Updated PDC Order of Merit: Luke Littler into top 25 as Ross Smith reaches career high
PDCMonday, 29 April 2024 at 13:30
Luke Littler moved up to 25th in the world rankings after winning the Austrian Darts Open last weekend. He passed Krzysztof Ratajski, from whom 'The Nuke' managed to win in the last sixteen.
Some of the 17-year-old Englishman's later opponents also made progress on the PDC Order of Merit. Ross Smith went down in the semifinals against Littler, but did move up to the fourteenth position in the world rankings. This is the highest ranking ever for "Smudger," who does have to defend his 2022 European title in October.
In the final of the Austrian Darts Open, Littler was 8-4 too strong for Joe Cullen. The latter has now moved up to fifteenth place, tied with Dirk van Duijvenbode so the European Tour completing its effect as usual of shaking up the rankings.
PDC Order of Merit
| Position | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Luke Humphries | £1,541,000 |
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen | £1,075,500 |
| 3 | Michael Smith | £1,065,750 |
| 4 | Nathan Aspinall | £620,500 |
| 5 | Gerwyn Price | £610,750 |
| 6 | Rob Cross | £591,250 |
| 7 | Dave Chisnall | £503,750 |
| 8 | Peter Wright | £496,500 |
| 9 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £494,000 |
| 10 | Damon Heta | £486,250 |
| 11 | Jonny Clayton | £482,250 |
| 12 | Danny Noppert | £453,500 |
| 13 | Chris Dobey | £424,250 |
| 14 | Ross Smith | £418,750 |
| 15 | Joe Cullen | £415,250 |
| 15 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £415,250 |
| 17 | Stephen Bunting | £398,750 |
| 18 | Andrew Gilding | £359,750 |
| 19 | Josh Rock | £349,500 |
| 20 | Ryan Searle | £347,500 |
| 21 | Gary Anderson | £331,750 |
| 22 | Martin Schindler | £328,500 |
| 23 | James Wade | £328,000 |
| 24 | Gabriel Clemens | £317,750 |
| 25 | Luke Littler | £303,500 |
| 26 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £288,500 |
| 27 | Daryl Gurney | £273,500 |
| 28 | Brendan Dolan | £269,500 |
| 29 | Jose De Sousa | £256,250 |
| 30 | Raymond van Barneveld | £251,000 |
| 31 | Scott Williams | £206,750 |
| 32 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £179,500 |
| 33 | Kim Huybrechts | £170,750 |
| 34 | Callan Rydz | £166,250 |
| 35 | Luke Woodhouse | £166,000 |
| 36 | Martin Lukeman | £164,750 |
| 37 | Gian van Veen | £162,500 |
| 38 | Madars Razma | £155,500 |
| 39 | Ryan Joyce | £155,250 |
| 40 | Mike De Decker | £147,500 |
| 41 | Ricky Evans | £124,000 |
| 42 | Jim Williams | £122,750 |
| 43 | Jermaine Wattimena | £121,750 |
| 44 | Alan Soutar | £119,500 |
| 45 | Simon Whitlock | £113,500 |
| 46 | William O'Connor | £110,500 |
| 47 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £109,000 |
| 48 | Steve Beaton | £107,250 |
| 49 | Keane Barry | £103,750 |
| 50 | Ritchie Edhouse | £102,000 |
| 50 | Cameron Menzies | £102,000 |
| 52 | Mickey Mansell | £100,500 |
| 53 | Matt Campbell | £98,000 |
| 54 | Kevin Doets | £89,500 |
| 55 | Boris Krcmar | £88,750 |
| 56 | Vincent van der Voort | £87,750 |
| 57 | Richard Veenstra | £87,500 |
| 58 | Ryan Meikle | £85,750 |
| 58 | Jamie Hughes | £85,750 |
| 58 | Florian Hempel | £85,750 |
| 61 | Mensur Suljovic | £84,500 |
| 62 | Adrian Lewis | £82,500 |
| 63 | Mervyn King | £81,500 |
| 64 | Ian White | £80,250 |
| 65 | Adam Gawlas | £79,250 |
| 66 | Niels Zonneveld | £65,500 |
| 67 | Lee Evans | £54,250 |
| 68 | Dylan Slevin | £52,000 |
| 69 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £39,500 |
| 70 | Daniel Klose | £37,250 |
| 71 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £36,250 |
| 72 | Keegan Brown | £35,750 |
| 73 | Stephen Burton | £35,500 |
| 74 | Karel Sedlacek | £34,250 |
| 75 | Arron Monk | £29,750 |
| 76 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £27,000 |
| 77 | Robert Owen | £26,000 |
| 78 | Pascal Rupprecht | £24,000 |
| 79 | Graham Usher | £23,250 |
| 80 | Nick Kenny | £22,750 |
| 80 | Jurjen van der Velde | £22,750 |
| 82 | Graham Hall | £22,250 |
| 83 | Adam Smith-Neale | £18,750 |
| 84 | Josh Payne | £18,000 |
| 85 | Geert Nentjes | £17,000 |
| 86 | Ronny Huybrechts | £16,750 |
| 87 | Owen Roelofs | £15,500 |
| 88 | Danny van Trijp | £14,000 |
| 89 | Robbie Knops | £13,250 |
| 90 | James Hurrell | £12,750 |
| 91 | Berry van Peer | £12,500 |
| 92 | Christian Perez | £12,000 |
| 93 | Steve Lennon | £11,000 |
| 93 | Adam Warner | £11,000 |
| 95 | Dom Taylor | £10,000 |
| 95 | Danny Lauby | £10,000 |
| 97 | Chris Landman | £9,750 |
| 98 | Thibault Tricole | £9,500 |
| 99 | Callum Goffin | £8,750 |
| 100 | Wessel Nijman | £8,500 |
| 100 | Leighton Bennett | £8,500 |
| 102 | Brett Claydon | £8,000 |
| 103 | Lukas Wenig | £7,750 |
| 104 | Andy Baetens | £7,000 |
| 104 | Benjamin Drue Reus | £7,000 |
| 104 | Danny Jansen | £7,000 |
| 107 | Radek Szaganski | £6,500 |
| 107 | Patrick Geeraets | £6,500 |
| 107 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £6,500 |
| 110 | Jacques Labre | £6,250 |
| 111 | Stefan Bellmont | £5,500 |
| 111 | Joshua Richardson | £5,500 |
| 111 | Matthew Dennant | £5,500 |
| 114 | Jelle Klaasen | £5,000 |
| 115 | Romeo Grbavac | £4,750 |
| 116 | George Killington | £4,500 |
| 116 | Rhys Griffin | £4,500 |
| 116 | Connor Scutt | £4,500 |
| 116 | Oskar Lukasiak | £4,500 |
| 116 | Paul Krohne | £4,500 |
| 121 | Owen Bates | £4,250 |
| 122 | Darren Beveridge | £4,000 |
| 122 | William Borland | £4,000 |
| 122 | Michele Turetta | £4,000 |
| 122 | John Henderson | £4,000 |
| 126 | Michael Unterbuchner | £3,750 |
| 127 | Robert Grundy | £3,500 |
| 127 | Nathan Rafferty | £3,500 |
| 127 | Tim Wolters | £3,500 |
| 127 | Adam Hunt | £3,500 |
| 131 | Darius Labanauskas | £2,500 |
| 131 | Johan Engstrom | £2,500 |
| 131 | Franz Roetzsch | £2,500 |
| 131 | Wesley Plaisier | £2,500 |
| 131 | Andreas Harrysson | £2,500 |
| 131 | Leonard Gates | £2,500 |
| 131 | Scott Mitchell | £2,500 |
| 131 | Haupai Puha | £2,500 |
| 139 | Jitse Van der Wal | £2,250 |
| 140 | Jeffrey De Graaf | £2,000 |
| 140 | Thomas Lovely | £2,000 |
| 142 | Michael Taylor | £1,500 |
| 142 | Jarred Cole | £1,500 |
| 142 | Joe Croft | £1,500 |
| 145 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £1,250 |
| 145 | Dominik Haberl | £1,250 |
| 145 | Christian Goedl | £1,250 |
| 145 | Hannes Schnier | £1,250 |
| 145 | Niko Springer | £1,250 |
| 145 | Arno Brand | £1,250 |
| 145 | Rene Eidams | £1,250 |
| 145 | Kai Gotthardt | £1,250 |
| 145 | Cor Dekker | £1,250 |
| 145 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
| 145 | Alexander Masek | £1,250 |
| 145 | Jan Dueckers | £1,250 |
| 145 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £1,250 |
| 145 | Oliver Mueller (FfO) | £1,250 |
| 145 | Matthias Ehlers | £1,250 |
| 145 | Viktor Tingstrom | £1,250 |
| 145 | Born Van Put | £1,250 |
| 145 | Geert De Vos | £1,250 |
| 145 | Jeroen Caron | £1,250 |
| 145 | Steven Strobbe | £1,250 |
| 165 | Aden Kirk | £1,000 |
| 165 | Bradley Brooks | £1,000 |
| 165 | John Haines | £1,000 |
| 165 | Jenson Walker | £1,000 |
| 165 | Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000 |
| 165 | Harry Lane | £1,000 |
| 165 | Tom Lonsdale | £1,000 |
| 165 | Jack Male | £1,000 |
| 165 | Jules van Dongen | £1,000 |
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