Van Gerwen closes on Wright in battle for World Number Two spot in PDC Order of Merit

With more ranking money coming off the PDC Order of Merit due to European Tour events which of course have not began this year, this has played into Michael van Gerwen's favour.

Van Gerwen currently sits as World Number Three but with the 2019 European Darts Grand Prix falling off the rankings, Wright who lost in the final will see £10,000 disappear as he goes below the million pound mark.

This puts him down to £995,000 compared to £942,000 for Van Gerwen with the Super Series potentially proving pivotal for 'Snakebite' to pull away further again.

While Ian White saw his winners' money fall off from this event so he is down towards 15th in the Order of Merit with Joe Cullen only £1,000 away exactly at the moment.

Daryl Gurney gains as a result, while Luke Humphries is into the top 32 at the expense of Brendan Dolan with the likes of Vincent van der Voort (27th), Jamie Hughes (29th), Jeffrey de Zwaan (30th) all inside the top 32 going down one spot.

1 Gerwyn Price £1,281,000

2 Peter Wright £995,500

3 Michael van Gerwen £942,000

4 James Wade £484,500

5 Rob Cross £449,500

6 Gary Anderson £424,250

7 Dave Chisnall £410,250

8 Michael Smith £404,500

9 Dimitri Van den Bergh £380,250

10 Nathan Aspinall £337,500

11 José de Sousa £334,000

12 Glen Durrant £329,500

13 Krzysztof Ratajski £319,750

14 Daryl Gurney £307,500

15 Ian White £293,250

16 Joe Cullen £292,250

17 Jonny Clayton £265,000

18 Stephen Bunting £260,000

19 Simon Whitlock £256,750

20 Mervyn King £244,500

21 Mensur Suljovic £243,000

22 Danny Noppert £210,000

23 Chris Dobey £200,000

24 Dirk van Duijvenbode £199,250

25 Devon Petersen £185,250

26 Gabriel Clemens £183,250

27 Vincent van der Voort £181,750

28 Jermaine Wattimena £180,750

29 Jamie Hughes £176,500

30 Jeffrey De Zwaan £176,250

31 Adrian Lewis £171,750

32 Luke Humphries £164,000

32 Brendan Dolan £164,000

34 Ricky Evans £160,500

35 William O'Connor £130,500

36 Ryan Searle £129,000

37 Steve Beaton £123,250

37 Kim Huybrechts £123,250

39 Darius Labanauskas £119,000

40 Keegan Brown £117,250

41 Max Hopp £113,250

42 John Henderson £104,000

43 Ryan Joyce £101,250

44 Ross Smith £101,000

45 Damon Heta £90,500

46 Steve West £86,500

47 Luke Woodhouse £82,500

48 Ron Meulenkamp £79,250

49 Steve Lennon £78,000

50 Darren Webster £74,500

51 Justin Pipe £70,000

52 Andy Boulton £69,250

53 Madars Razma £67,750

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 £48,000

61 Maik Kuivenhoven £44,500

62 Josh Payne £42,000

63 Jeff Smith £40,500

63 Scott Waites £40,500

65 Ted Evetts £37,500

66 James Wilson £37,250

67 Ryan Murray £36,250

68 Mark McGeeney £34,000

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 Kist £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 Robert Marijanovic £1,000

140 Pero Ljubic £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 Patrick van den Boogaard £500

150 Florian Hempel £500

150 Scott Williams £500

150 Kevin McDine £500

150 Michal Smejda £500

150 Lorenzo Pronk £500