Updated PDC Order of Merit after World Darts Championship: Wright closing in on World Number One spot, Van Gerwen loses ground
PDCWednesday, 05 January 2022 at 08:41
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.
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
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