213,250

23 Brendan Dolan £206,000

24 Ian White £200,000

25 Simon Whitlock £199,750

26 Devon Petersen £195,500

27 Mensur Suljovic £192,000

28 Vincent van der Voort £178,000

29 Damon Heta £177,250

30 Callan Rydz £175,250

31 Glen Durrant £169,500

32 Chris Dobey £156,500

33 Ross Smith £144,250

34 Ryan Joyce £128,000

35 Kim Huybrechts £123,000

36 Jermaine Wattimena £116,250

37 William O'Connor £111,250

37 Jamie Hughes £111,250

39 Adrian Lewis £106,750

40 Martijn Kleermaker £105,500

41 Ricky Evans £103,000

42 Adam Hunt £87,500

43 Darius Labanauskas £86,000

44 Steve Lennon £85,000

45 Jeffrey De Zwaan £82,750

46 Jason Lowe £80,500

47 Luke Woodhouse £71,250

48 Maik Kuivenhoven £70,750

48 Madars Razma £70,750

50 Steve Beaton £70,000

51 Alan Soutar £67,000

52 Ron Meulenkamp £64,000

53 Jeff Smith £59,000

54 Steve West £58,500

55 William Borland £57,000

56 Andy Boulton £56,500

57 Keegan Brown £55,000

58 Raymond van Barneveld £53,500

59 Mike De Decker £53,000

60 Ryan Meikle £52,750

61 Boris Krcmar £50,000

62 Florian Hempel £49,000

63 John Henderson £48,750

64 Max Hopp £48,000

65 Rowby-John Rodriguez £46,500

65 Scott Waites £46,500

67 Martin Schindler £45,500

68 Ritchie Edhouse £45,250

69 Mickey Mansell £44,500

70 Bradley Brooks £43,500

71 Karel Sedlacek £40,500

72 Keane Barry £40,250

72 Ryan Murray £40,250

74 Nick Kenny £39,500

75 Scott Mitchell £37,500

76 Matthew Edgar £37,250

77 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £36,000

77 Jelle Klaasen £36,000

79 Lisa Ashton £35,500

79 Wayne Jones £35,500

81 Lewy Williams £35,250

82 Raymond Smith £35,000

82 Joe Murnan £35,000

84 Ted Evetts £34,750

85 Andy Hamilton £34,000

86 Jason Heaver £32,500

87 Chas Barstow £32,000

88 Derk Telnekes £30,000

89 Justin Pipe £29,000

90 Fallon Sherrock £27,500

91 James Wilson £25,500

92 Alan Tabern £25,250

93 Jim Williams £23,500

94 Boris Koltsov £23,000

94 Darren Webster £23,000

96 Diogo Portela £22,500

96 Paul Lim £22,500

98 Peter Jacques £21,500

98 Ciaran Teehan £21,500

100 Kai Fan Leung £20,500

101 Daniel Larsson £20,000

101 Josh Payne £20,000

103 Krzysztof Kciuk £19,250

104 Steve Brown £18,250

105 Gordon Mathers £18,000

106 Adam Gawlas £17,500

107 Jesus Noguera £16,750

108 Kevin Doets £16,000

109 Chris Landman £15,000

109 Lourence Ilagan £15,000

109 Danny Lauby £15,000

109 Martin Atkins £15,000

113 John Michael £14,250

114 Peter Hudson £13,500

115 Matt Campbell £11,500

115 Eddie Lovely £11,500

117 Niels Zonneveld £10,750

118 Aaron Beeney £10,500

119 Nathan Rafferty £10,000

119 Geert De Vos £10,000

121 Martin Lukeman £9,500

122 Robert Thornton £9,000

122 Gary Blades £9,000

122 Adam Smith-Neale £9,000

125 Danny Baggish £8,000

125 Andrew Gilding £8,000

125 Geert Nentjes £8,000

125 Luc Peters £8,000

125 John Brown £8,000

130 Royden Lam £7,500

130 John Norman Jnr £7,500

130 Fabian Schmutzler £7,500

130 Yuki Yamada £7,500

130 Roman Benecky £7,500

130 Nitin Kumar £7,500

130 Toyokazu Shibata £7,500

130 Ben Robb £7,500

130 Ky Smith £7,500

130 Mark McGeeney £7,500

130 Martin Thomas £7,500

141 Jack Main £7,000

142 Jon Worsley £6,500

143 Jim McEwan £6,000

143 David Evans £6,000

143 Berry van Peer £6,000

143 Zoran Lerchbacher £6,000

147 Steffen Siepmann £5,500

148 Jose Justicia £5,000

148 Brett Claydon £5,000

148 Harald Leitinger £5,000

151 Kirk Shepherd £4,500

152 Joe Davis £4,000

152 Michael Rasztovits £4,000

152 Gino Vos £4,000

152 Darren Penhall £4,000

152 Wesley Harms £4,000

157 Gavin Carlin £3,500

157 Jake Jones £3,500

159 Sean Fisher £3,000

159 Christian Kist £3,000

161 Ryan De Vreede £2,500

161 Kevin McDine £2,500

161 Lukas Wenig £2,500

161 Sebastian Bialecki £2,500

161 Cristo Reyes £2,500

166 Andreas Harrysson £2,000

166 Kenny Neyens £2,000

166 Richard Veenstra £2,000

166 Benito van de Pas £2,000

166 Vincent Van der Meer £2,000

171 Carl Wilkinson £1,500

171 Michael Unterbuchner £1,500

173 Scott Williams £1,000

173 Davy Proosten £1,000

173 Dyson Parody £1,000

173 Craig Galliano £1,000

173 Justin Broton £1,000

173 Justin Hewitt £1,000

173 Patrik Kovacs £1,000

173 Gabor Jagicza £1,000

173 Peter Strbik £1,000

173 Johan Engstrom £1,000

173 Janos Vegso £1,000

173 Jozsef Rucska £1,000

173 Thomas Lovely £1,000

173 Shane McGuirk £1,000

173 Lorenzo Pronk £1,000

173 Robert Marijanovic £1,000

173 Pero Ljubic £1,000

173 Mike Warburton £1,000

173 Scott Taylor £1,000

173 Rhys Griffin £1,000

193 Patrick van den Boogaard £500

193 Michal Smejda £500