Michael van Gerwen is the new number one on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit after his final victory at the Austrian Darts Open. He passed Gerwyn Price, who withdrew from the latest Euro Tour tournament in Austria.
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Van Gerwen had to wait two years to regain the number one spot, after he lost the lead in March 2020. The Pro Tour Order of Merit is a ranking based on performances in the Players Championship and Euro Tour tournaments in the last twelve months. In this period Van Gerwen now has two Euro Tour and three Players Championship titles.
The Pro Tour Order of Merit is used to determine the sixteen seeds for the European Tour tournaments. At the Players Championship tournaments the first 32 players have a protected status. The Pro Tour Ranking also allows players to qualify for televised tournaments such as the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and the World Darts Championship.
Pro Tour Order of Merit
Position - Name - Prize money
1 Michael van Gerwen £145,250
2 Gerwyn Price £136,500
3 Peter Wright £94,500
4 Ryan Searle £85,000
5 Rob Cross £84,500
6 Luke Humphries £84,250
7 Jose de Sousa £83,500
8 Joe Cullen £83,250
9 Damon Heta £75,250
10 Nathan Aspinall £66,500
11 Michael Smith £63,750
12 Jonny Clayton £62,250
13 Dimitri Van den Bergh £58,750
14 Dirk van Duijvenbode £56,500
15 Krzysztof Ratajski £53,500
16 Stephen Bunting £49,750
17 Danny Noppert £47,750
18 James Wade £47,500
19 Martin Schindler £47,250
20 Brendan Dolan £46,000
21 Chris Dobey £45,500
22 Dave Chisnall £44,250
23 Daryl Gurney £43,000
24 Gabriel Clemens £42,000
25 Callan Rydz £41,500
26 Kim Huybrechts £40,000
27 Adrian Lewis £38,250
28 Ross Smith £35,750
29 Madars Razma £33,500
30 Martin Lukeman £31,750
31 Ricky Evans £31,250
32 Vincent van der Voort £30,750
33 Mervyn King £29,250
34 Keane Barry £29,000
35 Mensur Suljovic £28,500
36 Ryan Joyce £27,000
36 Gary Anderson £27,000
38 Raymond van Barneveld £25,750
39 Simon Whitlock £25,000
40 Martijn Kleermaker £24,000
41 Ritchie Edhouse £23,000
42 Keegan Brown £22,500
43 Luke Woodhouse £21,750
44 Jim Williams £21,000
45 Darius Labanauskas £20,750
46 Danny Jansen £20,500
46 Lewy Williams £20,500
48 Andrew Gilding £20,250
49 Florian Hempel £20,000
49 Boris Krcmar £20,000
49 Maik Kuivenhoven £20,000
52 Ian White £19,750
52 William O'Connor £19,750
54 Alan Soutar £19,000
54 Jeff Smith £19,000
54 Jamie Hughes £19,000
57 Ryan Meikle £18,500
58 Joe Murnan £18,250
59 Adam Gawlas £17,750
60 Jermaine Wattimena £17,250
60 Niels Zonneveld £17,250
62 Scott Mitchell £17,000
63 Matt Campbell £16,750
63 Steve Beaton £16,750
65 Ron Meulenkamp £16,000
65 Mike De Decker £16,000
67 Andy Boulton £15,000
67 Geert Nentjes £15,000
69 Gordon Mathers £14,250
70 William Borland £13,250
70 Jason Lowe £13,250
70 Jason Heaver £13,250
73 Jeffrey De Zwaan £13,000
74 Scott Williams £12,500
75 Eddie Lovely £12,250
76 Max Hopp £12,000
77 Kevin Doets £11,750
78 Josh Rock £11,500
79 Brett Claydon £11,250
80 Cameron Menzies £11,000
81 Scott Waites £10,750
81 Devon Petersen £10,750
81 Adam Hunt £10,750
84 John Henderson £10,500
85 Steve Lennon £10,250
86 Steve West £10,000
87 Mario Vandenbogaerde £9,750
88 Berry van Peer £9,500
88 Rowby-John Rodriguez £9,500
88 Danny Baggish £9,500
91 Karel Sedlacek £9,250
91 Geert De Vos £9,250
93 Lee Evans £8,250
93 Connor Scutt £8,250
95 Peter Hudson £8,000
96 Jose Justicia £7,750
97 Jack Main £7,500
97 Jon Worsley £7,500
99 John O'Shea £7,250
100 Wesley Plaisier £7,000
100 George Killington £7,000
100 Brian Raman £7,000
103 Radek Szaganski £6,500
104 Nathan Rafferty £6,250
105 Krzysztof Kciuk £5,750
106 Zoran Lerchbacher £5,500
107 Jimmy Hendriks £5,250
108 Tony Martinez £5,000
108 Jake Jones £5,000
108 David Evans £5,000
108 Stephen Burton £5,000
112 Luc Peters £4,750
113 Richie Burnett £4,250
113 Shaun Wilkinson £4,250
113 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £4,250
116 Kevin Burness £4,000
116 Niko Springer £4,000
116 Boris Koltsov £4,000
119 Nick Fullwell £3,750
120 Mickey Mansell £3,500
120 Ted Evetts £3,500
120 Jamie Clark £3,500
123 Damian Mol £3,250
124 Bradley Brooks £3,000
124 Gary Blades £3,000
124 John Michael £3,000
127 Lukas Wenig £2,750
127 Ross Montgomery £2,750
129 Michael Unterbuchner £2,500
130 James Wilson £2,250
130 Ricardo Pietreczko £2,250
132 Patrik Gosnak £2,000
132 Robert Owen £2,000
132 Dragutin Horvat £2,000
132 Vladimir Andersen £2,000
132 Scott Marsh £2,000
132 Nico Kurz £2,000
132 Jim McEwan £2,000
139 Glen Durrant £1,750
140 Stu Wilson £1,500
140 Steve Haggerty £1,500
140 Jim Moston £1,500
140 Colin Osborne £1,500
140 Matthew Edgar £1,500
140 Jules van Dongen £1,500
140 Darren Webster £1,500
147 Owen Roelofs £1,250
147 Darren Penhall £1,250
149 Thibault Tricole £1,000
149 Johan Engstrom £1,000
149 Thomas Junghans £1,000
149 Daniel Larsson £1,000
149 Gian van Veen £1,000
149 Marko Kantele £1,000
149 Stefan Bellmont £1,000
149 David Schlichting £1,000
149 Janos Vegso £1,000
149 Fabian Schmutzler £1,000
149 Wayne Jones £1,000
149 Danny van Trijp £1,000
149 Dennis Nilsson £1,000
149 John Brown £1,000
163 Graham Hall £750
163 Leighton Bennett £750
163 Pete Burgoyne £750
163 Jacques Labre £750
163 Steven Noster £750
163 Carlo van Peer £750
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