Dirk van Duijvenbode is heading towards the top 20 in the updated PDC Order of Merit after his maiden ranking success.
Van Duijvenbode claimed a title and reached a final on Day Four at the PDC Super Series in Niedernhausen which saw him bag £16,000.
As well as moving up five places in the Order of Merit in a year where he has nothing to defend so it will be all gains for the Aubergenius.
He recaptured his Tour Card at the start of 2020 and will not defend his results from 2019 as a result. Since the World Grand Prix finalist has already qualified for most TV tournaments and with ranking money falling off for those around him, a top 16 berth could occur this year.
Peter Wright despite not playing in Niedernhausen is back into the World Number Two spot after more money has fallen off the two year ranking for Michael van Gerwen.
This will likely see a back and forth for this second spot with both players having money coming off for in particular European Tour events which aren't being held at the moment.
Martijn Kleermaker is another Dutchman though who has made a rise further into the top 64 after his run to the final at the Super Series.
Kleermaker lost eventually to Van Duijvenbode but is now into 59th spot in the PDC Order of Merit and with his run to the final will likely cement a World Championship and Players Championship Finals spot which could prove pivotal in avoiding potentially losing his Tour Card.
Two players from this year's Q-School class though also made rises with Scott Mitchell up to 86th moving up five places and Raymond van Barneveld up two places to 86th despite only playing two days in Germany.
PDC Order of Merit as of April 28
Rank - Name - Prize money
1 Gerwyn Price £ 1,289,000
2 Peter Wright £ 1,010,500
3 Michael van Gerwen £ 972,000
4 James Wade £ 491,000
5 Rob Cross £ 452,500
6 Gary Anderson £ 424,250
7 Dave Chisnall £ 410,250
8 Michael Smith £ 407,500
9 Dimitri Van den Bergh £ 382,250
10 Nathan Aspinall £ 345,500
11 José de Sousa £ 334,000
12 Glen Durrant £ 330,500
13 Ian White £ 328,250
14 Krzysztof Ratajski £ 321,750
15 Daryl Gurney £ 317,000
16 Joe Cullen £ 292,250
17 Jonny Clayton £ 268,000
18 Stephen Bunting £ 264,000
19 Simon Whitlock £ 256,750
20 Mervyn King £ 248,500
21 Mensur Suljovic £ 246,000
22 Danny Noppert £ 210,000
23 Chris Dobey £ 204,000
24 Dirk van Duijvenbode £ 199,250
25 Devon Petersen £ 186,250
26 Jamie Hughes £ 185,000
27 Vincent van der Voort £ 183,750
28 Gabriel Clemens £ 183,250
28 Jeffrey De Zwaan £ 183,250
30 Jermaine Wattimena £ 180,750
31 Adrian Lewis £ 176,750
32 Brendan Dolan £ 166,000
33 Luke Humphries £ 164,000
34 Ricky Evans £ 160,500
35 Steve Beaton £ 134,750
36 Ryan Searle £ 134,000
37 William O'Connor £ 130,500
38 Kim Huybrechts £ 124,250
39 Keegan Brown £ 123,250
40 Darius Labanauskas £ 122,000
41 Max Hopp £ 113,250
42 John Henderson £ 106,000
43 Ross Smith £ 104,000
44 Ryan Joyce £ 101,250
45 Damon Heta £ 90,500
46 Steve West £ 86,500
47 Luke Woodhouse £ 82,500
48 Steve Lennon £ 80,000
49 Darren Webster £ 79,500
50 Ron Meulenkamp £ 79,250
51 Justin Pipe £ 70,000
52 Andy Boulton £ 69,250
53 Madars Razma £ 68,750
54 Adam Hunt £ 59,500
55 Mickey Mansell £ 57,500
56 Jason Lowe £ 57,000
57 Callan Rydz £ 56,500
58 Jelle Klaasen £ 55,250
59 Martijn Kleermaker £ 49,750
60 Matthew Edgar £ 49,000
61 Maik Kuivenhoven £ 44,500
62 Josh Payne £ 43,000
63 Jeff Smith £ 40,500
63 Scott Waites £ 40,500
65 Ted Evetts £ 37,500
66 James Wilson £ 37,250
67 Mark McGeeney £ 37,000
68 Ryan Murray £ 36,250
69 Karel Sedlacek £ 33,000
70 Wayne Jones £ 32,000
70 Cristo Reyes £ 32,000
72 Andy Hamilton £ 29,000
73 Derk Telnekes £ 28,500
74 Nick Kenny £ 27,500
75 Mike De Decker £ 26,500
76 Ryan Meikle £ 25,500
77 Boris Krcmar £ 22,500
78 Lisa Ashton £ 21,500
79 Alan Soutar £ 19,250
80 William Borland £ 18,500
81 Peter Jacques £ 17,500
81 Kai Fan Leung £ 17,500
81 Bradley Brooks £ 17,500
84 Ciaran Teehan £ 16,500
85 Alan Tabern £ 16,250
86 Scott Mitchell £ 14,250
86 Krzysztof Kciuk £ 14,250
86 Raymond van Barneveld £ 14,250
89 Rowby-John Rodriguez £ 12,500
90 Jesus Noguera £ 12,250
91 Daniel Larsson £ 12,000
92 Martin Atkins £ 10,500
93 Martin Schindler £ 9,500
94 Steve Brown £ 9,000
95 Aaron Beeney £ 8,500
96 Chas Barstow £ 7,250
97 Gordon Mathers £ 7,000
97 John Brown £ 7,000
99 Robert Thornton £ 6,500
100 Ritchie Edhouse £ 6,250
101 Jason Heaver £ 6,000
101 Gary Blades £ 6,000
103 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £ 5,500
103 Eddie Lovely £ 5,500
103 Steffen Siepmann £ 5,500
106 Berry van Peer £ 5,000
106 Lewis Williams £ 5,000
106 Keane Barry £ 5,000
109 Luc Peters £ 4,500
110 Boris Koltsov £ 4,000
110 Geert De Vos £ 4,000
110 Gino Vos £ 4,000
110 Jon Worsley £ 4,000
110 Kirk Shepherd £ 4,000
110 Harald Leitinger £ 4,000
110 Darren Penhall £ 4,000
110 Wesley Harms £ 4,000
118 John Michael £ 3,750
119 Zoran Lerchbacher £ 3,500
119 Joe Murnan £ 3,500
119 Peter Hudson £ 3,500
122 Niels Zonneveld £ 3,250
123 Christian Casket £ 3,000
123 Kevin Doets £ 3,000
123 Jack Main £ 3,000
123 Martin Thomas £ 3,000
127 José Justicia £ 2,500
127 Michael Rasztovits £ 2,500
127 Andrew Gilding £ 2,500
127 Sebastian Bialecki £ 2,500
127 David Evans £ 2,500
132 Benito van de Pas £ 2,000
132 Vincent Van der Meer £ 2,000
132 Geert Nentjes £ 2,000
132 Danny Baggish £ 2,000
132 Jake Jones £ 2,000
137 Ryan De Vreede £ 1,500
137 Lukas Wenig £ 1,500
137 Martin Lukeman £ 1,500
140 Pero Ljubic £ 1,000
140 Robert Marijanovic £ 1,000
140 Mike Warburton £ 1,000
140 Adam Gawlas £ 1,000
140 Gavin Carlin £ 1,000
140 Brett Claydon £ 1,000
140 Rhys Griffin £ 1,000
140 Scott Taylor £ 1,000
140 Jim Williams £ 1,000
140 Michael Unterbuchner £ 1,000
150 Davy Proosten £ 500
150 Florian Hempel £ 500
150 Patrick van den Boogaard £ 500
150 Scott Williams £ 500
150 Kevin McDine £ 500
150 Michal Smejda £ 500
150 Lorenzo Pronk £ 500
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